STAAR Vocab #1 Exploration and Colonization

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Time in American History before 1776

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Colonial Period

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Ability to choose and follow spiritual beliefs

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Religious Freedom

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Country that claimed land south and west of the Mississippi for gold, ranching, and farming.

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Spain

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First English colony settled in 1607 for economic reasons.

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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 & approved taxation.

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Magna Carta

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Seeking and claiming new lands for gain.

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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 from their homeland for colonial plantations.

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Slave trade