Exploration & Colonization

8.2A

• To promote free enterprise
• To extend democacy
• To expand empires
• To found utopian communities 

 8.2(A) identify reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe
• To create communities founded on religious tolerance
• To profit from trading in furs and other goods
• To create joint ventures with other European powers

8.12(B) 

• The invention of the steam engine
• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture
• The development of the factory system
• The establishment of protective tariffs

8.12(b)

• The economic demands of the plantations system
• The construction needs of the railroad
• Increased textile manufacuring 
• Increased western migration

8.11(A)

• 1: Indigo
• 2: Moderate
• 3: Rocky Soil
• 4: Ships

8.11 (A)

• Tall mountains, a long shoreline, and fertile soil
• A temperate climate, vast grasslands, and plentiful lakes
• Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers
• Natural harbors, and arid climate, and rocky soil

Which European explorer was sent by Spain to find a route to Asia?

• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando de Soto
• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
• Hernan Cortes

What era in American history was a result of European interest in wealth, new land, a western route to Asia, and a search for religious freedom? 

• Colonixation
• Westward expansion
• Age of Jackson
• Revolutionary Era

What European country colonized North America for Gold, Glory and God?

• Spain
• France
• England
• Russia

What European country colonized North America for Religous, Economic, Political and Social reasons?

• England
• France
• Spain
• China