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STAAR- Colonization

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reasons for exploration   God (religious freedom), Gold (gain wealth), Glory (expand empire)  
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France   profit/ trade = fur  
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commercial   business = trade = economics = gold  
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self-government, representative government   key concept/words that have frequently been a correct response  
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Jamestown   1607 = first permanent English settlement  
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New England Colonies (list the colonies)   New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island  
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New England Colonies (why were they founded)   founded for religious freedom, Plymouth  
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Mayflower Compact   agreement between Pilgrims to govern themselves  
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Pilgrims   1620 = Mayflower Compact = self-government  
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Thomas Hooker   founder of Connecticut, religious colony, extended voting rights beyond church members  
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New England Colonies (climate/industry)   cold climate, natural harbors, forest = shipbuilding/fishing, lumber  
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Middle Colonies (list the colonies)   New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware  
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Middle Colonies (why were they founded)   Pennsylvania founded for religious freedom  
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William Penn   established Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers  
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Refuge   safe place  
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Quakers   anti-slavery religious group  
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Middle Colonies (climate/industry)   moderate climate, breadbasket, wheat, farmland  
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Southern Colonies (list them)   Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia  
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Virginia House of Burgesses   1619 = first representative government  
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Virginia House of Burgesses   model for other colonial governments  
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Southern Colonies (why were they founded)   = Virginia founded for business, Maryland for Catholics  
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Southern Colonies (large population of...)   African slaves (plantation system, demand for cheap labor)  
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Southern Colonies (climate/industry)   warm climate, rich soil, cash crop, indigo, cotton, tobacco, plantation  
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Triangular Trade   transatlantic slave trade = movement of goods and people between islands, colonies, Europe  
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