Exploration
Spain, Britain, and France
What are the 3 groups that explored the new world?
Jamestown, VA
What is the first established colony?
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
What are the New England Colonies?
1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
an economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Fur trade
What is the reason for French exploration?
The Pilgrims
Which was a group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
first written constitution in America
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
required all goods imported into Britain or the colonies to be shipped in British vessels
What is the Navigation Act of 1660?
To establish Catholic missions and expand religion across their colonies
What is the reason for Spanish Exploration?
Plymouth, MA
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What are the Southern Colonies?
1619 - the first legislative body in colonial America.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
What is the Triangular Trade?
Organized economic ventures and sought opportunities for religious freedom
Reasons for Britain exploration?
Good are exported
What is the effect of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies depending on farming, and having rich, fertile soil?
New England Colonies economic charactertistics
Which colonies are based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and, eventually, manufacturing?
less supervision over the colonies as long as they kept economic loyalty, which made for a strong tradition of self-government
What was salutary neglect?
a time of enlightenment, when people started to repent and rededicate themselves to God.
What is the Frist Great Awakening?
Sea route to Asia
What was the initial reason for exploring the Americas?
Lumber is exported
What was the effect of the New England colonies depending on shipbuilding and having excellent harbors?
Farmers grew cash crops, there were industries such as lumber and iron mills, and New York and Philadelphia were large trading centers.
What were the economic characteristics of the Southern Colonies?
American Colonists established their own representative institutions
What was the outcome of colonies having distance between themselves in Great Britain, the need for lawmaking structure and traditional rights of Englishmen?
Prevented colonists from trading with most other nations
How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?