Exploration and Early Colonization

Please select the location of Jamestown colony

Why was Plymouth colony founded?

• For commercial gain

• To convert Native Americans to the Catholic faith

• to find gold

• to seek religious freedom while fleeing from religious persecution

The first permanent English settlement​ (a)   was founded in the year​ ​ (b)   .

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Roanoke
• Compton
• 1619
• 1620
• 1607
• 1616

Click on all reasons for European Exploration

• to double the size of the United States

• to find riches

• to expand their empire

• to spread their religion

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

• Provided an example of representative government.
• Established the first army in the New World.
• Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.
• Determined who could leave the colony. 

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

What was the main ECONOMIC 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

Which of the following were the purpose of the Spanish missions? (Select all that apply)

• to convert the Natives

• to teach natives about Spanish culture

• to pay off debt in Asia

• to ease relations with France

First Representative government in the Colonies

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step in the development of American democracy?

• It established the principle of separation of church and state.

• It provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony.

• It defined colonial relations with local Natives

• It outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.