ADV STAAR Review

Fishing and ship building were important here.

• The New England Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

• All 13 English Colonies

This was the first elected legislature in English North America.

• General Court

• General Assembly

• House of Burgesses

• Parliament

Which of the following is matched with the correct date?

• Magna Carta -1215

• Jamestown - 1620

• Mayflower Compact - 1607

• English Bill of Rights - 1066

Early colonial Maryland was predominately home to Catholics, while colonial Pennsylvania was home to —

• Anglicans
• Quakers
• Puritans
• Mormons

_________________ was a colony founded for debtors.

• Connecticut

• Georgia

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

It was the first example of "representative government" in America?

• General Court

• Legislature

• House of Burgesses

• Assembly

The Magna Carta granted English citizens "due process of law". What is that?

• Rights given to those accused of a crime.

• Exemption from property taxes.

• The right of ordinary citizens to practice law.

• The rights of citizens to overthrow their king or queen.

Town meetings and elected representatives are examples of _______________________.

• mercantilist policies

• self-government

• taxation without representation

• tyranny

The ___________________ explored America to spread Christianity and to search for gold.

• Italians

• English

• French

• Spanish

The Proclamation of 1763 banned colonists from settling west of the ______________________.

• Mississippi River

• Ozark Mountains

• Missouri River

• Appalachian Mountains