Colonization

What is the BEST definition for colonization?

• when people move somewhere but return to their home country
• when a group of people move to a new place and set up a new government
• when a society becomes multicultural
• when trade relationships are formed between countries

What does the term "indigenous" mean?

• Lonely
• Slave
• African
• Native

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

Which policy controlled colonies for all the MAJOR European trading countries in the 16th - 18th centuries?

• mercantilism

• revolution

• globalism

• democracy

*Slave labor from America

*Yearlong growing season

*Good soil and fresh water

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Which best completes the graphic organizer?

• British Mercantalism

• Industrial Revolution

• The American System

• The Plantation System

Economic Activities of Colonial America

New England Colonies ----- Merchant trade, shipbuilding, naval supplies, small farming, forestry, fishing

Middle Colonies ------ Dairy farming, wheat and grain farming

Southern Colonies ---- Rice, tobacco, indigo farming

Backcountry --- Small farming, hunting and fur trapping

Which factor most contributed to different patterns of economic activity among the colonies?

• differences of religion among colonial areas

• differences of culture among European settlers

• differences of physical geography and resources

• differences of the length of time a colony had existed

The role of colonies under the economic system of mercantilism was to --

• provide the "mother country" with raw materials.
• promote the economy of individual colonies.
• establish trade with foreign countries.
• establish trade with other colonies.

This was the  western boundary for the 13 colonies.

• Lake Erie
• Appalachian Mountains
• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ociean

Which economic activity did settlers in the New England colonies not participate?

• fishing
• shipbuilding
• agriculture
• trading

What were the three G's that motivated most people to come to the "new world"?

• Gold, God, and Glory
• Gifts, Gadgets, and Generosity
• Gratitude, Guidance, and Goodwill
• Goodness, Grace, and Growth