STAAR Blitz: Review Day 1 (Lowman Essentials)

Territory included present-day Texas, California, and Florida

• Spain
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle Colonies

Founded as a haven for Catholics

• France
• Maryland
• Pilgrims
• Spain

Box 1:

Categorize - Select the correct letter for each box. 

Determine which statement describes the colonial document or group.  

• A

• B

• C

Cash crops, slavery, plantations

• Southern economy
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle Colonies

Wrote the Mayflower Compact

• France
• Maryland
• Pilgrims
• Spain

Made money from fur trade

• France
• Maryland
• Pilgrims
• Spain

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

• Maryland – Political reasons
• Pennsylvania – Economic reasons
• Virginia – Economic reasons
• Georgia – Religious reasons

Settled in North America to trade furs

• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Middle Colonies
• Religious toleration

Large grain farms

• Middle Colonies
• France
• Jamestown
• Mercantilism
• Religious toleration

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

• The economic demands of the plantation system
• The construction needs of the railroad
• Increased textile manufacturing
• Increased western migration