STAAR Review - Exploration and Colonization

What is the significance of the Pilgrims' arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French

• it led to an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England

• it introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies

Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

• To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

• To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

• To find the legendary waters to the Fountain of Youth

• To discover a new sea route to Asia

Spanish Colonist = 1 and French Colonist = 2

• 1- Enslaved native populations

  2 - Organized utopian societies

• 1- established catholic missions

  2 - Organized utopian societies

• 1- promoted political freedom

  2 - participated in the triangular trade

• 1- became commercial shipbuilders

  2 - created an early system of public schools

Reasons for European Exploration include...

- to find new sea routes to India and China

- to find gold, silver, and other treasure

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• to spread democratic ideals

• to improve efficiency in manufacturing

• to locate potential military allies

• to claim new territory

Which reason correctly describes why Jamestown was established?

• to gain religious freeedom

• to increase business profits

• to provide military defense

• to help benefit the poor

Which reason correctly describes why Plymouth was established?

• to provide military defense

• to escape religious persecution

• to help benefit the poor

• to provide a place for criminals

- Lord Baltimore organized the colony of Maryland

- Thomas Hooker founded the colon of Connecticut

- Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island

The colonies listed above were founded primarily to offer a greater degree of -

• freedom from debts

• religious freedom

• economic freedom

• freedom of speech

What was one way slow communication with the British government affected the American colonies?

• the colonies united for trade and defense

• self-government developed in the colonies

• smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased

• the colonies petitioned the government to establish a navy

"as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony" - Mayflower Compact

What reason did a group of colonist agree to this compact?

• to declare independence from all European nations

• to form a social contract among themselves

• to demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

• to establish trade relations with other countries

- Mayflower Compact

- Virginia House of Burgesses

- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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

• opportunity for trade with American Indians

• distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• doctrine of the church of England

• economic system of mercantilism