Motivation for Exploration
Name one economic motivation for European exploration.
To find new trade routes, gain wealth, or expand empires
What was the first representative assembly in the colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses.
Which colony grew rice, indigo, and tobacco?
Virginia / Southern colonies
Who gave a fiery sermon during the Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards.
Which movement encouraged colonists to question authority?
The First Great Awakening
What religion did Spain want to spread in the New World?
Catholicism
What 1620 document was an early step toward self-government?
Mayflower Compact
Why were the Middle Colonies called the Bread Basket?
They grew wheat, barley, oats, rye.
Maryland was founded primarily as a refuge for what group?
Catholics.
What right is guaranteed today in the 1st Amendment?
Freedom of religion
What was one reason colonist establish self-government in America?
Distance from Great Britain made it nesessary
Which colony created the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Connecticut
Why did Southern colonies rely on slavery?
Plantations needed labor for cash crops
What colony was founded as a haven for debtors?
Georgia
Which colony did Quakers settle?
Pennsylvania
Which group created the Mayflower Compact?
Pilgrims/Puritans
What principle was strengthened by early colonial documents?
Self-government / Representative government
What two industries thrived in New England?
Shipbuilding and fishing.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were considered what?
Dissenters
•How was the settlement of Plymouth different from the settlement of Jamestown?
Unlike Jamestown, which was founded for economic gain, this settlement was rounded mainly for Religous freedom
What concept describes expanding power by gaining colonies and wealth?
Mercantilism
Who founded Pennsylvania with religious freedom?
William Penn.
Which three colonies were all on the Atlantic coast?
Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
The First Great Awakening was a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the mid-1700s. It was known for its outdoor revivals and dramatic sermons by preachers like
Jonathan Edwards
Which region’s economy was based on staple crops like wheat?
Middle Colonies