Exploration and Colonization

Which of the following was the MAIN reason the Puritans left England?

• to develop new crops

• to establish a new monarchy in America

• to seek religious freedom

• to spread Catholic beliefs to American Indians

• 1-Enslaved native populations

  2-Organized Utopian societies

• 1-Established Catholic missions

  2-Focused primarily on fur trading

• 1-Promoted political freedom

  2-Participated in the triangular trade

• 1-Became commercial shipbuilders

  2-Created an early system of public schools

In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.

• a representative assembly

• peace and harmony

• self-expression

• self-government

• Freedom from debts

• Religious freedom

• Economic freedom

• Freedom of speech

• It helped establish the tradition of self-government.

• It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.

• It established the principle of unalienable rights.

• It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.

Maryland and Pennsylvania were mainly founded for _____________ purposes.

• religious

• political

• economic

• isolation

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which colonial region had a long cold winter and rocky soil?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• West Indies

What characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table?

• 1:Indigo

• 2:Moderate

• 3:Rocky soil

• 4: Ships

The factors listed above contributed most to the -

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians

• election of British colonists to Parliament

• growth of representative government in the British colonies

• expansion of British trade in the Americas