Exploration and Colonization

Why did European Explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

• To discover a new sea route to Asia

• To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

• To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

• To find the legendary fountain of Youth

What was the initial reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• To find new sources of cheap labor

• To spread Christianity to Africa

• To form military alliances

• To find a new trade route to Asia

Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

• To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism

• To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area

• To extract precious metals from mines in present day Mexico

• To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

Why was the Virginia Colony Established?

• To gain Religiuos Freedom

• To increase business profits.

• To provide Military Defense

• To provide a place for criminals

Why did the Puritans colonize Massachusetts Bay?

• To help benefit the poor

• To increase business profits

• To provide military defense

• To gain Religious Freedom