Economics
To establish trading posts for furs
Why did France establish colonies in the New World?
Mayflower Compact
What document established self-government within the Plymouth colony?
Distance from Great Britain
What caused the rise in self-government and salutary neglect?
Economic opportunity
What motivated many Englishmen to settle in Virginia?
Thomas Hooker
Who is the author of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
To find new trade routes to Asia
Why did European explorers sail to the New World?
Two examples of local self-government
What are the Virginia House of Burgesses and New England town meetings?
Poor soil and very cold winters limited the economic opportunities here
What is New England?
Religious freedom
What motivated many to settle in New England?
First example of a representative assembly making laws for the colonies
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
Excellent harbors contributed to large growth of this "New" colony in the middle region
What is New York?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What was the first written constitution in the New World?
Social contract, stating people should obey laws made by the group
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Government where citizens elect representatives to makes laws
What is representative government?
Maryland
Where did Catholics settle in the colonies?
Access to water and lots of trees lead to this economic activity in the colonies
What is shipbuilding?
Document that limited the power of the King (hint: in 1215)
What is the Magna Carta?
Rich soil with abundant land for large plantations
What are the resources of the Southern Colonies?
A natural barrier to westward expansion along the Atlantic Coast
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
separatists
What is another name for Pilgrims that settle in Plymouth Colony?
To control colonial trade
What was the purpose of mercantilism?
Government should protect individual liberties of citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Economic activities of the Middle Colonies
What are grain farming and shipping?
Britain's idea of making lots of profit by controlling the trade of their colonies.
What is mercantilism?
The Virginia Company
Who founded the colony of Virginia at Jamestown?