Colonial America to the Constitution (SSUSH1-SSUSH5)

Describe the system of mercantilism that drove the European exploration of the New World.

• Mercantilism involved investors buying stock in the companies of entrepreneurs to help their businesses obtain capital

• Mercantilism involved a search for arable (farmable) land for the production of cash crops to ship back to the mother country

• Mercantilism involved a search for precious metals such as gold and silver to extract from new territories and bring back to the mother country

And Englishman lands in Massachusetts to practice Christianity. If he wants to practice a stricter form of Christianity, he would move to __________; if he wants to practice a more relaxed form of Christianity, he would move to __________.

• Rhode Island; Maryland

• Rhode Island; Connecticut

• Connecticut; Rhode Island

What was the first settlement by the English in the Americas?

• Charlestowne, South Carolina

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

What was the first governing body established in the New World?

• The House of Representatives

• The House of Commons

• The House of Lords

• The House of Burgesses

What was the first document in the New World that reflected democratic ideals and resembled a constitution?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

You're coming to the New World from England for a better life. You want to live an agrarian (farm-based) lifestyle, but you're bringing your family and want them to be safe from disease and other environmental hazards. You will MOST LIKELY settle in:

• The Middle/Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• The New England/Northern Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

What were the geographical locations of the French and the Spanish in the New World at the time that the English were settling? In what ways did that affect the English settlements?

• The French in the North sent Indigenous Peoples to pester the English; the Spanish in the South forced the English to create Georgia as a buffer state.

• The Spanish in the North sent Indigenous Peoples to pester the English; the French in the South forced the English to create Georgia as a buffer state.

• The French in the South sent Indigenous Peoples to pester the English; the Spanish in the North forced the English to make New York a buffer state.

• The Spanish in the South sent Indigenous Peoples to pester the English; the French in the North forced the English to make New York a buffer state.

Each of the following had or attempted friendly relations with the English settlers EXCEPT (two solutions):

• Powhatan

• Opechacanoe

• Sacajawea

• Metacom/King Philip

Which of the three regions of colonies was the most educated/literate? Why?

• The New England colonies because they were the most religious and needed literacy to read the Bible

• The Middle Colonies because they were the most diverse and a diverse environment improved reading skills

• The Southern Colonies because they were the most lucrative colonies and literacy was necessary for commerce

Describe the role tobacco would play in the English settlement of America (multiple solutions).

• Tobacco would make the Southern Colonies the most valuable of all colonies to England

• When gold and silver were not found by England in the colonies, tobacco would become the most valuable export

• Tobacco would make the Middle Colonies the most valuable of all colonies to England

• Virginia would become the #1 tobacco exporter to the whole of Europe