Benchmark Review ( ALL OPEN ENDED )

What important things happened in these years: 1607, 1620, 1776, 1787, 1803, and 1861-1865?

What countries were involved in the exploration of the New World and why did they explore?

Where was the first PERMANENT English settlement in the New World?

What were 4 of the problems faced at the first permanent English Settlement?

What was the main cash crop of the Southern colonies?

What was the name of the government in Virginia? Why did the Virginia Company allow it to start?

What were the two most important early colonies and why were they established?

What is the Magna Carta?

Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World?

What was the Mayflower Compact?