unit:1 exploration/colonization Flashcards
What are some reasons for their exploration?
New Trade Routes:
Explorers were often motivated by the desire to find new and faster trade routes, particularly to the East (Asia) for valuable goods like spices, silk, and other commodities.
Wealth and Resources:
The prospect of finding new sources of wealth, such as precious metals and other resources, was a powerful driver for exploration.
Mercantilism: European nations, driven by mercantilist policies, sought to expand their empires and control trade routes to accumulate wealth.
Why did new spain want to explore?
encompassing vast territories in the Americas, was driven by a desire for wealth, religious conversion, and expansion of the Spanish Empire, leading to the establishment of settlements, missions, and presidios.
Why did france do in the exploration
In the early sixteenth century, it joined the race to explore the New World and exploit the resources of the Western Hemisphere. Also focused on establishing trade routes and colonies, particularly in areas around the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes, with figures like Jacques Cartier and La Salle playing key roles.
What was the reason for colonies to colonize?
economic gain through access to resources and markets, religious freedom and expansion, and a desire for power and prestige among colonizing nations.
What did new england do for there economy
fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, and small-scale subsistence farming, as the rocky soil and harsh climate made large-scale agriculture difficult.
what is the mayflower compact and why was it made?
an agreement by the adult male passengers on the Mayflower to form a civil government and obey its laws for the common good of the Plymouth Colony. Also to establish a temporary form of self-government and a foundation for a new society in the New World plus
Plimoth Patuxet Museums | Mayflower and Mayflower Compact
Because they chose to remain where they landed in New England, they needed a new permission (called a patent) to settle there.
southern economy
historically relied heavily on agriculture, particularly cotton production, and slave labor, but has since diversified into manufacturing, technology, and tourism
maryland,and catholic
Maryland’s founding in 1632 by Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore, aimed to be a haven for Catholics and is a significant part of the history of Catholicism in America.
Growth Repersent government
a complex process with roots in ancient Greece and the Roman Republic.
Mercantilism
an economic theory and practice that encourages a country to increase its wealth through trade. or a form of economic nationalism that sought to increase the prosperity and power of a nation through restrictive trade practices.
