Patterns of Settlement
What is the term for where people choose to live?
What is a settlement?
What is one way humans affect the environment?
What is pollution?
What was one reason for European colonization of America?
What is to find new trade routes?
What was the main reason the colonists rebelled against Britain?
What is taxation without representation?
What was the primary industry in the New England colonies?
What is fishing?
Name one reason why people settled near rivers.
What is for water supply?
How can farming change the land?
What is it can lead to deforestation?
Name a group that settled in the southern colonies for economic reasons.
What are the English?
Name one key event that led to the American Revolution.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Which crop was a major cash crop in the southern colonies?
What is tobacco?
What type of settlement is a large community with many buildings?
What is a city?
What resource is often in high demand due to industry?
What is timber?
Which group sought religious freedom in America?
What are the Pilgrims?
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What role did trade play in colonial economies?
What is it connected colonies to Europe and Africa?
How did the geography of the land affect where people settled?
What is it provided resources like water and fertile land?
Why is it important to protect natural resources?
What is to ensure they are available for future generations?
What role did land play in colonization?
What is it provided opportunities for farming?
What year did the American Revolution begin?
What is 1775?
Name one industry that developed in the Middle Colonies.
What is wheat farming?
Give an example of a pattern of settlement in colonial America.
What is the New England colonies were settled by Puritans?
Describe how the climate affects settlement patterns.
What is warmer climates may attract more people?
How did the desire for freedom influence colonization?
What is people wanted to escape persecution?
What was the outcome of the American Revolution?
What is the United States gained independence?
How did the triangular trade impact colonial America?
What is it increased economic activity and slavery?