SOCIAL STUDIES ERAS STAAR REVIEW

The establishment of the House of Burgesses in 1619 and creation of the Mayflower Compact in 1620 indicated the colonists understood the importance of

• establishing self-government

• submission to English authority

• protection of natural resources

• creating revenue through taxation

Although established long before the American colonies, the Magna Carta in 1214 influenced what feature of colonial life?

• equal taxation

• wealth distribution

• individual rights

• centralized power

The dependence of the southern colonies on farming lead to which of the following occurrences?

• The governors of southern colonies established laws to protect labor rights and fair wages.

• The economic influence of the southern colonies decreased.

• The king of England increased taxation on the revenue of cotton, tobacco, and coffee.

• The demand for labor increased the profitability of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

What best describes the occurrences of lines A, B, and C?

• Africans are captured and sold to factories in Europe where they process raw materials from the American colonies. The goods they produce are sold to African nations.

• Raw materials are produced in Africa where they are sent to the American colonies to be processed by slaves. The manufactured goods are then sold to Europe and exported to Africa

• Africans are captured and sold into slavery to work on plantations in the American colonies. The raw materials they produce are sold to Europe, manufactured into goods, and exported to African nations.

• Raw materials are exported by slaves from Africa and sent to Europe. In exchange, Europe supplies the American colonies and African nations with manufactured goods.

British colonists largely objected to which of the following prohibitions of westward expansion following the French and Indian War?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Sugar Act of 1764

The following grievance found in the Declaration of Independence is addressed in which Amendment in the Bill of Rights?

"For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of trial by Jury"

-Declaration of Independence, 1776

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

Why does the Declaration of Independence use the word "unalienable" to describe the rights listed in the preamble?

• The writers wanted to communicate they felt they were not recognized as British citizens.

• These rights were thought of as basic rights given to any human being

• These rights can only be established by loyalty to their local governing body.

• These rights should not be transferred to anyone else who did not live in the American colonies.

The protection of individual freedoms from the federal government was a demand for the addition of what component to the Constitution?

• Process of Ratification

• Separation of Power

• Preamble

• Bill of Rights

Arguments for the ratification of the Constitution can be found in what historical document(s)?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

How would the “Three-Fifths Compromise” affect Virginia, the most populous slave state in 1790?

• It would allow for the slave population of Virginia to count equally in federal taxation and representation.

• Virginia would have three-fifths of the total representation in Congress.

• Three-fifths of the slave population would count toward determining federal taxation and representation

• Three-fifths of the slave population must be set free in order to ratify the Constitution.