US HiSTAARy Review Booklet Key

Day 1 Key Pg 1 – New England – rocky soil, short growing season, long winters; shipbuilding, timber, whaling, fishing – Middle – moderate winters, good soil, medium growing season; Agriculture – grains – Southern – rich soil, long growing season, mild winters; cash crops – rice, indigo, tobacco – Mountains – Appalachian – Spanish – Florida – Ocean - Atlantic

Day 1 Key Pg 2 – Most important reason – provide wealth – Other reasons – expand empire – Reasons: religion, economic, political – Gold – New England – Georgia

Day 1 Key Pg 3 – 1607 – Virginia – Tobacco – Representative government – 1 st permanent settlement in the New World – Religious Freedom – 1620 – Self government – Congressional meetings/representative government

Day 1 Key Pg 4 – Since the colonies were so far from England and the king they were able to govern themselves – B Pg 5 – Answers will vary

Day 1 Key Pg 6 – Ohio River Valley – ??? – Fur trade – Albany Plan of Union – 1. The colonies – 2. if they don’t unite they will die separately – 3. they didn’t trust each other

Day 1 Key Pg 7 – Positives United the Colonies Removed France from North America Weakened Native Americans – Negatives Created Debt – 1. created a large debt – 2. mercantilism and taxing

Day 1 Key Pg 8 – Fighter – Colonists – Push – King George III Pg 9 – To make the British look cruel – By showing British aggression – The helplessness of the colonists and the aggression of the Redcoats – Crispus Attucks – No Taxation Without Representation – R, T, T, R, R, T, Pg 10 – C – B