US History STAAR Review Exploration-Constitution

Social contract signed by many pilgrims in Plymouth; helped establish the idea of self-government.

• Declaration of Independence
• 1763 Compromise
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

Economic system in which England controlled trade of the colonies?

• mercantilism
• merchandise
• trade
• barter

Why did the Puritans settle in New England?

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

What colony did the Quakers live in?

• Massachusetts 
• Pennslylvania
• Maryland
• Virginia

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

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration?

• Spain, Germany, and France
• England, Spain, & France
• Italy, Spain, and Portugal
• Portugal, Ireland, & France

Virginia's first elected assembly (1619), and first representative government in the colonies, was called the 

• House of Commons
• House of Burgesses
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Mayflower Compact

Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."

• Transportation
• Relaxation
• Representation
• Sensation

How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

• Dressed up like Native Americans
• Boston Massacre
• Dumped tea into Boston harbor
• Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea