The Colonial Era

Match the Key Terms and People to the correct answer.

• European explorer who tried for Asia.

• Jamestown

• Explorer who claimed what is now Florida

• Christopher Columbus

• First permanent English settlement

  
  

• encomienda

• Founder of Pennsylvania

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Native Americans were forced to work

• William Penn

Match the Key Terms to the correct answer.

• Intellectual movement that started in EU

• French and Indian War

• War that gave Britain control of N. Amer

• mercantilism

• Theory of a country is self-sufficient

• Enlightenment

• The pattern of shipping trade

• triangular trade

• Religious revival movement, the colonies

• Great Awakening

What did England hope to gain through mercantilism? (chart #6)

• Increased military strength through territorial expansion.
• Access to new colonies for agricultural production.
• A reduction in taxes for local merchants.
• wealth and power by gaining as much gold as possible and selling more goods than they bought

How did the enlightenment affect the political attitudes of colonists? (question #4, in box)

• The Enlightenment encouraged colonists to reject all forms of government.
• The Enlightenment promoted absolute monarchy and centralized power.
• They began to reason that human beings are born with natural rights that governments must respect.

• Colonists were indifferent to Enlightenment ideas and maintained traditional governance.

Where were colonists prohibited from settling under the Proclamation of 1763? (chart #11)

• lands West of the Appalachian Mountains

• East of the Mississippi River
• North of the Great Lakes
• South of the Ohio River

​ At the same time ​ ​ (a)   colonies in ​ (b)   were growing, the ​ (c)   had been establishing colonies in ​ (d)   and the Mississippi River Valley.

• British
• America
• French
• Canada