American History Summary

What are the names of the 3 colonial regions?

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England

• New Colonies

• Northern Colonies

Why did the Puritans leave Great Britain to the colonies and where did they colonize?

• To escape religious persecution, Massachusetts Bay Colony

• To escape taxation without representation, Plymouth Colony

• To start a new government,

  Saybrook Colony

• To claim land for Britain,

  Massachusetts Bay Colony

What coast were the colonies established along?

• Atlantic Coast

• Pacific Coast

• Gulf Coast

• North Coast

The trading of Manufactured goods from Europe to Africa for captured Africans who then were shipped across the Atlantic to be sold into slavery in North America. Then raw materials were taken back to European Nations.

What was the main motive to settle the colonies of Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, and Pennsylvania?

When was Jamestown Founded?

• 1607

• 1617

• 1803

• 1606

Who was instrumental to helping the colony later survive?

• John Smith, John Rolfe, Pocahontas

• Paul Smith, John Rolfe, Susan Colleton

• Jeff Rolfe, John Clarke, Samuel Gorton

• John Mason, John Harvard, Anne Hutchinson

 What countries were instrumental to Early Colonization and Exploration of the “New World”?

• Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Netherlands

• Portugal, Ireland, Germany, Great Britain, France

• Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Norway

• Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain, Sweeden

Why was the way Columbus wanted to find a route to Asia different from most explorers at the time?

• He wanted to sail West instead of around Africa

• He wanted to sail East through the Mediterranean Sea

• He wanted to sail North around Great Britain

• He wanted to sail South around Africa

What regions are the original 13 colonies broken into?

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New Colonies

• Southern England