SOL VS3.a-c Unit 3 English Colonization Unit 3

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What was a primary reason for English colonization in North America?

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To increase their wealth and power by expanding their empires.

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Which geographic characteristic *most* influenced the decision to settle at the Jamestown site?

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It was on a narrow peninsula, which could be easily defended from Spanish ships.

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Place the following events in the correct sequence of cause and effect: 1. England wants to increase its wealth and power. 2. The Virginia Company of London Charter is granted. 3. The first permanent English settlement is established at Jamestown. 4. Resources in Europe are shrinking.

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1, 4, 2, 3

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What was the significance of the Virginia Company of London Charter (April 10, 1606) in establishing the Jamestown colony?

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It granted the colonists the right to establish a settlement and extended English rights to them.

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What term is used to describe when different countries, such as England, are striving against one another to expand their wealth and power?

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Competition

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A key effect of the Virginia Company of London Charter was that it legally established the Jamestown colony, and it also meant that the colonists:

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were guaranteed the same rights as English citizens.

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Which of the following might have been a headline from a newspaper dated 1607? Options: Christopher Columbus sails to North America, Quakers bring, Virginia Company searches for wealth in Jamestown, Pilgrims seek religious freedom in Pennsylvania

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Virginia Company searches for wealth in Jamestown

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A person or group who settles in a colony is called a

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colonist

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Fill in the blank: The English hoped that a North American settlement would provide economic opportunities, including the ability to furnish valuable _____________ like timber and furs.

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natural resources

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Fill in the blank: The Jamestown settlement was founded in the early 1600s, partly because Europe was facing the challenge of a  _____________number of natural resources.

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shrinking