Age of Exploration, Chronology, Primary and Secondary Sources

What was the primary reason that European explorers wanted to explore new lands?

• They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.

• They wanted to practice their navigating skills.

• They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.

• They wanted to spread their ideas about government to the Native Americans.

The religion that most European explorers wanted to spread to the New World was ​ (a)   .

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism

What was the initial purpose of most European explorations?

• Trade

• Colonization

• Sailing

• Catching animals

Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

• To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

• To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

• To find the legendary waters of the Fountain of Youth

• To discover a new sea route to Asia

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe

• To create communities founded on religious tolerance

• To profit from trading in furs and other good

• To create joint ventures with other European powers

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• to promote free enterprise

• to extend democracy

• to expand empires

• to found utopian communities

Which pair of actions best completes this graphic?

• 1: Enslaved native populations

  2: Organized utopian societies

• 1: Established Catholic missions

  2: Focused primarily on fur trading

• 1: Promoted political freedom

  2: Participated in the triangular trade

• 1: Became commercial shipbuilders

  2: Created an early system of public schools

Organize these events into the correct era of United States history.

Groups:

(a) Exploration & Colonization Era

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(b) Revolutionary Era

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(c) Early Republic Era

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(d) Westward Expansion Era

• July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence is written to formally separate from Great Britain

• 1803: President Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory from France.

• 1607: Jamestown, Virginia established; first permanent English settlement

• 1789: George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

• November 1,1789: U.S. Constitution ratified and officially becomes the “Supreme Law of the Land”

• 1492: Christopher Columbus “discovers” America

  
  

• 1773: Boston Tea Party; colonists throw British tea into Boston Harbor to protest unfair taxes

• 1848: California Gold Rush; Americans rush to California to search for gold

Arrange the eras into chronological order.

• Westward Expansion

  1803–1848

• Antebellum Era 

  1836–1860

  
  

• Exploration & Colonization

  1492–1763

• Early Republic

  1789–1812

• Revolutionary Era 

  1763–1789

Which of the following is an example of a primary source from the Age of Exploration? (Select all that apply.)

• A diary entry written by Christopher Columbus during his voyage

• A map drawn by a cartographer in the 16th century

• A letter written by a sailor to his family during an expedition

• A biography about Ferdinand Magellan written in the 19th 

  century

  
  

• An article written by a historian analyzing the Age of Exploration