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Which Era is characterized by Europeans discovering a new world?

The Exploration Era

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What were the reasons for exploration?

wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory

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Which country claimed Florida, Texas and California and built missions?

Spain

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Which country claimed land in the New World to profit from fur trading?

France

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Which era is characterized by people making homes in the New World?

Coloinzation

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Describe the New England Economy?

Fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, harbors

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What colony was founded by Roger Williams for Religious Toleration?

Rhode Island

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Describe the Southern Colonies economy-

plantations, cash crops, transatlantic slave trade, fertile soil led to different economy than the north

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Who was the first anti-slavery group that settled in Pennsylvania?

Quakers

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What colony was established for Catholics to live in peacefully

Maryland

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Why did Representative Government develop in the 13 colonies?

Distance from Great Britain

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The Mayflower Compact, The Virginia House of Burgesses and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are examples of

Colonial Representative Government

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Which colonial document is an example of a social contract?

The Mayflower Compact

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Which economic system is characterized by the British controlling trade, which angered the colonists?

Mercantilism

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Which era is characterized by people making their own country?

The American Revolution Era

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What law forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

The Proclamation of 1763

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