STAAR Review

What was the first permeant English settlement AND when was it established?

• Jamestown, Virginia in 1215
• Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
• Jamestown, Virginia in 1617
• Jamestown, Virginia in 1620

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• July 4, 1607
• July 4, 1620
• July 4, 1776
• July 4, 1787

Which country did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory from in 1803?

• France
• England
• Spain
• Mexico

What is the economic theory that states the colonies only exist to benefit the Mother Country?

• tariff
• sectionalism
• federalism
• mercantilism

a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section of a country instead of the entire country is known as 

• tariff
• sectionalism
• tyranny
• democracy

This is the AMERICAN belief that the US was destined to own all land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• Free Enterprise
• Republic
• Judicial Review
• Manifest Destiny

a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them is 

• republic
• federalism
• representative government
• ratify

a _______________ is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them

• republic
• tyranny
• representative government
• ratify

What was the first representative assembly in the New World

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• English Bill of Rights

a system, set up in the Constitution, where each branch of the federal government has the power to check the actions of the other branches

• separation of powers
• checks & balances