U.S. History Term 1 Final Review

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Why were Europeans interested in exploration, at first?

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To find a route that would allow trade access with China and India.

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Once “The New World” was discovered, what was the goal of most European nations? Options: Land, Gold, and Spices; Glory, Power, and Adventure; Gold, Glory, and God; Cotton, Spices, and Tobacco

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Gold, Glory, and God

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What did Spanish Missionaries try to accomplish?

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Convert people to Christianity

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Why did Spain pay for Columbus’s voyage?

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So that he could find a trade route to Asia for Spain.

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What was the very first permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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The Dare Stone was possible evidence of what happened to the colonists of which English Colony?

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Roanoke Island, North Carolina

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Which Company in England was the sponsor of both the Jamestown Colony and the Plymouth Colony?

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The Virginia Company of London

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The horrible time of suffering at the Jamestown Colony in 1609 and 1610, when hundreds of settlers died from illness and starvation, was called what?

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The Starving Time

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The First Thanksgiving, in 1621, was shared between the Plymouth settlers and which Native Indian Tribe?

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The Wampanoag Tribe

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Which famous document stated that the colonists of Plymouth would have a Pledge of Loyalty to the King of England, but followed all of the laws of the new Plymouth colonial government?

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The Mayflower Compact