American Colonies Emerge

The Spanish first moved into the North American Southwest in an effort to

• Establish missions

• Obtain trade goods

• Obtain precious metals

• Strengthen the security of New Spain.

The first English colony of Jamestown was set up in hope of achieving

• Financial gain for investors

• Political freedom for settlers

• Religious freedom for setters

• Military supremacy for England

At first Jamestown has a disastrous start, and most colonists die from

• Weather conditions

• Disease and Hunger

• Native Americans’ hostility toward European settlement

Jamestown begins to flourish and gain wealth because of

• Indentured servants

• Native American relations

• Pocahontas

• Tobacco

What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?

• Tension between former indentured servants living on the frontier and wealthy landowners

• Tension between wealthy landowners and Native Americans

• Religious differences

• Cultural differences

In 1620, Pilgrims (Puritans) flee from England to found Plymouth colony to escape

• Government persecution

• Social equality

• Separation of church and state

• Religious persecution

What was the main cause of King Philip’s war?

• Native American tribes were fighting each other

• Native Americans were forced to follow Puritan laws and deprived of land

• Hunger and disease

• Disputes between the Puritans and the King of England

The colony that was founded on principles of social equality and religious tolerance was

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Georgia

Hernan Cortes defeats this American Empire

• Mayas

• Powhatan

• Inca

• Aztecs

Teaches that church ministers are unnecessary. Banished from Puritan Community.

• Roger Williams

• Anne Hutchinson

• John Winthrop

• John Smith