European Exploration and Colonization

What was a primary motivation for European exploration and colonization of the Americas?

• To spread democracy

• To find new trade routes to Asia and acquire resources

• To establish military bases

• To escape religious persecution

Which European country was the first to conquer and colonize the New World?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

What were the first two successful English colonial settlements in North America?

• Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown and Plymouth

• New York and Pennsylvania

• Virginia and Maryland

What was the original name of the English colony of New York before it became English?

• New Jersey

• New Netherland

• New Sweden

• New England

Which French explorer descended the Mississippi River and claimed the entire territory for France?

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• Rene Robert Cavelier

• Louis Jolliet