STAAR Exploration and Colonization Review

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Defines the time of American History prior to 1776

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Colonial Period

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Ability to choose and follow one's spiritual beliefs

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Religious Freedom

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Country that sent explorers to claim land south and west of the Mississippi River for gold, ranching, and farming.

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Spain

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First English colony settled in 1607 for the purpose of economic reasons.

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Jamestown

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Large farming operations primarily located in the southern colonies.

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Plantation

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Country that claimed most of the Atlantic coast of North America.

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England

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The king of England's protection for individual rights and approved taxation.

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Magna Carta

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The act of seeking and claiming new lands for economic, political, and social gain.

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exploration

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Colonization for the purpose of wealth creation.

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economic gain

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operation that captured and sold people from their homeland to work on colonial plantations

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slave trade