STAAR Mock Review 1

What happened in 1607?

• Jamestown was founded

• Plymouth was founded

• The Magna Carta was written

• The Louisiana Purchase

What happened in 1620?

• Jamestown was founded

• Plymouth was founded

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution was written

What happened in 1776?

• Plymouth was founded

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution was written

• The Civil War

What happened in 1787?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution was written

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Civil War

When was the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1787

• 1803

• 1812

• 1860

Which section is the land invaded by Andrew Jackson and ceded by Spain to the US?

• A

• B

• D

• H

Which section is the land purchased by Thomas Jefferson in 1803?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

Which pair of actions best completes this graphic?

• 1—Enslaved native populations

  2—Organized utopian societies

• 1—Established Catholic missions

  2—Focused primarily on fur trading

• 1—Promoted political freedom

  2—Participated in the triangular trade

• 1—Became commercial shipbuilders

  2—Created an early system of public schools

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains