Define 1607

• Date first successful English settlement in North America was founded; Jamestown

• Establishing new settlements in new lands – many times to extend power and claim territories

• To improve your way of life with opportunities to earn more; many came to New World to escape

  poverty

• To search or travel for the purpose of discovering new lands

Define Mayflower Compact

• Established self-government; basis of CT. government

• Motivation for exploration in the new world

• First successful English settlement in North America; founded in 1607

• The governing document of Plymouth Colony; social contract that established self government by majority rule

Define Mercantilism

• Individuals free to produce, sell,& buy whatever they can afford; prices set by supply & demand

• Economic system- controlled trade benefits the “Mother Country”; colonists expected to sell their raw products to Britain at low prices

• The original settlements colonized on the East Coast; rebelled against British authority

• First elected representative assembly in the colonies, self government

Define Virginia House of Burgesses

• Individuals free to produce, sell,& buy whatever they can afford; prices set by supply & demand

• Economic system- controlled trade benefits the “Mother Country”; colonists expected to sell their raw products to Britain at low prices

• The original settlements colonized on the East Coast; rebelled against British authority

• First elected representative assembly in the colonies, self government

Which country got along with Natives, christianized and traded beaver furs for profit.

• France
• Netherlands
• Spain
• England

The colony that was established for helping debtors and criminals have a fresh start.

• Georgia
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• Massachusetts

The colony that was established as a safe haven for Catholics was

• Connecticut
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

The colony that was established by William Penn as a place where Quakers could practice their religion.

• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland

Plantation agriculture was possible in the Southern Colonies because the ____.

• Atlantic coastal plain provided flat and fertile land for farming
• short growing season supported a variety of crops
• mountains protected crops from severe weather
• the American Indians provided a steady supply of labor

Which colonial region based their economy on shipbuilding, lumber, fishing, and manufacturing?

• New England
• Middle
• Eastern coastal southern
• Western, mountainous Southern