Elementary Education Praxis 5004 Exam With Complete Solution Graded A+

The Colonies - Answer *New England Colonies* were Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Life was centered around towns, but economics were also focused on manufacturing, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade. Most settlers arrived from England and Scotland. Adult males met to make laws. *Middle Atlantic Colonies* were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. At one time, New York and New Jersey were the Dutch colony of New Netherland, and Delaware was once New Sweden. These colonies were the melting pot with settlers from all over. Main economic was based on farming. The native Americans were not as much of a threat. This region was known as the "breadbasket" of the new world, since their seaports were constantly full of meat and flour. There was also ship building, iron mining, and production of paper, glass, and textiles in factories. *Southern Colonies* were Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Virginia was the first successful English colony and Georgia was the last. The year 1619 was important for Virginia and the US- 60 women were sent to Virginia to marry and establish families, 20 Africans arrived, and Virginia colonists were granted the right to self-government. They immediately elected their own representatives to the House of Burgesses. Major economics was farming. Acts that caused the war of independence - Answer -*Proclamation Act* prohibited English settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains to appease the Native Americans. *Sugar Act* imposed a tax on foreign sugars imported into the colony. *Currency Act* prohibited colonial government from issuing paper money. Opposition began in Massachusetts based on "taxation without representation". -*Stamp Act* put tax on newspapers, legal documents, licenses, almanacs, and playing cards. In response, the colonies formed the Sons of Liberty and staged riots against tax collectors. It was repealed within in 3 months. -*Townshend Acts* put taxes on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea in order to generate revenue and regain control of the colonists. -*Boston Tea Party* Tea Act of 1773 gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the sales of tea, the colonies responded with this. England responded with the Coercive Acts (the Intolerable Acts