Ch 3 and 4 Test Review European Exploration

Ch. 3 and 4 Test Review European Exploration and Colonization

Thomas Hooker Led about one hundred people from Massachusetts to settle along the Connecticut River. Later three settlements merged to form the Connecticut Colony. This colony put Hooker's principles, into practice when it adopted the Fundamental Orders sometimes called the first written constitution. These principles included the idea that voting should be extended to non-church members. William Penn He established a colony in Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and a place where they could create a government based on their own standards. Penn attempted to treat Native Americans and settlers from other colonies residing in the grant fairly. Mayflower Compact (1620) Agreement drafted in 1620 by Pilgrim leaders and signed by the 41 men aboard the Mayflower prior to going ashore at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It outlined a form of government based on a social compact It set a precedent for later documents in the development of self-government. Created in 1639, it was a frame of government for the colony of Connecticut. It is considered the first constitution in the Fundamental Orders American colonies. The Fundamental Orders extended of Connecticut voting rights to non-church members and limited the powers (1639) of the governor, thus expanding the ideas of representative government, written by Thomas Hooker.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 the first constitution in the American colonies; extended voting rights to non-church members and limited the powers of the governor, expanded ideas of representative government House of Burgesses 1619 The First Representative Body in the colonies; Virginia Mayflower Compact 1620 first system of selfgovernment in America.

Jamestown -1 st perm. English settlement Mayflower Compact – 1 st system of self- gov’t NH MA NY CT RI PA NJ MD DE VA Middle Colonies New England NC SC GA Southern Colonies

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 1. Mercantilism is an economic system in which the Mercantilism mother country controls the trade of its colonies.

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 2. The following colonies were established for religious freedom: Massachusetts - John Winthrop (Puritans) Amish Paradise! “Massachusetts will be a City Upon a Hill” Pennsylvania – William Penn (Quakers) Rhode Island - Roger Williams (exiled by Puritans for dissention) (ODWM)Old Dead White Men Maryland - Cecillius Calvert (Catholics) Dissenters - people who disagree with official opinions

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 3. , Virginia, the first permanent Jamestown English settlement, was founded in 1607 for If you ain’t economic reasons. Tobacco was the main cash crop 1 st, you’re LAST!

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 5. The Mayflower Compact - an agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. It is the 1 st attempt at self government in America. “Let’s give Thanks on this day!” And eat TURKEY!

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 6. The ___House of Burgesses was the first VA representative assembly in the new world. You can’t handle the truth!

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 7. Thomas Hooker wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first written Constitution in America. It is one of the first examples of a representative O. D. W. M. democracy (self government). I was a Puritan dissenter. Those Puritans and their silly witches! (click for video) 1 st time that non-church members could vote! (basis for separation of church and state)

Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction 8. The 13 colonies were divided into 3 regions: New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Use p. 117 in your book to trace an outline of the 13 colonies and label and color the 3 different regions.