Exploration and Colonization

This country explored the new world looking for fur

• England

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?

• They wanted to get rich.
• They were looking for a Northwestern Passage to India.
• They wanted freedom of religion.
• All of the above

French colonist ....

• focused primary on fur trading

• participated in the triangular trade

• created an early system for public schools

• organised utopian societies

REASONS FOR EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

1. To find new sea routes to India and China
2. To fin gold, silver, and other treasure
3. ________________________________________ ?

• to spread democratic ideas

• to improve efficiency in manufacturing

• to locate potential military allies

• to claim new territory

Puritans established Massachusetts to established...

• claim land

• religious freedom

• make profits

• enslave people

The  ________________ has thin, rocky soil.

• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies

 Maryland was a refuge for _______________________.

• Puritans
• Quakers
• Catholics
• Pickle Rick

Which area had the largest agricultural centers (plantations) in the 13 colonies?

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Roanoke

• Southern Colonies

The most important products in the Southern colonies were

• corn, wheat and potatoes

• tobacco, rice and indigo

• iron works and copper

• fish and lumber

The 3 G's of Exploration stood for...

• God, gold, & glory
• God, good times, & girls
• Gains, gold, & guppies
• God, gold, & goof ups