Exploration and Colonies Review

Primary Reasons for European Exploration-

Spread Christianity

Economic development

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Which of the following would best complete this list?

• Create political allies

• Expand empire

• Promote self-government

• Locate new labor source

Articles, Lawes, and Orders for the Colony….

First since we owe our highest and supreme duty, our greatest, and all our allegiance to him, King James I:

Article 1.6 – Everie man and woman duly twice a day upon the first Towling of the Bell shall upon the working daies repaire unto the Church, to dear divine Service

Article 1.8 – He that upon pretended mailice, shall murder or take away the life of any man, shall bee punished with death.

Laws Divine, Moral, and Martial for the Colony of Virginia, 1610-1611

Which of the following reasons best concludes why the colonists would have written articles similar to those found in the text box above?

• To keep peace and order, colonists had to make their own laws because of their distance from the king

• Colonists lacked strict guidance and leadership during the earlier years of their settlement.

• Every man should read and interpret the Bible for himself and profess no allegiance to the king

• Colonists disliked attempts at control by the Crown and therefore set up forms of representative governments.

How was the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses similar to the signing of the Mayflower Compact?

• Both strengthened the English Parliament’s control over the colonies.

• Both gave settlers the right to establish a colony.

• Both contributed to the development of representative democracy.

• Both sparked a growth in religious freedom.

“The Slavery which now largely [exists] in the American Colonies, is another mighty evil…yet in the generality it sprang from an unwarrantable desire of gain, for amassing wealth, and in the pride of their heart of the mother country..."

John Wesley, 1774, Thoughts upon Slavery

Which of the following colonial group would have agreed with the excerpt above?

• Indentured servants

• Colonial businessmen

• Plantation owners

• Quakers

The primary reason for the establishment of the colony of Maryland was to –

• Establish a safe haven for English debtors

• Function as a buffer between English and Spanish territories

• Develop trade relations with various Native groups

• Serve as a refuge for Catholics to avoid persecution

-First written constitution in the colonies

-Contributed to the growth of representative institutions

-Expanded voting rights to non-church members

The box above describes the importance of which colonial document?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Maryland Toleration Act

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

Using the map, what conclusion can be drawn as to why the trading system was established?

• The British wanted to expand their empire all over the world

• The colonies lacked the necessary labor force to harvest cash crops.

• The British were seeking a direct sea route to the West Indies

• The colonies wanted to spread Christianity to Africa.

The main interest of the French for colonizing in North America was creating successful relations with Native Americans in order to –

• Develop a fur trade

• Establish allies in the New World

• Spread Christianity

• Utilize natural resources

“Solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves into a civil body of politic…to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws…as shall be fitting for the general Good of the Colony.” 

Mayflower Compact, 1620

The colonial document referenced above was significant in establishing the principle of –

• Mercantilism

• Religious freedom

• Self-government

• Civic virtue

After a difficult start, England finally established successful colonies in North America.  What physical commonality did the first three settlements have?

• All three were established for religious freedom.

• They all relied on long, humid summers and rich soil to survive

• All three were located on the Atlantic seaboard

• They all were self-governing colonies.