Exploration and Colonization Flashcard

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What was the third motivation for exploring the new world? Options: Larger and safer homes, Employment opportunity, Lower taxes, Fame and international recognition

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Fame and international recognition

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What is the main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island?

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Seek religious freedom

Front

Why were colonists not happy with the Proclamation of 1763?

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It limited the colonists’ freedom to move west.

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Which words in the sentences help the reader understand the meaning of the word blockade? They closed Boston Harbor by using British warships to form a blockade around the harbor so that no ships could pass through to dock.

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could not pass through

Front

Which of the following best completes this diagram? The French and Indian War----------> England went into debt-----------> ????????

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Great Britain taxed the colonists to pay for the war debt

Front

These laws helped cause the American Revolution by -
Sugar Act · Quartering Act · Stamp Act

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angering colonists by violating their rights

Front

Which of the following was a result of the American Revolution?
Options:
America became an independent country.
Britain continued to tax the colonies.
America took control of Britain.
None of the above.

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America became an independent country.