8th US History

What is the significance of the Pilgrims' arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French

• It led to an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies

What was the INITIAL reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• To find new trade routes to Asia

• To form military alliances

• To spread Christianity to Africa

• To find new sources of cheap labor

Which of these was the primary reason for French Colonization of North America during the 17th Century?

• To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism

• To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area

• To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico

• To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

Which of these completes the analogy? Spanish Colonists:____ as French Colonists:____

• Enslaved native populations; organized utopian societies

• Established Catholic missions; Focused primarily on fur trading

• Promoted political freedom; participated in triangular trade

• Became commercial shipbuilders; created an early system of public schools

Which of these completes the following list: REASONS FOR EUROPEAN EXPLORATION - 1) to find new sea routes to India and China, 2) To find gold, silver, and other treasure, 3) ?

• To spread democratic ideals

• To improve efficiency in manufacturing

• To locate potential military allies

• To claim new territory

The primary motives for European Exploration of the Americas was to increase wealth, to spread Christianity, ANNNNNNND....

• to promote free enterprise

• to extend democracy

• to expand empires

• to found utopian communities.

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe

• To create communities founded in religious tolerance

• To profit from trading in furs and other goods

• To create joint venture with other European powers

1) What was the reason the Virginia Colony was established? 2) What was the reason the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established?

• 1) to gain religious freedom 2) to provide military defense

• 1) to increase business profits 2) to escape religious persecution

• 1) to provide military defense 2) to help benefit the poor

• 1) to increase business profits 2) to provide a place for criminals

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• freedom from debts

• religious freedom

• economic freedom

• freedom of speech

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• Maryland

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Georgia