UNIT 1: COLONIAL AMERICA

What motivated Europeans to come to the New World?

• Economy, Religion, and Glory motivated Europeans to come to the New World.

• Glory motivated Europeans to come to the New World.

• Religion and Glory motivated Europeans to come to the New World.

What was a North American colony?

• A North American colony is an area of land that was claimed and settled by the Europeans for glory or economic and religious purposes.

• A North American colony is an area of land and its community that was claimed and settled by the Europeans for glory or economic and religious purposes.

• A North American colony is a community that was claimed and settled by the Europeans for glory or economic and religious purposes.

How did American Indian societies influence colonial societies?

• American Indian societies influenced colonial societies by both aiding and fighting against European expansion.

• American Indian societies influenced colonial societies by fighting against European expansion.

• American Indian societies influenced colonial societies aiding and European expansion.

How did European colonists influence American Indian societies?

• European colonists influenced American Indian societies by introducing smallpox.

• European colonists influenced American Indian societies by engaging in conflicts and enslaving American Indians.

• European colonists influenced American Indian societies by introducing smallpox, engaging in conflicts, and enslaving American Indians.

What governments did colonists establish?

• The colonists established Royal, Charter and Proprietary governments.

• The colonists established Charter and Proprietary governments.

• The colonists established Royal and Proprietary governments.

How did people of African descent influence colonial society?

• People of African descent influenced colonial society by bringing the skills and trades they learned in their homelands to the colonies, which helped industry and agriculture to grow quickly.

• People of African descent did not influence the colonies.

• People of African descent influenced colonial societies by introducing smallpox, engaging in conflicts, and enslaving American Indians.

How did colonial laws institutionalize slavery?

• Colonial laws institutionalize slaver by abolish slavery in Colonial America which means they made slavery illegal.

• Colonial laws institutionalize slavery by establishing slave codes that laid the foundation for slave trade.

• Colonial laws did not institutionalize slavery in America.

How did the desire for land create conflict in colonial America?

• The desire for land created conflict in colonial America by motivating the colonies and the countries that backed them to go to war to claim more land.

• The desire for land created conflict in colonial America by forcing the Colonist to leave the Americas.

• The desire for land created no conflicts in colonial America. The colonists and American Indians were happy to share what land and resources were available.

How independent were the colonies?

• Early American colonies were not independent. They relied on the country that backed them to fund their operations.

• Early American colonies were independent. They did not need the country that backed them to fund their operations.

• Early American colonies were independent. They relied on the countries that sent them had no influence over them.