Exploration and Colonization- US History
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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
New England Colonies.
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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Middle Colonies.
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Southern Colonies.
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Religious Freedom
Why did people settle in the New England colonies?
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Religious Tolerance & Agriculture
Why did people settle in the Middle colonies?
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Agriculture
Why did people settle in the Southern colonies?
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Georgia
Which colony did England's poor settle in?
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Jamestown, 1607
Where was the first settlement in North America and what year was it settled?
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The Pilgrims, 1620
Who found Plymouth, Massachusetts and what year?
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Separatists
What were the Pilgrims known as?
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The Pilgrims
Who was the Mayflower Compact written for?
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The Puritans (John Winthrop), 1630
Who found Massachusetts Bay Colony and what year?
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The Puritans
What religious group was Massachusetts Bay Colony founded for?
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Boston
What did Massachusetts Bay Colony later become known as?
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Lord Baltimore
Who found Maryland?
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Catholics
What religious group was Maryland founded for?
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God, Gold, Glory
Why did England migrate to the colonies?
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To find a trade route to Asia.
What was the original reason that Christopher Columbus decided to voyage across the Atlantic Ocean?
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To spread Catholicism around the world.
Why did Spain want to colonize in the Americas?
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Fur trapping and trading
Why did French want to colonize in the Americas?
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Farm
What did England do when they colonized in the Americas?
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God, Gold, Glory. They are the reasons people colonized in the Americas.
What are the 3 G's and why are they relevant?
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William Penn
Who found Pennsylvania?
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The Quakers
Which religious group was Pennsylvania founded for?
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Roger Williams
Who bought land from the Indians to establish Rhode Island?
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Religious Freedom from the Puritans
Why was Rhode Island founded?
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Pennsylvania
Where did Quaker colonists go as a safe haven for their religious freedoms?
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The Mayflower Compact
What was the governing document for the Pilgrims called?
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Self governing
What type of government was included in the Mayflower Compact?
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The idea that a country's power is determined by its wealth.
What is mercantilism?
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Colonies and countries could trade with whoever they wanted.
What is salutary neglect?
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The colonies could only trade with European countries. The colonies and countries were taxed for trading goods by England.
What were the Navigation Acts?
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The colonies could only trade with European countries. If illegal trading was caught, they were fined. They were still taxed if they traded legally. The colonies were not allowed to re-trade finished goods.
What were the Restraining Acts?
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England--the mother country.
Who benefited from mercantilism?
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Europe → Africa → Americas → Europe
What was the route of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
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The part of the Triangle Trade where slaves were shipped from Africa to America.
What is the Middle Passage?
