8thGrade SS STAAR Review

The year 1620 is significant because

• it is the year that the Mayflower Compact was signed.

• it is the year that Jamestown was established.

• it is the year that the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted.

• it is the year that Georgia was established.

The colonial region whose main economic activity was cash crops grown on plantations was the

• Southern Colonies

• Oregon Country

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

The founder of Connecticut who advocated for voting rights for everyone (even non church members) and was responsible for the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was

• William Penn

• Anne Hutchinson

• Roger Williams

• Thomas Hooker

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the New England Colonies' economy focused on shipbuilding, fishing and timber?

• rocky soil

• long, cold winters

• long growing season

• good harbors

The year 1607 is significant because it is the year that

• the Mayflower Compact was written.

• the Act of Toleration was adopted.

• Jamestown was founded.

• the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was adopted.

What is the economic system called that states that the colonies exist solely to enrich the mother country?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Mercantilism

• Free Market

Which Colonial region would a historian most likely find Quakers living?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• West Indies

In what year was the House of Burgesses established?

• 1215

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

Who was the the primary author of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

• Thomas Hooker

• William Penn

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

Who was the phillosopher who stated that all persons are created with the fundamental natiral rights of "life, ;iberty and property?"

• Thomas Hooker

• William Penn

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke