Unit Three Study Guide Social Studies

Unit Three Study Guide Social Studies

Know the following:

·  The Pilgrims affected the lives of the Native Americans by taking away their land

·  European settlement in the Americas caused many Native Americans to die from diseases

·  Fertile land and a long growing season helped develop many plantations in the Southern Colonies

·  Jamestown exported tobacco, which is a cash crop

·  Cash crops are crops grown to sell for a profit

·  The south had a warmer climate which led to more agriculture

·  The Mayflower compact was a set of rules that helped govern the Pilgrims

·  Anne Hutchinson was forced out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of her religious teachings

·  Roger William founded Rhode Island as a place for free worship because he was banished by the Puritans.

·  The Pennsylvania Colony was most influenced by the Quakers.

·  Plymouth had a colder climate than Jamestown, because of its location further north

·  Middle Colonies and New England colonies were located on the coast. This geographic feature encouraged settlements in this region.

·  A pull factor that encouraged Europeans to leave was to seek religious freedom in the New World

·  A push factor that caused many Europeans to leave was overpopulation

·  Another push factor in Europe was a job shortage

·  Jamestown was protected from the Spanish ships by the James River

·  Slavery was a negative interaction that the Spanish had with the Native Americans

·  Farming is an Agricultural activity that happened in New England

·  William Penn in 1681 received a charter to start a new colony. This was a safe place for Quakers to practice their religion

·  New England settlers lived close to one another so that they could trade goods and services

·  Indigo was an export of the Southern Colonies

·  The Middle Colonies were known as the “breadbasket” because they grew mainly wheat and corn

·  Pilgrims left England to worship in their own way

·  The Mayflower Compact was a document about how the colony would govern itself

·  In the 1400s and 1500s, the main reasons for Europeans voyages of exploration was to find new trade routes to China and the East indies

·  Constructed Response:

·  What was the Mayflower Compact?

·  How would life be different for the Pilgrims if the compact was not created?