4/21 Exploration & Colonization

4/21 Exploration & Colonization

Multiple Choice

Reason for European Exploration:

* To find new sea routes to Asia

* To find gold and riches

* ?

• To enjoy a nice vacation

• To claim new territory

• To make friends

• To meet new people

Multiple Choice

Primary Motives for Exploration

* To increase wealth

* To spread Christianity

* ?

• To expand empires

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

Open Ended

Fill in the blank. Reasons for exploration

G_____, G______, G______

Reasons FRANCE sought to colonize America

• To profit from trading goods

• To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

• They intended to have good relations with the Natives

Multiple Choice

Mayflower Compact: 1620

For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To form a social contract among themselves

• To demonstrate goodwill toward American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future colonial governments

• It weakened the influence of religion in government

• It established a form of self government based on a social contract

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth

• Plymouth founders intended to produce raw materials

• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other empires

• Plymouth was founded as a refuge for religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit

Multiple Choice

Boston and New Orleans were both founded as ----

• industrial centers

• Port cities

• military outposts

• farming communities

Multiple Choice

How did geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston and Charleston?

• Long coastlines offered abundant natural resources

• Proximity to flooding rivers limited development

• Natural harbors provided access to markets

Multiple Choice

Industries in New England Colonies:

-Shipbuilding

-Fishing

-Fur trapping

-Lumber milling

Which physical characteristics made economic activities possible?

• Tall mountains & fertile soil

• Tall mountains, ,long shoreline, fertile soil

• Dense forests, natural harbors, & swift rivers

• Rocky soil, arid climate and natural harbors

Multiple Choice

Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams disagreed with the religious leaders of Massacusetts. These disagreements were resolved when Hooker and Williams--

• left Massachusetts and established new colonies

• founded new political parties

• petitioned to revise the Massachisetts Bay Charter

• left Massachusetts and explored Mississippi

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade?

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

• The economic demands of the plantation system

• The construction needs of the railroads

• Increased textile manufacturing

Multiple Choice

In which colony did Catholics settle?

• Pannsylvania

• Connecticut

• Massachussetts

• Maryland

Multiple Choice

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarly to--

• profit from natural resource

• avoid crop failures to pay off debts

• escape religious persecution

Poll

Which colonies had moderate weather?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

Multiple Choice

The colonies had representative government because of the

• distance from each other

• distance from Great Britain

• distance from France

Multiple Choice

The Viginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia so that colonists could ---

• self-govern on a local level

• vote in British Parliament

• participate in free market economy

Multiple Choice

* Mayflower Compact

* Virginia House of Burgesses

* Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• The doctrine of the Church of England

• The economic system of mercantilism

Multiple Choice

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

* Defined & limited the powers of the government

* Created a general assembly

* Granted government the right to levy & collect taxes

Which describes the influence of this document?

• It helped establish the tradition of self-government

• it was the first attempt to combine religious and political laws

• It outlined a plan for independence from Great Britain