STAAR Study Sheet- 2023

Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, fertile soil are all characteristics of:

• Southern Colonies Economy

• Southern Colonies Geography

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies Economy

• Industrial Revolution

Which country originally claimed Florida, Texas, California and built Catholic Missions?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Russia

Economy based off of fishing, lumber, ship building and harbors.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

Who started Religious Toleration in Rhode Island?

• Roger Williams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Wealth, Religion, Expanding Empires, and Claiming Territories were all reasons for:

• Colonization

• The American Revolution

• The Civil War

• Exploration

1st anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

• Amish

Distance from Britain, Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were all reasons for:

(Mark all that apply)

• Representative Government

• Self Government

• Immigration

• Taxation

A place for Catholics to live peacefully

• Virginia

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

• Oregon Territory

Turning point in the American Revolution, France became allies and joined the Patriots!

• Saratoga

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Yorktown

British controlled colonial trade which angered the colonists

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Intolerable Acts

• Navigation Acts