STAAR Colonization

First permanent settlement in the New World

• Philadelphia

• Jamestown

• Rhode Island

• Lexington

In 1620, the Pilgrims signed the ____to create a government in their colony at Plymouth.

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• 1763 Proclamation

• Townshend Acts

The ____ was a religious movement that encouraged colonists to seek self-government.

• Transcendentalism

• Great Awakening

• urbanization

• First Amendment

The first permanent English colony was established in ___ at ___

• 1803, Louisiana

• 1620, Plymouth

• 1848, Mexican Cession

• 1607, Jamestown

Most of the New England colonies were started for ____ reasons.

• economic

• social

• religious

• political

This colony was a safe place for Catholics.

• Maryland

• Georgia

• New York

• Pennsylvania

This Colony was established by Puritans.

• Virginia

• New Jersey

• Massachusetts

• South Carolina

Tobacco and rice were important crops in which colonial region?

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

Poor farming conditions made this region a center for fishing and shipbuilding.

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

Most of the colonies in this region were created for religious reasons.

• Southern

• Middle

• New England