STAAR 8th Social Studies

What year was the 1st permanent English Colony settled?

• 1500

• 1504

• 1601

• 1607

What year was the name of the 1st permanent English Colony settled?

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Fort Ringold

• Jamestown

What year was the reason for the 1st permanent English Colony settled?

• wealth, Gold

• Religious Persecution

• New Friends

When was the 2nd English Colony settled?

• 1500

• 1620

• 1675

• 1776

Who were the pilgrims that came on Plymouth boat in 1620?

• Quakers

• Soildiers

• Puritans

Why did the Puritans come to America?

• wealth

• Equality

• Religious Persecution

Treaty of Paris

• 1700

• 1760

• 1763

• 1780

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended

• Saratoga War

• French and Indian War

• Civil War

• Bull Run War

What happened after the Treaty of Paris

• England Colonies lost

• France lost North America

• Slaves were freed

What happened in 1776?

• The 1st Amendment was added

• Bill of right was introduced

• Constitution was signed

• Declaration of Independence