STAAR Review - Immigrant Groups

Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in the 1630s?

• English Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

• Irish families escaping a natural disaster

• Russian merchants escaping political conflict

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Which of the following names the group best known for settling this region and states their reason for settling?

• Merchants: to trade with the region's American Indians

• Quakers: to establish a colony free of slavery

• Explorers: to map the region's rivers

• Puritans: to freely practice their religion

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8.23A

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to - (a)  

• profit from natural resources
• avoid crop failures and famine
• produce cash crops to pay off debts
• escape persecution

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8.23A

Irish immigrated to the US in the 19th century primarily to - (a)  

• profit from natural resources
• avoid crop failures and famine
• produce cash crops to pay off debts
• escape persecution

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8.23A

Match the group to the correct location of 19th century immigration on the map.

a

b

Portuguese

Swedish

Irish

Chinese

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8.23A

a

c

b

Puritans & Pilgrims

Quakers

Catholics

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8.23A

Which group helped establish the colony of Plymouth in 1620?

• English Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

• Irish families escaping a natural disaster

• English Puritans seeking religious freedom

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8.23A

Which group helped establish the colony of Pennsylvania?

• English Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Quakers seeking religious and political freedom

• Irish families escaping a natural disaster

• English Puritans seeking religious freedom

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8.23A

Match the following immigrant groups to their reasons for immigration.

• Wanted to found a society of tolerance and equality

• Puritans & Pilgrims

• Escape Religious Persecution

• Irish

• Wanted Religious Freedom

• Quakers

• Make money to send back home

• Catholics

• Escape Famine

• Chinese

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