STAAR Quiz #2 2018

First representative assembly in the American Colonies, established in 1619. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington were delegates.

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Intolerable Acts

Law from King George III, to prevent further Indian attacks, colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Mayflower Compact
• Proclamation of 1763
• Mercantilism
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Series of Laws passed by Parliament to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts and to bring the colonists under control.  

• Proclamation of 1763
• Intolerable Acts
• Mercantilism
• Mayflower Compact

The British Colonies economic system.  Colonists had to sell their raw materials at low prices and buy British manufactured goods which were more expensive.

• Proclamation of 1763
• Intolerable Acts
• Mercantilism
• Virginia House of Burgesses

A set of various tax laws placed on the colonies in order to pay the debt from the French and Indian War.

• Boston Tea Party
• Sugar Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act
• Boston Massacre

The Colonists were tired of taxes and restrictions by the British Government so they protested the Tea Act by dressing up as Native Americans and threw British Tea into the Boston Harbor.

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Stamp Act, Tea Act, Sugar Act

A clash between the colonists and British soldiers in Boston, which resulted in the death of five people.  Crispus Attucks was the first to die.

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Sugar Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act

A conflict in North America from 1754-1763 that was part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain.  

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• French and Indian War

This branch of government makes the laws.  It is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.  

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

This branch of government executes the laws.  The President and his cabinet members make up this branch of government.

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch