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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)
Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut
(1639)
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
American colonies. The Fundamental Orders extended
voting rights to non-church members and limited the powers
of the governor, thus expanding the ideas of representative
government, written by Thomas Hooker.
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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 -1st perm. English settlement
Mayflower Compact – 1st system of selfgov’t
New England
Middle
Colonies
Southern
Colonies
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1. Mercantilism
Mercantilism is an economic system in which the
mother country controls the trade of its colonies.
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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
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3. Jamestown , Virginia, the first permanent
English settlement, was founded in 1607 for
If you ain’t
economic reasons.
Tobacco was the main cash crop
1st, you’re
LAST!
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5. The Mayflower Compact - an agreement
signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. It is
the 1st attempt at self government in America.
“Let’s give Thanks
on this day!”
And eat
TURKEY!
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6. The ___House
VA
of Burgesses was the first
representative assembly in the new world.
You can’t
handle the
truth!
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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)
1st time that non-church members could vote! (basis for separation of
church and state)
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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.
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