STAAR Vocab #1 Exploration and Colonization

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Time before 1776

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Colonial Period

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Ability to choose spiritual beliefs

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Religious Freedom

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Country that claimed land south and west of the Mississippi River

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Spain

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First English colony (1607)

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Jamestown

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Large farming operations in southern colonies

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Plantation

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Country claiming most of North America's Atlantic coast

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England

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King of England's protection for rights and taxation

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Magna Carta

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Seeking and claiming new lands

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Exploration

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Colonization for wealth creation

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Economic gain

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Operation capturing and selling people

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Slave trade