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Reasons for Exploration
Wealth, Spread Christianity, Territory
Mayflower Compact
Social Contract signed by Pilgrims to make a representative government
Cause of different economy
Different geography
Reasons for Georgia
Barrier to Spain, fresh start for debtors
Cash crop in Virginia
Tobacco
New England Colonies
Harbors and shipbuilding, exported fish
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Farming and fertile soil, exported agricultural goods
Catholics
Founded Maryland as a safe haven to practice their religion
Acts before American Revolution
Violated colonists civil liberties because they had no representation
Proclamation of 1763
Limited colonial westward expansion to east of Appalachian Mountains
No Taxation without representation
Parliament imposed taxes on the colonists even though they didn't have representation
Three-Fifths Compromise
Settled debates over counting enslaved people for representation
Great Compromise
Settled debates between Virginia (large state) and New Jersey (small state) by creating a bicameral (2 house) Congress
House of Burgesses
Virginia Representative government with checks and balances (veto
Plantation System
Slavery spread because of demand for cheap labor, cash crops
