Exploration and Colonization

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What are the 3Gs/REPs reasons for European exploration and colonization?

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Gold, God, Glory

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Which European country established colonies in Canada and was interested in the fur trade with Indian tribes in America?

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France

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Which European country was interested in establishing Catholic missions in America to increase its land and power?

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Spain

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How can historians be sure that a secondary source can be trusted?

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Check the sources the author used

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What were the major cash crops grown in the Southern colonies?

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Tobacco, Rice, Indigo

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What was the first successful British colony founded in America in 1607?

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Jamestown

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Why is the Mayflower Compact (1620) an important document for representative government in the colonies?

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It established the 1st direct democracy in the colonies.

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Why is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) an important document for representative government in the colonies?

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It created the 1st written constitution in the colonies.

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Why is the Virginia House of Burgesses important for the development of representative government in the colonies?

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It was the 1st elected representative assembly in the colonies

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Why was Pennsylvania founded by William Penn in 1681?

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To create a safe place for Quakers