8th STAAR Review

Which was not a reason for European Exploration in North America?

• Wealth

• Religious freedom and escaping persecution

• Expand empires

• Go to war with Native American tribes

I have thin and rocky soil and a cold climate, so the people who lived here established an economy based shipbuilding, lumber, and fishing. Which colonies am I?

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

• New England Colonies

• MIddle Colonies

These colonies had a mild climate and became known as the "Breadbasket Colonies" since the grew wheat, corn, and other types of grains.

The Southern Colonies had a hot climate and fertile soil. What type of economy did these colonies rely on?

• Cash Crops and the Plantation System

• Shipbuilding

• Lumber

• Coffee

This was the first elected assembly in the English Colonies

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Articles of Confederation

This was the first successful colony founded in 1607

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Boston

• Philadelphia

This colony was founded by the Pilgrims when they realized they would not land at Jamestown

• New York

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Plymouth

Economic idea that a Mother Country (England) is in control of all economic and trade activities of its colonies

• Mercantilism

• Supply and Demand

• Inflation

• opportunity costs

This colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics

William Penn founded this colony as a refuge for Quakers, but quickly became known as the most popular colony due to its religious tolerance

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

• New Hampshire