U.S. History STAAR Exam Review Questions latest solution

Reasons for exploration - Include increase wealth (gold), expand empire (glory) and spread religion/Christianity (God). Spain - claimed Florida, Texas, California, and built missions France - claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading New England Economy - centered around fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, and harbors Southern Colonies Economy - Transatlantic slave trade, plantations, cash crops Maryland - Safe haven for Catholics Reasons for Growth of Representative/self-government - distance from Britain, town meetings, Mayflower Compact, VA House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Proclamation of 1763 - law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, angered colonists Consent of the governed - belief British should have permission of colonists to pass taxes, main reason for American Revolution Intolerable Acts - British response to the Boston Tea Party, increased tensions between colonists and the British Unalienable Rights - rights all people have from birth, cannot be taken away without due process; life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness