Exploration and Colonization

European nations competing to extend their empires, thus extending their wealth and power is a ___________ reason for colonization.

• Social

• Economic

• Political

• Religious

The year 1620 is significant because

• it is the year that the Mayflower Compact was signed.

• it is the year that Jamestown was established.

• it is the year that the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted.

• it is the year that Georgia was established.

The Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut have which of the following in common?

• They all occurred in the New England Region.

• They are all examples of settlement for religious reasons.

• They all promote separation of church and state.

• They all established self-government.

The colonial region primarily settled for religious reasons is the

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Spanish Florida

The colonial region whose main economic activity was cash crops grown on plantations was the

• Southern Colonies

• Oregon Country

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

Lord Baltimore established which colony as a refuge for Catholics?

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Maryland

The period (1740's) that was characterized by a renewed interest in religion with an emphasis on the importance of the individual and their spiritual experience was known as

• the 1st Great Awakening

• the 2nd Great Awakening

• the Great Migration

• the Melting Pot

The idea that the mother country (England) gains wealth and power by controlling the trade of its colonies is known as

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Free Trade

• Government Regulation

The founder of Connecticut who advocated for voting rights for everyone (even non church members) and was responsible for the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was

• William Penn

• Anne Hutchinson

• Roger Williams

• Thomas Hooker

Which two people were banished from Massachusetts and became co-founders of Rhode Island?

• Anne Hutchinson and William Penn

• Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

• William Penn and Thomas Hooker

• Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams