STAAR Colonization Alv BL 4

Which phrase best summarizes the main goals of the European explorers who sailed to the New World in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

• Gold, glory, and God
• Peace, honor, and strenght
• Trade, riches, and freedom
• Land, friendship, and travel

Which colony correctly completes this diagram? A  B  C D  

• Maryland
• Virginia
• South Carolina 
• Georgia

The developments listed below both occurred during the colonial period of the American history.
**Colonists in Virginia formed a governing body called the House of Burgessess in 1619.
**Colonists in New England held town meetings to discuss and make decisions about local issues.
--Virginia's House of Burgessess and New England's town meetings both represented attempts to--

• preserve religious freedom in the colonies
• express displeasure with Britain laws and tariffs
• develop stronger colonial ties with Great Britain
• establish representative governments in the colonies

Historians often refer to the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) as the "ancestor" of the U.S. Constitution because the Fundamental Orders were the--

• first written constitution in the American colonies
• colonies' first attempt to break away from England
• only document that granted voting rights to men and women
• first written document to advocate an end to slavery in the colonies

Who were the first group of people to speak against the evil of slavery?

• Quakers
• Puritans
• Mormons
• Federalists

Which region of the 13 colonies had dense forests, shipbuilding, fishing, natural harbors, swift rivers and lumber?

• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• Western Colonies

What was the motivation for the transatlantic slave trade?

• immigration in the west
• increased demand for factory labor
• profitability of cash crops on the plantations
• volunteers to fight during the Civil War

Which was the first representative government in the colonies that served as a model for later colonial legislatures?

• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 

What best completes the diagram?

• Former slave states
• Former Mexican Territories
• Former Spanish Colonies
• Former states mentioned in the Compromise of 1850

How did geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston?

• Long coastlines offered abundant natural resources.
• Proximity to flooding rivers limited development.
• Natural harbors provided access to markets.
• Extreme climates limited productive activity.