Question | Answer |
What were the names of the 3 European countries to colonize North America? | Great Britain, Spain, and France |
Name the 3 reasons Great Britain colonized North America. | They wanted the available fertile land, use the natural resources, and religious and political freedom. |
Name the 2 reasons Spain colonized North America. | In search of gold and treasure, and to spread christianity to the natives. |
Name the reason that France colonized North America. | To trade and trap furs. |
Jamestown | This colony was started by Great Britain in an attempt to get rich quick but found no gold so they started farming the cash crop of tobacco. |
John Smith | This man saved Jamestown by forcing the colonists to build better houses and plant crops. |
John Rolfe | This man introduced the first cash crop of the tobacco to the colonists. |
Plymouth | This colony was set up by separatists who first moved to the Netherlands but relocated to North America. |
Pilgrims | This was a separatists group from England who went against the Church of England and was being prosecuted both religiously and politically |
Mayflower Compact | This document created the first form of self-government in North America by all the male passengers. They signed the document promising to follow the laws and rules of the government. |
Squanto | This native american saved the pilgrims in Plymouth by teaching them how to plant corn, where to fish and how to use fish remains to fertilize their fields. |
What was taxed in the colonies? | Tea |
Boston Massacre | On March 5, 1770 their was an argument between a |