Exploration & Colonization (Falcon Focus)

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.
• Plymouth’s founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown’s founders expected to discover gold.
• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.
• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

Match the settlement to the correct colony where it is located.

• Plymouth, MA #12
• Jamestown, VA #10
• NYC, NY #13
• Charleston, SC #1

Which region of Colonial America would you find tobacco, rice, & indigo?

• New England colonies
• Southern colonies
• Middle Colonies
• All three regions 

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise.
• To expand democracy.
• To expand empires.
• To found utopian communities.

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe.
• To create communities founded on religious tolerance.
• To profit from trading in furs and other goods.
• To create joint ventures with other European powers.

Which colony correctly completes this diagram? 

• Maryland  
• Virginia
• South Carolina
• Georgia

Which of the following colonies practiced tolerance (acceptance) of religious diversity?

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Connecticut

• New York

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?

• The influence of the plantation system on the economic development of 13 colonies
• The construction needs of the railroad.
• Increased textile manufacturing.
• Increased western migration.

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• The invention of the steam engine.
• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture in the Southern colonies.
• The development of the factory system.
• The establishment of protective tariffs.

The Southern colonies had an agrarian economy that depended on -

• fishing
• livestock
• textile industries
• the practice of slavery