Reasons for Exploration
Reason why France established North American coloinies in the 1600s
To establish a fur trade
This colony was founded for for English Catholics seeking religious freedom.
What is Maryland?
First representative assembly and set the model for checks and balances for future assemblies.
Virginia House of Burgesses
This colonial region has long growing seasons because of long growing seasons.
What is the Southern colonies?
This system involved growing crops like tobacco and rice for profit.
Cash crops
Which European country came for the following reason?
- To spread Catholicism
- To find natural resources
- To expand empires
Spain
Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania were founded for what reason?
Religious Freedom/ Escape Religious Persecution
What document established self-government and established government majority rule?
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This region has rocky soil and focused on fishing and trade due to their natural harbors.
New England Colonies
This economic policy controlled colonial trade for the benefit of the mother country.
Mercantilism
Mother country of Texas, Florida, Mexico, and California
Spain
This colony was founded to increase business profits.
Virginia Colony
What are the reasons for the growth of representative government?
1) Distance
2) Salutary Neglect
3) Enlightenment Philosophy
How did geography influence the development of New York, Boston & Charleston?
Natural harbors provided access to markets
Under mercantilism, colonies existed to benefit this.
Mother country
What is the INITIAL reason for many European explorers sailed to the Americas?
Northwest Passage
This group settled in Pennsylvania and was the first anti-slavery group.
Quakers
How did the First great Awakening contribute to the rise of representative government?
Caused people to question authority/democratic feelings
The economic activities of a colony is influenced by their_____.
The ________ connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas for labor demands in the Southern colonies.
Triangular Trade
What TWO characteristics of the American Southwest reflect the influence of Spanish culture and colonization?
- Spanish language
-Catholic Religion
- Spanish food/agriculture
This colony was founded for debtors and has Spain as southern enemies.
Georgia
The First Great Awakening was a religious revival that focused on ________ to spread representative government in the colonies.
During the colonial period, what was one difference slave labor in the North and slave labor in the South?
More slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs (domestic servants, artisans, craftsmen, dock workers, sailors, laundresses, and coachmen. )
This system relied on enslaved labor to produce goods for export.
Plantation system