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Exploration and Colonization STAAR Review

Exploration and Colonization STAAR Review

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Exploration and Colonization STAAR Review

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Reasons for Exploration

  • Spain 3-G's (God, Gold ,Glory

  • England 3G's (Religion, Wealth, Expand Empire)

  • France- Fur Trade control of the Misssissippi River

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Multiple Choice

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Which best completes the diagram

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To promote free enterprise.

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To expand empires.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

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To profit from trading in furs and other goods.

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To reduce overpopulation in Europe.

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Multiple Choice

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Which reason best completes this list?

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To claim new territory

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To improve efficiency in manufacturing

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Jamestown in 1607

  • Virginia Company, a private English business, established a colony on the James River in Virginia in hopes of profiting from gold, and in later years, tobacco. Most of the first settlers did not survive the first two winters. 

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Plymouth Colony in 1620

  • Religious separatists (Pilgrims) unhappy with the Church of England established the first permanent settlement in present-day Massachusetts to escape religious persecution. 

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Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for

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Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders

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Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

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The 13 Colonies

  • Geography

  • Economy

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Multiple Choice

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Tall mountains, a long shoreline, and fertile soil

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A temperate climate, vast grasslands, and plentiful lakes

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Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers

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Natural harbors, an arid climate, and rocky soil

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Multiple Choice

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1:Indigo

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2:Moderate

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3:Rocky Soil

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4:Ships

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Multiple Choice

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Maryland

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Virginia

3

South Carolina

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Georgia

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Multiple Select

Which Colonial region produced cash crops such as tobacco, cotton and indigo

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New England Colonies

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Middle Colonies

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Southern Colonies

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Multiple Choice

Which colonial region had a long cold winter and rocky soil?

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New England Colonies

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Middle Colonies

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Southern Colonies

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West Indies

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Multiple Choice

Which Colonial region specialized in ship building, timber. fishing and whaling?

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New England Colonies

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Middle Colonies

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Southern Colonies

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West Indies

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The Rise of Self-Government

  • Mayflower Compact (1620) – Pilgrims agreed to self-government in the Plymouth Colony

  • House of Burgesses (1619) – The colony of Virginia established an elected representative assembly.

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) – Three towns in Connecticut agreed on individual rights, elective government, and self-rule.

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Multiple Choice

  • Distance from Great Britain
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Town hall meetings


The factors listed above contributed most to the --

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creation of alliances between British colonists to Parliament

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election of British colonists to Parliament

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growth of representative government in the British colonies

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expansion of British trade in the Americas

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Multiple Choice

Established in 1619, this was the first elected assembly in the New World.

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Senate

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House

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Parliament

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House of Burgesses

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Multiple Choice

Limited the power of the king. Inspired the limited powers of the American Presidency.

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English Bill of RIghts

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Magna Carta

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Mayflower Compact

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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