How was the initial reason most settlers came to New Netherland different from the reasons most settlers came to the surrounding
English colonies?
The English mostly came for religious reasons, while many immigrants settled in New Netherland to mine gold and silver.
• The English mostly came for wealth and glory while many immigrants settled in New Netherland to prosper as tobacco farmers.
• The English mostly came for religious reasons while many immigrants settled in New Netherland to gain wealth in the booming fur trade.
• The English mostly came for wealth, while many immigrants settled in New Netherland to enjoy religious freedom.
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The correct answer is: The English mostly came for religious reasons while many immigrants settled in New Netherland to gain wealth in the booming fur trade.
What was one reason for the establishment of the colony of Rhode Island?
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• Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to start a new charter granted by the King of England.
• Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
• Colonists fled Massachusetts in search of better farmland.
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• Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to start a new charter granted by the King of England.
• Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
• Colonists fled Massachusetts in search of better farmland.
Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
What was one reason for the establishment of the colony of Rhode Island?
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• Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to start a new charter granted by the King of England.
• Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
Colonists fled Massachusetts in search of better farmland.
• John Winthrop left Massachusetts in hopes of spreading his Puritan beliefs.
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• Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to start a new charter granted by the King of England.
• Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
Colonists fled Massachusetts in search of better farmland.
• John Winthrop left Massachusetts in hopes of spreading his Puritan beliefs.
Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
France took the lead in colonizing the Upper Midwest region. From the early sixteenth century on, French soldiers, missionaries and fur traders left their slight mark upon the St. Lawrence valley, the upper Great Lakes and points west. For the early French explorers, the more continent they discovered the more their hopes were frustrated. They had hoped that the vast St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway was part of a Northwest Passage to the wealth of the Orient. The French presence was asserted by a network of forts, trading posts and missions dotting the lake and river routes traversing the continental
interior.
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Based on your text and this reading, why was land near water so important for French settlers?
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• Settlers relied on water routes for transportation.
• Settlers used water routes to hunt for food.
• Settlers depended on water from rivers and lakes for their crops.
• Settlers continued to look for a Northwest Passage across the continent.
interior.
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Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Item 22
Item 23
Item 24
Item 25
Based on your text and this reading, why was land near water so important for French settlers?
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• Settlers relied on water routes for transportation.
• Settlers used water routes to hunt for food.
• Settlers depended on water from rivers and lakes for their crops.
• Settlers continued to look for a Northwest Passage across the continent.
Settlers relied on water routes for transportation.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
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• a long-term treaty for trade routes with the Dutch Tea Company
• a formal method to establish systematic order among the Pilgrims
• an economic agreement to freely make and sell goods to the British
• a formal agreement by the Pilgrims to abide by "just and equal laws" drafted by leaders of their own choosing
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• a long-term treaty for trade routes with the Dutch Tea Company
• a formal method to establish systematic order among the Pilgrims
• an economic agreement to freely make and sell goods to the British
• a formal agreement by the Pilgrims to abide by "just and equal laws" drafted by leaders of their own choosing
A formal agreement by the Pilgrims to abide by "just and equal laws" drafted by leaders of their own choosing.
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