Reasons for Exploration
Gold, God, and Glory (also known as this) were the three main reasons for European Exploration.
What are the three G's?
This colonial region had rocky soil and relied on fishing and trade.
What is New England?
This document established self-government for the Pilgrims.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This war left Britain in debt and led to new taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1770 event was used as propaganda against Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This motivation encouraged explorers to spread Christianity.
What is God?
This region was known as the "breadbasket" due to grain farming.
What are the Middle Colonies
This elected assembly was created in Virginia.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This phrase described colonists being taxed without a voice in Parliament (British Government).
What is taxation without representation?
This event was considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
European nations hoped to gain this by finding new trade routes.
What is wealth (or gold)?
Cash crops like tobacco and rice dominated this region's economy.
What are the Southern Colonies?
This is the name of the first successful settlement in the colonies.
What is Jamestown?
This 1765 act taxed printed materials and sparked widespread protests.
What is the Stamp Act?
These battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
Competition between European countries helped drive the motive for exploration.
What is glory?
Geography in this region encouraged the development of town meetings.
What is New England?
These local gatherings allowed colonists to vote on community issues.
What are town meetings?
This protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This man was named commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This combination of economic and religious motives led Spain to build an empire in the Americas.
What are Gold and God?
This region relied most heavily on enslaved labor due to plantation agriculture.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Early self-governing practices helped lead to this larger democratic tradition.
What is representative government?
These laws punished Massachusetts and united the colonies.
What are the intolerable acts?
This 1776 Document officially declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?