8th grade STAAR Social Studies Power Review

Front

Why did the Pilgrims, Puritans, Catholics and Quakers come to the colonies?

Back

religious freedom

Front

Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?

Back

William Penn

Front

Which colony was the first permanent colony, established in 1607?

Back

Jamestown

Front

Name the cash crop that saved Jamestown.

Back

tobacco

Front

What did the English name New Netherland in 1664, when they captured it from the Dutch?

Back

New York

Front

What was the first form of self government, written by the Pilgrims in 1620?

Back

Mayflower Compact

Front

Which strongly religious Puritan founded the colony of Rhode Island after being banished from Massachusetts?

Back

Roger Williams

Front

The first written Constitution in America would be?

Back

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Front

Who wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Back

Thomas Hooker

Front

Quakers believed in ?

Back

religious tolerance and equality