Exploration and 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

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

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

• Europe

• South America

• Australia

• Asia

REASONS FOR EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

To find new sea routes to India and China, to find gold, silver, and other treasure and ________________________________________ ?

• to spread democratic ideas

• to improve efficiency in manufacturing

• to locate potential military allies

• to expand their empires

Puritans established Massachusetts to established...

• claim land

• religious freedom

• make profits

• enslave people

In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.

• a representative assembly
• peace and harmony
• self-expression
• self-government

_______________________ was the first written colonial constitution.

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Fundamental Orders of Massachsetts
• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• The Declaration Of Independence

Representative government developed in the colonies because ________________.

• they were far away from England, making them independent
• of mercantilism
• of The Starving Time
• of The Mayflower Compact