Exploration & Colonization

What year was Jamestown established?

• 1620

• 1803

• 1607

• 1787

Jamestown's economy finally improved when the colonists began growing

• sugar cane

• tobacco

• corn

• potatoes

This country explored the new world looking for fur

• England

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

What continent do Spain, France, and England (Britain) belong to?

• Europe

• South America

• Australia

• Asia

The Northwest Passage was a route explorers hoped to find to:

• get to India and China across the top of Canada

• find gold and riches

• find underwater treasures

• get around South America faster

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

When did Columbus reach the New World?

• 1492
• 1493
• 1997
• 1491

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco