Unit 1- Exploration and Colonization

Question 1

What was the significance of the year 1620 in U.S. History?

Answer 1

With the signing of the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims set up a tradition of self-rule that would later lead to town meetings and elected legislatures in New England.

Question 2

Unlike the Virginia colony, the Plymouth colony was established primarily by settlers who wanted to -

Answer 2

practice their religion without interference from the Church of England.

Question 3

_________ was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while
Jamestown
​​​​​​​was founded for commercial profit.

Answer 3

Plymouth

Question 4

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to

Answer 4

escape persecution

Question 5

Which physical characteristics contributed MOST to the development of the shipbuilding industry in the northeastern states?

Answer 5

Deep Harbors, Abudance of fish