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1.Gold: race to expand European trade to increase wealth 2.Glory: competition for recognition and power among European countries 3.God: Desire for religious freedom and missionary work in the New World 1. WHAT WERE THE 3 REASONS FOR EXPLORATION?

Northwest Passage: an East to West trade route to Asia 2. EXPLAIN THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

Columbian Exchange: the transfer of ideas, plants, animals, people, disease, and technological innovations that happened after and because Columbus discovered the New World. 3. EXPLAIN THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE New World Corn Potatoes Beans Cocoa Gold Silver Tobacco New World Corn Potatoes Beans Cocoa Gold Silver Tobacco Old World Wheat Sugar Horses Cows Smallpox Measles Influenza Old World Wheat Sugar Horses Cows Smallpox Measles Influenza

Many native Americans died of diseases bought by Europeans 4. WHAT WAS BAD ABOU8T THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE New World Corn Potatoes Beans Cocoa Gold Silver Tobacco New World Corn Potatoes Beans Cocoa Gold Silver Tobacco Old World Wheat Sugar Horses Cows Smallpox Measles Influenza Old World Wheat Sugar Horses Cows Smallpox Measles Influenza

ReligiousPoliticalSocialEconomic Escape religious persecution King wanted to expand his power into the New World Better life, climb social ladder Buy land, establish trade, gold 5. FILL OUT THE CHART BELOW

Jamestown Think “James Bond – 007” 6. WHEN WAS JAMESTOWN ESTABLISHED

To look for gold and attempt to establish trade in fish and furs 7. WHY WAS JAMESTOWN ESTABLISHED?

Swampy land - Diseases Poor location Mosquitoes – Diseases Bad drinking water 8. WHAT PROBLEMS DID JAMESTOWN HAVE?

Virginia House of Burgesses: Representative, self government 9. WHAT WAS JAMESTOWN’S GOVERNMENT?

Plymouth WHEN WAS PLYMOUTH ESTABLISHED?

Pilgrims wanted religious freedom 11. WHY WAS PLYMOUTH ESTABLISHED?

Mayflower Compact: Social contract set up rules for the general good 12. WHAT WAS PLYMOUTH’S GOVERNMENT? Helped establish self-government!

Colonists were allowed to make their own laws because they were so far from England 13. WHY DID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ALLOW COLONISTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS? 3,000 miles

House of Burgesses Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders Established Representative Government Self Government Elected Representatives 1st Representative Assembly Jamestown Established Representative Government Self Government Purpose: rules for the general good Social Contract Plymouth Established Representative Government Self Government Elected Representatives 1 st Constitution 14. USE THE WORD BANK…

House of Burgesses Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders Established Representative Government Self Government Elected Representatives 1st Representative Assembly Jamestown Established Representative Government Self Government Purpose: rules for the general good Social Contract Plymouth Established Representative Government Self Government Elected Representatives 1 st Constitution 15. WHAT DID ALL OF THESE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT HAVE IN COMMON? Established a Representative, Self- Government

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