Unit 1: Reason for Exploration

Question 1

Reasons for European Exploration

Answer 1

✔ GOD – Spread Christianity.

✔ GOLD – Find wealth and natural resources.

✔ GLORY – Gain fame and national power.

Question 2

New England Colonies (MA, CT, RI, NH)

Answer 2

Economy: Shipping, fishing, timber, trade.

Climate: Cold winters, rocky soil (not suitable for farming).

Religion: Puritans wanted religious freedom but were strict.

Government: Town meetings (self-government)

Question 3

Middle Colonies (NY, PA, NJ, DE)

Answer 3

Economy: “Breadbasket Colonies” – Grew wheat, oats, and barley.

Climate: Milder than New England, good for farming.

Diversity: Dutch, English, Germans, Quakers.

Government: More religious tolerance and freedom.

Question 4

Southern Colonies (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA)

Answer 4

Economy: Large plantations with cash crops (tobacco, rice, indigo).

Climate: Hot, long growing seasons.

Labor: Slavery was used heavily for plantation work.

Government: House of Burgesses in Virginia (first representative gov’t in America).

Question 5

What is the Mayflower Compact?

Answer 5

The first self-government agreement in America, signed in 1620.

Question 6

What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

Answer 6

The first elected representative assembly in America, established in 1619.

Question 7

What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 7

The first written constitution in America, adopted in 1639

Question 8

What is Jamestown known for?

Answer 8

It is the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607.

Question 9

What is Plymouth?

Answer 9

The second colony settled by a group of Puritans, also known as pilgrims, in 1620.

Question 11

SPAIN

Answer 11

Founded missons to convert American Indians to Catholicism.

Question 12

France

Answer 12

France claimed land in the New World (present-day Americas) to profit from fur trading.

Question 13

Quakers

Answer 13

Toleration, equality, first anti-slavery.