Day 1 STAAR® Blitz: Exploration and Colonization Assignment

Territory included present-day Texas, California, and Florida

• Spain
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle colonies

Practice of accepting people of different religious backgrounds

• Religious toleration
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle colonies

Settled in North America to trade furs

• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle colonies
• Religious toleration

Cash crops, slavery, plantations

• Southern colonies
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle colonies

Established for economic growth

• Jamestown
• France
• Mercantilism
• Middle colonies
• Religious toleration

British controlled colonial trade; policy angered colonists

• Mercantilism
• France
• Jamestown
• Middle colonies
• Religious toleration

Large grain farms

• Middle colonies
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Religious toleration

Categorize - Label the correct letter I the box

a

b

c

C

B

A

Hot Spot - This graphic organizer describes the New England colonies. Which characteristics of the New England colonies contributed MOST to the development of the shipbuilding industry? Select THREE correct answers.

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What were European explorers searching for when they sailed to the Americas?