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S.S. Unit 3/4 Test

S.S. Unit 3/4 Test important terms

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Important economic reason for European exploration of the Americas Finding Gold
Part of North America explored by the Spanish Southwest
Direction La Salle explored North to South
Location of St. Augustine Florida
First permanent English settlement Virginia
Countries the bordered the British Colonies New France and New Spain
A colonist who taught people in Jamestown to Farm John Smith
How did colonists gain new resources for continuing the revolutionary war? France joined the colonies
Stamp Act and Sugar Act helped British raise money for protecting colonies during French and Indian War
Size of British Colonies doubled France lost most colonies to North America
Way colonists responded to British government taxes dropped tea into Boston harbor
Popular motto in colonies "No Taxation Without Representation"
Main writer of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
Commander and Chief of Continental Army George Washington
Result of the Treaty of Paris U.S. gained independence from Great Britain
Reason for location of colonial settlements access to water
Modification to the environment in the Middle Colonies clearing the land for farming
Who profited from the sale of Indigo? Plantation owners
Mercantilism Trade only with England
The colonies were not allowed to... trade with other countries
Industry in Southern Colonies Tobacco farming
Ways to make a living in the Middle and Southern Colonies driving wagons with crops to a market
Ways Monarchs come to rule Monarchs inherit government power
Colonists agree to make laws as necessary Mayflower Compact
Place laws were proposed in Jamestown Virginia House of Burgesses
Fourth of July Celebrates signing Declaration of Independence
Phillis Wheatly's poems were about slavery
Ben Franklin's scientific achievement discovering lightning is electricity
Miles Spanish officials sail from Puerto Rico to St. Augustine close to 1000 miles
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