STAAR Review: Day 1 Exploration & Colonization Warmup

Built missions and claimed Texas, Florida, and California is to Spain 

                    AS made money from fur trade is to   _______

• Pilgrims

• economic

• France

• religious

Plymouth is to religious

                    AS Jamestown is to _____

• Pilgrims

• economic

• France

• religious

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is to Thomas Hooker

                    AS Mayflower Compact is to   _______

• Pilgrims

• economic

• France

• religious

The colony of Virginia is to economic

                    AS the colony of Maryland is to ______

• Pilgrims

• economic

• France

• religious

⭐The “New World” was an ideal place for the growth of representative government because -

•   Political philosophers such as John Locke and Montesquieu were settlers in the “New World”

• Most settlers migrated to the “New World” to create a new form of government

• The rulers of the “Old World” were too far away to oversee the issues of settlers in the “New World”

• Settlers often had participated in representative governments in the countries they migrated from

Identify the motivation for countries to send explorers to the “New World”.

•   Glory for their country, enslave the local Natives, harvest the abundant tobacco

•   Build trading centers, profit from fur trading, find and area to relocate criminals

•   Establish new fishing areas, trade with the natives, create converts to Christianity

•   Gain economic wealth, share their religion, claim land for their country

⭐Which of the following statements below would support the idea behind the Virginia House of Burgesses?

•   “The King has suppressed our right to practice Catholicism, we must act!”

•   “I hold that entirety of a town’s population should make the laws that govern themselves.”

•     “No longer can a man depend on others to make laws, each man must speak his voice.”

• “A man must take care of his field, and therefore elect a representative to make the laws on his behalf.”

Identify the colony that matches correctly with the reason it was founded (started).

•   Maryland – Political reasons

•    Pennsylvania – Economic reasons

•   Virginia – Economic reasons

• Georgia – Religious reasons

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain.

• The doctrine of the Church of England

• The economic system of mercantilism

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?

• The economic demands of the plantation system

• The construction needs of the railroad

• Increased textile manufacturing

• Increased western migration