Exploration and Colonization

What is a natural feature that exists along the eastern coast which made trade easier?

• coastal boundaries

• harbors

• bay area

• lagoons

Which colony was established as a safe place for Catholics?

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

• Georgia

Reasons for exploration-

• claim land, expand empires, spread religion, access resources, find a faster route to Asia

• spread religion, expand empires, plant crops, levy taxes

• to achieve Manifest Destiny

• enslave Native Americans

1st anti-slavery group in the colonies

• Quakers

• abolitionists

• Catholics

• conductors of the underground railroads

fishing, trade, lumber, whaling, and shipbuilding were all a part of what region's economy?

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

cash crops, slavery, plantations, mild winters, hot & humid summers were features of what region of the colonies?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the House of Burgesses led to the -

• growth of representative and self-government

• the colonists distancing themselves from England

• formation of the U.S. Constitution

• salutary neglect

Which region of the colonies grew grains (bread-basket), had moderate climate, and had a large group of diverse immigrants?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Jamestown, VA and Plymouth, MA were settled for what reasons, respectively?

• Economic (tobacco) and Religious (separatists)

• Economic (cash crops) and Religious (Catholics)

• Economic (peaches) and Religious (Quakers)

• Economic (indigo) and Religious (1st Great Awakening)

Which map shows the thirteen colonies?

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