Topic 3: The English Colonies are Settled and Grow

What led to the "Age of Exploration"?

• Colonists desire to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• The desire for kings and queens to gain land and wealth

• New ship building technology

• Overcrowding in London, England

Henry the Navigator...

• Established a school for navigation

• Was an Italian explorer

• Was honored by having the Americas named for him

• Recognized that the Americas were not Asia

The Americas were named for which explorer?

• Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco da Gama

The Columbian Exchange brought new crops, technology, and disease from Europe to the Americas.

• True

• False

How did encounters with Europeans effect Native Americans?

• Native Americans and Europeans became allies

• Europeans paid Native Americans fairly for their land and in turn Native Americans became wealthy

• Native Americans died of disease and their empires were destroyed

• Europeans and Native Americans became trading partners

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who attempted to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.

• True

• False

Why did English merchants want a colony in North America?

• To have a place to store their ships

• To create a new government for England

• To have a strategic location to support wars in Europe

• To provide raw materials for trade

The colony of Jamestown survived the "Starving Time" because

• John Smith sailed back to England and brought a farming crew to the colony

• Native Americans offered food after

• Pocahontas married John Smith

• They relocated to Roanoke

Settlers came to Virginia because they wanted the chance to own

• Ships

• Storefronts

• Taverns

• Land

Why were separatists persecuted?

• Because of where they were born

• Becuase of their language

• Because of their political beliefs

• Because of their religious beliefs