SS Unit 2: Colonialism, Revolution, and the New Republic

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Where was the first permanent British settlement in the Americas?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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This map illustrates trade relationships between 3 different continents.

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trade relationships between 3 different continents

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The leader of Great Britain at the time the American Revolution was fought was King ________.

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George III

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Why was international trade important to the colonies?

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Colonists relied on importing British manufactured goods that they needed to survive, since they couldn't produce their own.

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Which group of colonies did the most trading (as measured in money) with foreign countries? Options: Eastern, Middle, New England, Southern

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Southern

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What two main factors contributed to the development of different economies in New England, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies?

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available resources and climate

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While each colony developed its own economy and local government, ALL colonies had to follow laws passed by whom?

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British king and Parliament

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What was one major effect of the French and Indian War?

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Great Britain passed many taxes to pay for the war that it had fought to protect colonists out west.

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In addition to taxes, another effect of the French and Indian War was that colonists were no longer allowed to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was because of a law known as the...?

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Proclamation of 1763

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What did the phrase "No taxation without representation!" mean?

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Colonists wanted to elect their own representatives to voice their opinions in British Parliament.