History

Question 1

French

Answer 1

Colonized to profit from fur trade in Great Lakes Region.

Question 2

Thomas Hooker

Answer 2

Founded Connecticut for religious freedom and wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut that extended voting rights to non-church members.

Question 3

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 3

Puritans dissenter that defied puritan law by holding bible study in her home. he was banished from Massachusetts Bay and helped found Rhode Island.

Question 4

Reason for European European Exploration

Answer 4

To spread christianity, increase wealth (gold), new sea routes (hopefully to Asia), and expand empires by claiming new territory.

Question 5

Mayflower Compact

Answer 5

Contributed to growth of representative government, written by the pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620

Question 6

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Answer 6

Contributed to growth of representative government, the first constitution in the colonies.

Question 7

Roger Williams

Answer 7

Puritan dissenter that believed in operation of church and state and treating Native Americans fairly. He was banished from Massachusetts Bay and helped found Rhode Island.

Question 8

Lord Baltimore

Answer 8

Escaped religious persecution; founded the colony of Maryland as haven for catholics.

Question 9

James Oglethorpe

Answer 9

Founded the colony of Georgia as barrier from Spanish lands claims close to British colonies (South Carolina) and economic opportunity for English debtors.

Question 10

VA House of Burgesses

Answer 10

First colonial legislature that served as a model for other colonial legislatures.

Question 11

Jamestown

Answer 11

Founded in Virginia (VA) in 1607 for economic profit.

Question 12

William Penn

Answer 12

English quaker leader that founded the colony on Pennsylvania: argued that slavery contradicted their religious beliefs.

Question 13

What contributed to growth of representative government in the colonies?

Answer 13

Distance from England, the Mayflower Compacts, and town hall meetings.

Question 14

Which are port cities?

Answer 14

Boston, Charleston, and New Orleans.

Question 15

Mercantilism

Answer 15

Economic system that forced the colonies to send raw materials to England and to purchase manufactured goods from England.

Question 16

How did colonies develop a strong tradition to self-government?

Answer 16

As a result of salutary neglect

Question 17

What led to development of the concept of American Self-Government?

Answer 17

Puritan Town Meetings.

Question 18

What led to different economies in the colonial regions?

Answer 18

Geographic differences.

Question 19

Plantation System

Answer 19

Plantation systems in the south developed because of the long growing season and fertile soil.

Question 20

Cash Crops

Answer 20

Were profitable and led to triangular trade (molasses, rum, slaves) between the colonies, England, west Indies (Carribbean Islands) and Africa.

Question 21

Indentured Servants

Answer 21

Worked in exchange for passage to America. Were used first before slavery became widespread.

Question 22

The increased demand for slaves contributed to what?

Answer 22

Transatlantic slave trade.

Question 23

Middle Colonies

Question 23

New England Colonies

Question 24

Southern Colonies