1 st 6 Weeks Study Guide Answer Key Reasons for establishing the colonies:

1. 1st 6 Weeks Study Guide Answer Key Reasons for establishing the colonies: A. Social=family, friends B. Political=expanding the empire, conquering other countries C. Religious=Escape persecution of your religion; freedom to choose D. Economic= $$$ - jobs, opportunities, land

2. Jamestown A. Reasons for founding=economic B. Date=1607 Importance of tobacco and define cash crop= saved Jamestown. Cash crops are grown to sell, not eat. House of Burgesses-date & significance=1619, First legislative assembly/First representative government.

3. Differences between the colonial regions New England=fishing, whaling, timber, seacoast Middle=“breadbasket”; craftsmen & farmers Southern=plantations, slaves, tobacco, cash crops Where and Why religious groups came Pilgrims=1620, Separatists, Plymouth, MA Puritans=1630, Purify Church, Boston, MA Quakers=1681, Religious freedom, Pennsylvania Roman Catholics=1632, Religious freedom, Maryland

4. Mercantilism=colonies sell natural resources to the mother country (England) and mother country sells manufactured goods back to the colonies-favorable to the mother country. Colonies resent. Triangular Trade=trade between the countries of America, Africa and the West Indies. Rum to Africa, Slaves to West Indies, Molasses and Sugar to American colonies. Led to African American population growth in colonies.

5. 6. Know and identify continents, countries and cities= Continent= EX: Africa, North America Countries=EX: England, West Indies Cities=EX: Boston, Jamestown Look at page 95

6. Compare colonial jobs, industries and economies between the regions New England=fishing, shipping, timber Middle=breadbasket, farming, grains, mills Southern=cash crops, plantations, slaves, tobacco Define import and export Import=goods brought into colonies to be purchased by the colonies Export=goods exiting the colonies to be bought by other countries

7. Documents Mayflower compact=Self government, Majority rule, document Fundamental Orders of Connecticut=First written constitution, document Locate each of the 13 colonies and the Appalachian Mountains= Foldable Map Put the 13 colonies in chronological order: Virginia (first), Mass, Georgia (last)

8. Why were slaves a necessity (needed) for the plantation system? Cheap labor source, needed for large scale farming. People John Smith=saved Jamestown, “won’t work, won’t eat” Thomas Hooker=Writer of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticutt John Locke=Introduced ‘Natural Rights’ William Penn=Pennsylvania, Quakers