What did the Pilgrims agree to set up by signing the Mayflower Compact?

• a monarchy

• a self-government

• economy based on plantation farming

• religious freedom to all settlers

True or False: European countries first began sailing the Americas to find a faster route to Asia.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why did the French explore North America?

• spread Christianity to tribes living in the Southwest

• grow cash crops in the Southeast

• find gold all over North America

• set up fur trading post along the Mississippi River

Why was the colony of Virginia established?

• for economic reasons

• for political reasons

• for social reasons

Why was the colony of Plymouth Rock (Pilgrims) established?

• for economic reasons

• for political reasons

• for social reasons

Self-government and representative government grew in the 13 Colonies due to ____

• to expand trade for Britain

• slow communication from Britain

• to defend against a Spanish invasion

• dislike for the King in England

The Mayflower Compact is a/an

• treaty

• charter

• constitution

• agreement

What was created on Virginia to allow the people to govern themselves through a representative assembly?

• House of Burgess

• Fundamental Orders

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

The geography of the 3 colonial regions played a role in developing their ___

• religious beliefs

• economy

• self-government

Other than a place for debtors and indentured servants, the political reason for the establishment of Georgia was to establish a buffer between lands south of the colonies claimed by the ___

• French

• Dutch

• Spanish

• Portuguese