Government
What year was the Mayflower Compact signed?
1620
Which of the following was a chief economic cause for colonization in the Americas?
Mercantilism
Why is 1607 a significant date in history.
English colonists settled at Jamestown
Where do the 13 British colonies develop?
Along the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
The first written constitution in the colonies.
What was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America?
Geography
What was Rhode Island founded?
For religious tolerance.
What geographic feature contributes to the development of large cities?
Ports! Ports are important.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The first representative legislation and representatives were elected by the people.
Why was slavery a key part of the economy in the Southern British colonies?
Large plantations that grew cash crops in the southern colonies controlled the economy and relied on slave labor.
Why did the Quakers settle in Pennsylvania?
Quakers were allowed to practice their religion freely and without persecution.
Why were French explorers interested in claiming the Mississippi River and having access to the Great Lakes?
They were mainly fur trappers and traders.
What were reasons for the growth of representative government in the colonies?
In what way did the growing of tobacco contribute to the expansion of slavery?
Tobacco plantations could be very profitable resulting in increasing numbers.
Why was Maryland founded?
For Catholics to worship freely.
Why did cities like New York, Newport and Boston have such large populations?
Population centers began to concentrate near northern ports.
Religious leaders contributed to the growth of representative governments in the thirteen colonies by...
establishing self-governing bodies in the colonies
In what way did the factors listed in the box affect the economic development of the southern colonies?
A system of plantations developed in the southern colonies.
How did the factors listed below affect the economic development of the southern colonies
A system of plantations developed in the southern colonies.
Which of the following geographic factors contributed to the colonization and rapid development of the North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts Bay colonies?
They were located along the Atlantic Coast.