Grade 8 Unit 1 Study Guide: Arrival in a New World
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| Which mountain range prevented the 13 Colonies from expanding westward? | Appalachian Mountains
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| Which colonial region was most suited to agriculture and why? | Southern, because it has the warmest climate and the most fertile soil.
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| Which region was the least suited to agriculture and why? | New England, because it had the coldest climate and the rockiest soil.
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| What are some reasons why someone from England might want to colonize North America? | Political Freedom, Adventure, Cheap Land, Religious Freedom.
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| Maryland, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania were founded for reasons of ____?____ freedom, while Virginia, North Carolina and New York were founded for ___?___ reasons. | Religious, Economic
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| Maryland was settles by ___?___ who wanted religious freedom and Pennsylvania was settled by ___?___ who wanted the same thing. | Catholics, Quakers
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| The Dutch settled in ___?___ because it had a good harbor for trade and they could gain from this economically. | New York City
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| Which area received the largest percent of African slaves? | Caribbean colonies
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| How were slaves and free blacks alike in the political world of Colonial America? | Neither group had any power and could not vote
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| Each of the Colonial Regions had their own unique ___?___ which led to differences between each of the regions. | Geography
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| North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, New York and Massachusetts Bay colonies were colonized rapidly because they were located on... | the Atlantic coast
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| The Puritans settled in the __?__ region. The Catholics settles in the __?__ region. | New England, Southern
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| The English sought to protect their North America interests by establishing __?__ in _?_. It became the first permanent English colony in North America. | Jamestown, 1607
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| Why did the representative government grow in the 13 Colonies? | The population of the 13 Colonies became too large that they had to elect a representative to speak for them.
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| Place these founding documents in order: Declaration of Independence Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Bill of Rights | Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights
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| What was our first written constitution in the English Colonies? | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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| What is a characteristic of the Virginia House of Burgesses that contributed to the growth of representative government? | Representatives were elected by the people.
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| Who helped John Smith and the other Jamestown colonists survive the difficult climate of Virginia? | Pocahontas
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| Who were the Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Quakers? | They traveled to America for religious freedom.
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| Which major historical era have we been studying? | Exploration and Colonization
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| Why was slavery so important to the Southern Colonies? | It gave them a cheap source of labor that they could use to grow cash crops and make a lot of money.
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| The Translantic Slave Trade began when planted in the __?__ needed cheap labor. | Southern Colonies
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