Exploration Era
This explorer sailed to the Americas in 1492 and landed in the Caribbean islands.
Christopher Columbus
What is the main difference between the reasons for founding the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies?
Jamestown, Virginia was founded to find gold and make money for the Virginia Charter Company in 1607.
Plymouth, Massachusetts was founded by the Pilgrims for religious freedom in 1620.
Why did the Quakers settle Pennsylvania?
So Quakers were allowed to practice their religion freely and without persecution.
The first battles of the American Revolution:
Lexington and Concord
Plymouth colony
What were the three primary motives for European exploration of the Americas?
Gold - to become wealthy
God - to spread their religion
Glory - to expand their empires
List the main economic activities of the New England colony region.
Fishing, lumbering, trading, shipbuilding
Which group initially settled New York for financial gain?
Dutch colonists founded New Netherland.
(English settlers forcibly took New York from the Dutch)
What was the purpose of the Proclamation Line of 1763?
To prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, in order to "protect" them from conflict with the Native Americans.
This group planned and took credit for the Boston Tea Party:
Sons of Liberty
What was the reason Puritans settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Religious freedom.
Complete the sentence:
Geography always affects ______________.
Economy.
What was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America?
Geography
Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet called _____________ ______________, which encouraged colonists to fight for independence from Britain.
Common Sense
An economic system where everything a colony does and all money a colony makes is used to benefit the mother country:
Mercantilism
The three-way trade system between the colonies, Europe, and Africa which included the "Middle Passage" was known as the -
Triangular Trade Route
What was a common characteristic among the economies of the Southern colonies?
Long growing seasons allowed Southern colonies to plant cash crops on plantations.
What do the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut all have in common?
They were founded for religious freedom.
The Albany Plan of Union was the first time the American colonists had a thought to do what?
Unite, work together, become one nation, etc.
Acts from Britain which forced American colonists to only trade with Britain, and only use British ships
Navigation Acts
What was the primary reason why French colonists settled in North America along the Mississippi River and near the Great Lakes?
To profit from the fur trade.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were persecuted and banished from the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay. What principle did they establish the colony of Rhode Island on?
Religious freedom/toleration
"Separation of church and state"
Why was the colony of Georgia originally founded?
As a debtors colony for those who owed money to England;
Also as a buffer colony between England and Spain.
This 1774 Act from Parliament was a direct response to the Boston Tea Party, reinstating the Quartering Act, shutting down Boston Harbor, and banning town meetings.
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The revival of religion in the American colonies, placing a cultural emphasis on religion was called the ____________ _______________.
The Great Awakening