STAAR Blitz Warm up 1: Exploration and Colonization/ Am. Rev

Match the following

• France

• Founded as a haven for Catholics

• Spain

• Built missions and claimed Texas, Florida and California

• Pilgrims

• Wrote the Mayflower Compact

• Maryland

• Made money from fur trade

Identify the colony that correctly matches with the reason it was founded.

• Maryland- Political reasons

• Pennsylvania- Economic Reasons

• Virginia- Economic Reasons

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Determine which description matches the reason for exploration

Groups:

(a) Gold

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(b) Glory

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(c) God

• Spread Christianity to Natives

• Expand empire by claiming new territory

• Acquire wealth for the mother country

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

• Opportunity for trade with American Indians

• Distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• Doctrine of the Church of England

• Economic system of mercantilism

  Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the Transatlantic Slave Trade shown on the map?   

• Economic demands of the plantation system

• Construction needs of the railroad

• Increased textile manufacturing

• Increased western migration

Match the following

• Tea Act

• Law forbidding colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, angered colonists

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Resulted in Sam Adams and Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston harbor

• Proclamation of 1763

• British response to the Boston Tea Party, increased tensions
    between colonists and the British 

• Intolerable Acts

• Officially ended American Revolution, recognized U.S. independence and boundaries

Determine which statement explains the important event of the American Revolution

Groups:

(a) Battle of Saratoga

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(b) Battle of Yorktown

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(c) Winter at Valley Forge

• Last major battle, resulted in the end of the American Revolution

• Increased casualties due to disease and starvation

• Turning point, convinced France to ally with U.S.

 The primary grievance against King George III and Parliament was over the colonists’ -

• right to sell sugar without being taxed

• rights being violated by Redcoats at the Boston Massacre

• Inability to hold a public office in the colonies

• belief that their civil liberties had been violated

Which statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?     

• Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party

• Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre

• Colonsits were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament

• Colonists wanted to expand the powers

Which description is an example of an unalienable right from the Declaration of Independence?

• equality- people's education should be equal in every state

• wealth- people's salaries should depend on their skill

• happiness- people can do lawful things they enjoy

• patriotism- people can choose to join any of the armed forces