Exploration & Colonization
European nations explored for wealth, power, and religion. These three motives are often summarized with this phrase.
God,Gold, and Glory
This colonial region had rocky soil, cold winters, and a short growing season.
New England
This Jamestown leader created the rule, "No work, no food."
John Smith
Signed in 1620, this agreement established self-government in Plymouth.
The Mayflower Compact
This religious group settled mainly in New England.
The Puritans
This European country established missions and searched for gold and silver in the Americas.
Spain
Known as the Breadbasket, this region produced wheat, rye, and barley.
Middle Colonies
This man helped save Jamestown by introducing a profitable type of tobacco
John Rolfe
Established in 1619, this was the first representative assembly in the English Colonies
The Virginia House of Burgesses
This religious group settled mainly in Pennsylvania and became some of the first abolitionists.
The Quakers
This colony was established in 1607 to earn profits for investors.
Virginia (Jamestown)
This region used its warm climate, fertile soil, and long growing season to produce cash crops.
Southern Colonies
This Quaker founded Pennsylvania as a place for religious freedom.
William Penn
This document limited the English king's power and established certain rights.
The Magna Carta
Lord Baltimore established Maryland as a safe place for members of this religion.
Catholics
This colony was created for debtors and served as protection from Spanish Florida.
Georgia
Fishing, shipbuilding, lumber, and trade were important parts of this region's economy.
New England
This person left Massachusetts and established Rhode Island because he supported religious freedom.
Roger Williams
This was the first written constitution in the English colonies.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This Maryland law provided religious tolerance for Christians.
The Maryland Act of Toleration
Classify each item as a cause or an effect of colonization:
economic opportunity, religious freedom, disease among Native Americans, and the establishment of the 13 colonies.
Causes: economic opportunity and religious freedom.
Effects: disease among Native Americans and the establishment of the 13 colonies.
Explain why Southern colonists often built plantations near rivers.
Rivers provided transportation for shipping cash crops to markets.
This Georgia founder believed the colony could protect the English colonies from Spanish Territories
James Oglethorpe
Name the two democratic principles supported by the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Representative government and limited government
This religious movement emphasized individual religious experiences and helped spread democratic ideas.
The First Great Awakening