1607 - When Jamestown was settled, Asia - European countries were trying to get to, 1620 - When the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Jamestown - The first permanent English colony in the New World, 1607, Middle Passage - The passage across the Atlantic Ocean where slaves were transported to the New World, Virginia House of Burgesses - The first representative assembly in the New World, Northwest Passage - The supposed water route through North America to Asia, Mercantilism - Economic system the European countries made to increase trade & supplies using their colonies, Navigation Acts colonies could only trade with England, The primary reason people went to the New England colonies - To find religious freedom, Pennsylvania - Colony where the Quakers settled William Penn, To make money - The primary reason people went to the Southern colonies, Goals of European Exploration - To Get Rich, To Become more Powerful, To spread Christianity, Tobacco - This crop save the Jamestown colony from collapse, Mayflower Compact - Document written by the Pilgrims to create a version of self-government in Plymouth, laws for the general good of the colony, Georgia - Colony created as an outpost for debtors and as a buffer against Spanish Florida, James Oglethorpe, Maryland - Colony created as a safe-haven for Catholics, East Coast of North America - Where England did most of their exploration/colonization, France - This country created a relationship based on trade with the Native Americans, Rhode Island - This colony was created with the separation of church & state, Rodger Williams, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - This document became the first written constitution in North America,

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