1st 6 Weeks Flash Cards

Motivations of early explorers - God, Gold, and Glory

• 3 G's
• 13 Colonies
• Fountain of Youth
• Scurvy

British colonies located along the Atlantic Ocean in North America

• Mexico
• Canada
• 13 Colonies
• 50 States

First permanent English settlement in the "new world" 1607

• Jamestown
• House of Burgesses
• Plymouth
• New England

First representative government in the British Colonies

• Mayflower Compact
• Self-Government
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• House of Burgesses

Religious group from England who wanted to purify the church but met resistance; sought religious freedom in America

• Church of England
• Puritans
• Catholics
• Quakers

Social contract signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 establishing self-government

• House of Burgesses
• Self-Government
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

System where the citizens rule themselves; free from outside control

• House of Burgesses
• Self-Government
• Mercantilism
• Magna Carta

Document signed in 1215 that limited the power of the king

• Mayflower Compact
• Self-Government
• Magna Carta
• Salutary Neglect

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire; Poor, rocky soil and cold winters; Shipbuilding, fishing, and trade

• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; Grew grains "breadbasket" colonies; Religious tolerance

• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies