Exploration and Colonization Study Guide

  1. Write the correct leader for each colony:

Jamestown
Massachusetts Bay
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Effects of European Exploration
On Europeans / On Africans / On Native Americans
  1. ______Colonial Region
  1. Cash Crops developed in Southern Colonies
  1. Social Structure of ______

Political Life in the Colonies
Colonial Region / Political Description
  • Strong ties with Great Britain
  • Legislative roles held by planters

  • Town meetings
  • Direct democracy

  • Use of numerous democratic principles that reflected the rights of basic Englishmen

Religious Group / Colony Home to
Presbyterians
Quakers
Huguenots
Jews
  1. Which document was the source for colonial New England covenant community?
  2. Most of the conflict between American Indians and European settlers was over ______
  3. How did Africans preserve and share their culture after being forced to come to the New World as slaves?
  4. European colonization of the Americas resulted in the spread of which major religion?
  5. Describe what a joint stock company is.
  6. How did the economic system of southern colonies differ from the economic system in northern colonies?
  7. Which rebellion occurred as a result of British colonists expanding into the western frontier of New England region?
  8. What was the Middle Passage?
  9. As part of the triangular trade, what products were shipped from the West Indies (Caribbean Island) to the British Colonies in New England?
  10. Where were the first Africans brought to in the British colonies and when?
  11. What skill did the American Indians teach the colonist in Plymouth?
  12. Where did the Pilgrims land?
  13. What was the first permanent English colony?
  14. What crop turned the colony of Virginia into a profitable enterprise? Who introduced the crop?
  15. In the early years of Virginia (1600s), prior to Bacon’s Rebellion, a field laborer was most likely to be a ______
  16. Describe the Headright system.
  17. Which leader was known for promoting the “city upon a hill”?
  18. Which colony was LEAST tolerant of religious diversity?
  19. Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion?
  20. What was the basis for the economy of the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands?
  21. What was Penn’s primary purpose when founding Pennsylvania?
  22. What is a “favorable balance of trade”?
  23. What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
  24. Which region had a large merchant class?
  25. What was the major port city of each region?
  26. New England
  27. Mid-Atlantic
  28. Southern