Europe and American colonies
to provide land sales to get rich
Carolinas
to provide a coastline for Pennsylvania
Delaware
Founder of each colony Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania Georgia New York New Jersey
George Calvert William Penn: originally part of PA William Penn James Oglethorpe James, Duke of York wealthy Quakers
to act as a buffer against northern expansion of Spanish colonies
Georgia
Why was Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts?
He spoke out against religious laws made by the government. He believed Indians should be paid for land taken over by colonists.
What happened to the first colony in Virginia?
It mysteriously disappeared.
The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between the Christians and the _____.
Muslims
to avoid English taxes
New York
to serve as a haven for Quakers
Pennsylvania
Which person caused England to become interested in colonization
Richard Hakluyt
_____ was the most important invention of the Renaissance and allowed for major reforms in education.
The printing press
The significance of Marco Polo's trip to the Far East was that he returned with stories of:
a modern way of life
an instrument used to observe the sun, moon, and stars
astrolabe
Money or property
capital
What group was unconcerned about different life styles because their duty was to care for the souls of the people?
clergy
One of the main roles of a colony was to _________ goods to the mother country.
export
In mercantilism, a country's wealth was determined by how much _____ it had.
gold and silver
What three offices made up Virginia's representative government?
governor council elected representatives from settlements
Medieval society began to break down before the Crusades because:
jealousies arose between noblemen of various villages
What were the causes of the breakdown of medieval society?
jealousies arose between noblemen of various villages
What leader of the Reformation was very influential in Puritan theology?
john Calvin
Who was the person MOST directly responsible for the survival of the Jamestown colony?
john smith
to make a series of changes in direction
maneuver
to offer a refuge for English Catholics
maryland
What was the name of the agreement the Pilgrims wrote while they were aboard ship on their way to the New World?
mayflower Compact
an economic theory that increased the power and wealth of nations
mercantilism
People in the Middle Ages were members of what three classes?
noblemen serfs clergy
During the Middle Ages, land was owned by
nobles
What events led to the Renaissance?
printing press education in reading and writing scientific progress
What was the chief motivation for the settling of New England?
religious freedom
Why was the Jamestown colony situated where it was?
to allow people to watch for approaching ships to afford protection from the Indians
Which was NOT a reason that countries financed sea voyages?
to establish new governments
to discover or disclose
unearth
