STAAR Review

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco

What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?

• the search for food
• the search for gold and silver
• the search for tobacco
• the search for religious freedom

Mercantilism is when

• Raw materials were bought cheaply by the colony and sold as refined materials to the 'Mother Country'
• Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony
• When merchants sold their goods for high prices to working class citizens
• When working class citizens were forced to sell their products to make profits

What year was the Mayflower Compact signed?

• 1639
• 1215
• 1620
• 1619

What document was written in 1639?

• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What colony did the Quakers live in?

• Massachusetts 
• Pennslylvania
• Maryland
• Virginia

Why did the Puritans settle in New England?

• Trade with Natives
• Economics
• Spread Catholic Belief
• Escape Persecution 

What document began taking away power from the English Monarch?

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• Magna Carta

What document said there could be no unusual punishment?

• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact
• Fund. Orders of Conn