STAAR Study Sheet

This was one of the reasons for European exploration in the new world.

• Expand Empires

• Spread Religion

• Spread Democracy

• They were Bored

1. Fur Trading
2. Lumber
3. Trade

These describe what region in the 13 colonies?

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

1. Fertile Soil
2. Warm Weather
3. Long Growing Seasons
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This list describes what region of the new world?

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

This religious group settled in Pennsylvania for religious reasons.

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

This religious group settled in Maryland for religious reasons.

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Pilgrims

This early form of government was known as the first constitution of the colonies.

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

This early form of government was known as the first early form of self government in the colonies.

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

This early form of government was known as the first early form of representative assembly in the colonies.

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

1. Stamp Act
2. Sugar Act
3. Townsend Act

What was the colonists response to these Acts?

• No Taxation without Representation!

• Bring on the Taxes!

• We Need Better Representation!

• We Want Independence!

1. Closing of Boston Harbor
2. Quartering of British Troops in Boston

These were a result of what?

• Tea Act

• Quebec Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763