Exploration and Colonization Unit Review

According to the economic policy of mercantilism, European nations desired to increase their wealth, power and prestige by

• establishing colonies in the New World

• buying imports from their rival nations

• isolating themselves from the rest of the world

• ALL answer choices

What was the main reason that the French traveled to the New World?

• To profit from the fur trade

• To conquer land

• To escape religious persecution

• To convert natives to christianity

One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a BUFFER colony. This meant that Georgia was

• A colony for settlement for the poor

• A military protective zone between South Carolina and the Spanish, French and allies of the enemy settlements

• An outpost for pirates attacking Spanish galleons

• An agricultural station experimenting with new strains of cotton plants

Who were the Quakers?

• English people who wanted adventure in the New World

• France people who settled in Jamestown

• the religious group who settled in Pennsylvania

This man was the Puritan governor of Massachusetts; he led a group of people to America in search of religious freedom.

• John Winthrop

• Thomas Hooker

• Roger Williams

• Michael Kraus

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• The doctrine of the Church of England

• The economic system of mercantilism

Founded Rhode Island to secure religious toleration that he didn't have in Massachusetts. He believed in the separation of church and state (government)

• Thomas Hooker

• Roger Williams

• John Wheelwright

• John Winthrop

Woman exiled from Massachusetts Bay because she continued to disregard Puritan laws in her teachings about the Bible

• Anne Hutchinson

• Anne Gables

• Anne Johnston

• Anne Donnington

Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were established so colonists could________

• Move further West towards the Pacific Ocean

• Start Plantations using slave labor

• establish trade with Native Americans

• Escape Religious Persection

Why was Maryland settled?

• For France to have a colony

• For settlers to find gold

• For Virginians to have somewhere to eat crab

• For Catholics to have freedom of religion