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Reasons for Exploration
Include increase wealth (gold), expand empire (glory) and spread Christianity (God).
Spain
claimed Florida, Texas, California & built missions
France
claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading
New England Economy
fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors
Religious Toleration
Roger Williams started religious toleration in Rhode Island
Southern Colonies Economy
Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, fertile soil led to different economy than North
Quakers
1st anti-slavery group, lived in Pennsylvania
Maryland
a place for Catholics to live peacefully
Reasons for Growth of Representative/Self Government
distance from Britain, Mayflwoer Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mercantilism
British controlled colonial trade, angered colonists
Proclamation of 1763
law forbid colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains, angered colonists
Consent of Governed
belief British should have permission of colonists to pass taxes, main reason for American Revolution
Intolerable Acts
the British response to the Boston Tea Party, increased tension between colonists and British, led to First Continental Congress
Saratoga
turning point of war, France joined with Patriots
Yorktown
last major battle resulting in British defeat, Britain then signed Treaty of Paris and recognized U.S. independence.
Articles of Confederation
first government, Congress can negotiate treaties and declare war, no executive branch.
