Exploration and Colonization

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What are the 3Gs reasons for European exploration and colonization?

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Gold, God, Glory

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Which European country established colonies in Canada and was interested in the fur trade with Indian tribes in America?

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France

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Which European country was interested in establishing Catholic missions in America to increase its land and power?

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Spain

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Which of the following reasons BEST concludes why the colonists would have written articles similar to those found in the text box? Options: To keep peace and order, colonists had to make their own laws because of their distance from the king, Colonists lacked strict guidance and leadership during the earlier years of their settlement, Every man should read and interpret the Bible for himself and profess no allegiance to the king, Colonists disliked attempts at control by the Crown and therefore set up forms of representative government

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To keep peace and order, colonists had to make their own laws because of their distance from the king

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What were the major cash crops grown in the Southern colonies? Options: Tobacco, Rice, Indigo; Tobacco, Wheat, Indigo; Tobacco, Rice, Wheat; Tobacco, Rice, Cotton

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Tobacco, Rice, Indigo

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What was the first successful British colony founded in America in 1607?

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Jamestown

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Why is the Mayflower Compact (1620) an important document for representative government in the colonies?

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It established the 1st direct democracy in the colonies.

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Why is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) an important document for representative government in the colonies?

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It created the 1st written constitution in the colonies.

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Why is the Virginia House of Burgesses important for the development of representative government in the colonies?

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It was the 1st elected representative assembly in the colonies.

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Why was Pennsylvania founded by William Penn in 1681?

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To create a safe place for Quakers