Exploration and the Colonial Era

What three factors led to the discovery of North America and eventually colonization?

• Religion(God), wealth(Gold), Fame and international recognition(Glory)
• Wealth 
• Fame and international recognition
• Religious Persecution

What is one way the use of slave labor in the Americas contributed to an expansion of the Atlantic slave trade? 

• by decreasing the likelihood of famine or drought 
• by reducing the need for fertilizers or crop rotation 
• by raising the demand for livestock like cattle and horses 
• by increasing the production of cash crops like sugar and tobacco 

The first successful English colony in North America. Settlers entered the Chesapeake Bay and sailed up a river to build the settlement.

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

Separatists became known as the ____ because they were on a religious journey

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Anglicans

What are the three reasons for Exploration?

• Gum, Gold, Glory

• God, Gold, Glory

• Wealth, Religion, Gold

• Gold, Glory, Fame

In 1607, what was the 1st permanent English settlement in Virginia?

• Maryland

• Plymouth

• Virginia

• Jamestown

In 1620, the Pilgrims travelled here and signed the Mayflower Compact.

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Charleston, South Carolina

Which of the following was NOT a reason for colonization?

• Religious Freedom

• Political Freedom

• Economic Opportunity

• Social Opportunity

New England Colonies were settled by:

• Pilgrims in 1620 and Puritans in 1630 to escape Religious Persecution in England.

• Was an Important trading area, William Penn founded these colonies.

• Founded by catholics feeling religious persecution and created for debtors.

• Early settlers were looking for Gold.

Middle Colonies were important:

• because they were settle by Pilgrims and Puritans to escape religious persecution.

• trading area, William Penn founded Pennsylvania for Religious Freedom.

• founded by Catholics feeling religious persecution and created for debtors.

• Early settlers were looking for Gold.