Unit 4: Florida's Journey to Statehood

Which word best describes the following definition:

a house and the surrounding area of land

• ratify

• homestead

• pioneer

• parliament

Which word best describes the following definition:

a large farm, usually in a warm climate, on which many workers, servants, or enslaved people live and work

• ratify

• parliament

• plantation

• pioneer

Which word best describes the following definition:

to give formal approval to something so it can become legal or valid

• plantation

• homestead

• pioneer

• ratify

Which word best describes the following definition:

1. a person who is among the first to settle in an unsettled area

• homestead

• pioneer

• parliament

• ratify

True or False:

Parliament is a political group or assembly that has power to make laws for a country

• True

• False

Select the nations that controlled Florida before it became a territory of the United States.

• England, Germany, Portugal

• France, Germany, England

• Italy, Portugal, Spain

• Spain, France, England

Why were American colonies angry with England?

• British parliament decided best way to pay off debt was charging American colonist high taxes.

• England ruled Florida for 20 years.

• American colonist were not angry with England.

• American colonist did not like the accents of the British.

Some men were known as "Florida Crackers" becaause...

• the type of music they played

• They had a lot of cows

• The sound their whip made

• They liked to eat crackers

True/ False:

Colonists were willing to provide food and shelter to British soldiers for protection.

• True

• False

Why did the colonists in Florida not join the original thirteen colonies?

• They wanted to be different

• They remained loyal to the king of England

• They agreed with England.

• They wanted to pay higher taxes.