STAAR Review

Which 2 answer choices best completes the diagram?

• Enslaved native Populations

• Established Catholic Missions

• Promoted political freedom

• Became commercial Ship builders

• Focused primarily on fur trading

Which answer choice best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To extend empires

• To found Utopian societies

Massachusetts was a refuge for English Puritans as _______was a refuge for English Catholics?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Georgia

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for founding Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders

• Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown founders wanted to find gold

• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires

• Plymouth was founded as a religious refuge; Jamestown was founded for commercial profit

Which is a direct result of salutary neglect?

• The colonies developed a strong tradition of self government

• Many proprietary colonies were converted into royal colonies

• The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense

• Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense", Intolerable Acts, and First Continental Congress all take place during which era?

• The Civil War

• The Era of Westward Expansion

• The Era of Good Feeling

• The Revolutionary

Colonist objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because

• Feared it would provoke attacks from the Native Americans

• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• Resented the limit it imposed on westward expansion

• Wanted to trade freely with foreign nations

What are the Dates 1607, 1620 and 1763 important?

• Revolution War Begins

• Jamestown Founded

• Constitution Written

• Plymouth Colony Founded

• Treaty of Paris

What are the dates 1776, 1783, 1787/1788 important?

• Decleration is Written

• Treaty of Paris

• Civil War begins

• Jamestown founded

• Constitution is Written/Ratified

Which answer best completes the diagram?

• President Jackson annexes land west of the Mississippi River

• President Jackson ignores the Supreme Court ruling

• President Jackson introduces a bill to congress

• President Jackson vetoes an act passed by congress