Colonization to Early Republic

What do the Mayflower Compact and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut have in common?

• The right to a trial by jury

• The creation o checks and balances

• Steps toward self-government of the colonies

• Escape from religious persecution

As cash crops increased in colonial Virginia, the need for workers led to -

• More immigrants moved to the colonies

• Technology improved farming

• Spread in development of cash crops

• Use of slaves from Africa

What was one of the effects of the meeting between Native Americans and early settlers?

• Diseases spread through Native American population

• Improved farming technologies

• Replaced African as slaves

• Increased colonization by the Spanish

What were the motives for early European colonization

• Proved the world was round

• Explored Canada

• All water route to Asia

• Improved trade with Africans

Which settlement is correctly matched with motive for establishment

• Maryland -- placed for Quakers

• New York -- escape for the Catholics

• Pennsylvania -- refuge for Quakers

• Delaware -- home for debtors

What was the major reasons to colonize the New World

• Develop new relationships with Native Americans

• Economic opportunity

• Created a new route to Canada

• Place to put debtors from Europe

What role did the Virginia House of Burgesses play in the development of government in the colonies?

• Created three branches of government

• Met as the first representative assembly

• Developed a constitution

• Created the role of king

Which quote would be most closely associated to the doctrine of the Puritans?

• "Man must worships their god above all else."

• "Every person should have the same opinion."

• "People must be free to say whatever they want, even if it is against the government."

• "Both government and people must do what is right."

During the time of mercantilism, the thirteen colonies' purpose was to provide -

• Raw materials

• Manufactured goods

• Slaves

• Money

Which events are in chronological order?

• Jamestown - Magna Carta - Plymouth

• Magna Carta - Fundamental Order of Connecticut - Jamestown

• 2nd Great Awakening - Jamestown - Virginia House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta - Jamestown - Fundamental Orders of Connecticut