US History STAAR Review Exploration-Constitution

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Social contract signed by many pilgrims in Plymouth; helped establish the idea of self-government.

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Mayflower Compact

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Economic system in which England controlled trade of the colonies?

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mercantilism

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Why did the Puritans settle in New England?

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Escape Persecution

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What colony did the Quakers live in? Options: Massachusetts, Pennslylvania, Maryland, Virginia

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Pennslylvania

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What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown? Options: the search for food, the search for gold and silver, the search for tobacco, the search for religious freedom

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the search for gold and silver

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The first permanent English settlement in North America was

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Jamestown

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Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration? Options: Spain, Germany, and France; England, Spain, & France; Italy, Spain, and Portugal; Portugal, Ireland, & France

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England, Spain, & France

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Virginia's first elected assembly (1619), and first representative government in the colonies, was called the 

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House of Burgesses

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Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."

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Representation

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How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

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Dumped tea into Boston harbor