Exploration and Colonization quiz

Spain funded Columbus's first voyage mostly in the hope of finding --

• people to convert to the Christian religion

• new lands to house Spain's growing population

• a more direct overseas trade route to Asia

• a source of slave labor to work in Spanish mines

Answer explanation

Spain funded Columbus's first voyage mostly in the hope of finding a more direct overseas trade route to Asia, aiming to bypass the existing routes controlled by Italian merchants.

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SS 8.2A

Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, no shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.

-Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786

Based on this excerpt, Thomas Jefferson wanted all colonists in Virginia to --

• share their personal property

• be rewarded for religious devotion

• worship as they please

• have freedom of speech

Answer explanation

Based on this excerpt, Thomas Jefferson wanted all colonists in Virginia to worship as they please.

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SS 8.1A, SS 8.29A

English: immigrants unhappy with the Church of England

Puritans: wanted to reform the Church of England

Pilgrims: ____________________

Which of the following options best completes the diagram?

• Developed new beliefs after leaving the Church of England.

• Continued to send financial support to the Church of England

• Separated entirely from the Church of England

• Created a new colonial branch of the Church of England

Answer explanation

Pilgrims separated entirely from the Church of England, unlike the Puritans who wanted to reform it. This choice best completes the diagram.

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SS 8.23A, SS 8.29B

The colony of Massachusetts Bay was founded in 1630 by --

• Quakers who wanted to establish a refuge for religious minorities

• Puritans who wanted the freedom to practice their own religion

• dissenters who had been expelled by the Puritans for their radical views

• Catholics who were persecuted by the Church of England

Answer explanation

The colony of Massachusetts Bay was founded in 1630 by Puritans who wanted the freedom to practice their own religion.

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SS 8.25A

Reasons for Establishment of the English Colonies

Economic: access to raw materials

Social: chance for adventure

Which reason below was a common reason for people establishing the colonies, no matter of location?

• escape from religious persecution

• rumors of abundant minerals

• benefits of land ownership

• containment of French settlement

Answer explanation

The common reason for people establishing the colonies, regardless of location, was to escape from religious persecution.

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SS 8.2B

SS 8.29C

Match the following

• MA, NH, RI, CT

• Middle Colonies

• MD,VA,NC,SC,GA

• New England colonies

• NY,DE,NJ, PA

• Southern Colonies