Unit 1: Exploration, Colonization and Revolution

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Which explorer believed he could find a safer and faster route to India and Asia by sailing west?

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Columbus

Front

Who explored the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico to establish a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

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La Salle

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First to sail directly from Europe to India

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Vasco Da Gama

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Settled in a new territory or land while the mother country maintains control

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Colony

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Mother countries growing wealthy via controlled trade with colonies

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Mercantilism

Front

The first governing document for the Pilgrims in America was the

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Mayflower Compact

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Which of the following was the MAIN reason the Puritans left England? to develop new crops, to establish a new monarchy in America, to seek religious freedom, to spread Catholic beliefs to American Indians

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to seek religious freedom

Front

Which document lists colonial grievances against King George III?

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Declaration of Independence

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Protestants that wanted to change or reform the Church of England; they wanted to "purify" the Church; many came to America

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Puritans

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Captured Africans, travelling across the Atlantic to the New World, would travel in this section of the journey.

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The "Middle Passage"