8th Grade U.S. History Fall Benchmark Review INC

What were the main Reasons for European Exploration?

• European merchants could become rich trading goods from the Africa

• European countries wanted to expand their economic wealth and expand their empires.

• European rulers wanted to spread Islam

• Established by Pilgrims escaping persecution in England and seeking to practice their own religion.

Which European Colonial Empire is correct?

• New Spain – the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida South America. In search of religious freedom.

• 13 English colonies-the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida South America. set up also for economic and political reasons.

• New France – Canada, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River. Fur trade with Native Americans.

• 13 English colonies-Eastern Atlantic coast. Fur trade with Native Americans.

Which are the two best Reasons for European colonization?

• Jamestown, Virginia founded economic and commercial reasons to make a profit, looking for gold, later growing tobacco.

• Jamestown, Virginia:-Established by Pilgrims escaping persecution in England and seeking to practice their own religion.

• Plymouth, Massachusetts:-Established by Pilgrims escaping persecution in England and seeking to practice their own religion.

• Plymouth, Massachusetts founded economic and commercial reasons to make a profit, looking for gold, later growing tobacco.

What led to the Growth of Religious Freedom in the English Colonies?

• Massachusetts: Pilgrims/Puritans came to the Americas seeking religious freedom. They did not support religious toleration for others, promoted virtue in government. Believed government and church run together.

• Rhode Island: Roger Williams and Anna Hutchinson left Massachusetts to start a colony based on religious toleration-the recognition that others had the rights to practice their own faiths.

• Maryland: Haven for Catholics

• Pennsylvania: Home to Quakers, a Protestant group who opposed war and who made peaceful purchases of land from the Native Americans instead of taking their land.

• All the above

This document contributed to growth of representative government in the colonies and it stated the importance of forming colonial self-government.

• Mayflower Compact

• Mayflower Constitution

• Virginia House of the Mayflower

• Fundamental Orders of the Pilgrims

What led to the Rise of Self Representative Government and contributed to the creation of the Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ?

• The distance of the colonies from Spain.

• The distance of the colonies from France

• The distance of the colonies from Africa.

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain.

What is the economic practice of using colonies to bring wealth to the “Mother Country”. Raw materials were sent to England and manufactured goods sold to the colonies. This economic policy prevented colonist from trading with the other foreign countries such as Spain and France.

• Merchant Marines

• Mercantilism

• Mayflower Merchants

• March Madness

A main reasons for Colonization and Religious Freedom was that Early colonial settlers first went to Jamestown, Plymouth Colony, Maryland, and Pennsylvania to secure freedom from religious persecution. What amendment guarantees religious freedom in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

Which person spoke out in support of religious ideas that differed from those of the Puritan ministers governing Massachusetts Bay colony, was banished (kick out) and moved to the colony of Rhode Island, which practiced freedom of religion.

• Abigail Adams

• Anne Armstied

• Abigail Hutchinson

• Anne Hutchinson

In the 1740's this important event was that people became more emotionally engaged in religion again because preachers encouraged religious freedom and equality under the eyes of God.

• First Great Amendment

• First Great Awakening

• Second Great Awakening

• Second Great Amendment