Constitution Day 8 Warm-Up

To escape persecution, Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

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Religious tolerance

List of grievances, or complaints, against King George III; right to create a new government

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

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Declaration of independence

Grievance

Founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

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Maryland

Colonization

Claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

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France

Exploration

Reasons for Exploration

Both parties agreed to ratify the Constitution once the Federalist consented to -

• returning land taken from farmers before Shays' rebellion
• giving more power to the state governments than the federal government
• providing medical care to former veterans of the American Revolution
• adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

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Federalism

Ratification

Constitution

Which part of the Preamble explains that one purpose of the Constitution is to provide for a united country? Select the correct answer.

• Textbox 1
• Textbox 2
• Textbox 3
• Textbox 4

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Preamble

Constitution

Patrick Henry was criticizing which aspect of the Constitution in this excerpt?

• The eligibility requirements for congressional office
• The power granted to the central government
• The establishment of a separate judicial branch
• The difficulty of the amendment process

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Constitution

Ratification

Anti-Federalists

The excerpt below reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the -

• political debates that took place at the Albany Convention
• interference of Great Britain in the slave trade
• economic consequences of the Great Awakening
• economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

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Causes of the American Revolution

American Revolution

Organize the causes and effects of colonization into the correct categories

Groups:

(a) Cause

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(b) Effect

• Native Americans are exposed to disease

• religious freedom

• economic differences increased in the 3 regions

• economic opportunity

• conflicts with the British government

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Reasons for Exploration and Colonization

Colonization

How did the practice of slavery influence life in the southern colonies?

• An agrarian economy developed based on the plantation system

• The Southern colonial economy grew wealthy from exporting enslaved people

• African American owned businesses contributed to colonial wealth

• textile industries relocated to the South where slavery provided free labor

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Southern colonies economy

Colonization