Exploration and Colonization Era U.S. History STAAR

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Maryland

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Founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom.

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France's Territories: claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading, established colonies for agricultural development, sought territories for gold mining, expanded its empire through military conquest

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claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading

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Spain's Territories: claimed Florida, Texas, California; built missions, established colonies in New England, controlled the Caribbean islands, founded settlements in Canada

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claimed Florida, Texas, California; built missions

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Reasons for Exploration: wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory, new trade routes to Asia through Northwest Passage

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wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory, new trade routes to Asia through Northwest Passage

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What were the key characteristics of the Southern Colonies? Options: Fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops; Transatlantic Slave Trade provided slave labor for plantations; founded mainly for economic reasons; Jamestown, Virginia

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Fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops; Transatlantic Slave Trade provided slave labor for plantations; founded mainly for economic reasons; Jamestown, Virginia

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Quakers

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1st anti-slavery group; lived in Pennsylvania

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Religious Toleration

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Roger Williams founded Rhode Island to escape religious persecution.

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Massachusetts

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New England colony founded for religious freedom

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Exploration Era

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A period of European expansion in trade and colonization from the 1400s to 1600s

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Colonization Era

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The period when European powers established colonies in the Americas, forming the 13 Colonies.