STAAR Review Folder pages 1-3

Which of these was NOT a southern colony?

• Georgia
• Delaware
• North Carolina
• Virginia

In this mercantilist economic system, a mother country gained wealth by...

• allowing competition in the marketplace
• giving colonist political and religious freedom
• carefully controlling trade
• participating in the Great Awakening

What nickname was given to the Middle Colonies?

• The Breadbasket
• The Midlings
• The Potbelly
• King Cotton

Which of these founding documents limited the power of the king and basically stated that no one is above the law?

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

Which of these was the first form of self-government in the colonies and followed majority rule?

• English Bill of Rights
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

Where were the first shots fired in the American Revolution?

• Lexington
• Saratoga
• Yorktown
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The last intolerable act was called the Quartering Act, which _____________.

• made loitering illegal
• allowed soldiers to force their way into colonists homes
• forced colonists to drink tea
• allowed english representatives to do anything illegal

Which of these was included in the Intolerable Acts as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

• closed Boston Harbor
• pay back the French
• sign treaty with Native Americans
• colonists accepted blame for Boston Massacre

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to —

• explain why the American colonies should form an alliance with Spain
• increase public support for American independence
• criticize the military strategies of General George Washington
• criticize King George III for his support of the French and Indian War