STAAR: BENCHMARK 1 REVIEW 1 2023

What was the primary reason for French exploration?

• To convert American Indians to Catholicism

• To cultivate cash crops in Chesapeake Bay

• To extract precious metals from present-day Mexico

• To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes Region

Answer explanation

Although they perhaps came for different reasons, they made a lot of profit from the fur trade. They also had friendly relations with the natives.

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Why was Jamestown, Virginia established in 1607

• To gain religious freedom

• To provide military defense

• To increase business profits

• To provide a place for criminals

Answer explanation

Jamestown was founded for economic reasons.

Why was Plymouth, Massachusetts established in 1620?

• To gain religious freedom

• To increase business profits

• To provide a safe haven for criminals

• To provide a military defense

Answer explanation

The Pilgrims left England and founded Plymouth for religious reasons. They wrote the Mayflower Compact that established self-government.

Why did colonists develop their own forms of self-government in the colonies?

• There was a need to unite for trade

• Communication was slow with Britain and distance was great

• To decrease the amount of smuggled goods

• So that they could establish their own navy

Answer explanation

Colonists formed their own government using some ideas from English Political Traditions because communication with England was slow.

What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact (1620)?

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To demonstrate goodwill toward local American indians

• To form a social contract (self-gov.) among themselves

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

Answer explanation

This document established the idea of self-government which we still use today in our country.

Virginia authorized a general assembly so that colonists could-

• Participate in a free-market economy

• Vote in British Parliament

• Self-govern on a local level

• Express dissatisfaction with British rule

Answer explanation

Virginia established the House of Burgesses so that they could have self government because of slow communication with England.

The different geographic factors in the Colonial Regions led to-

• Founding of trade schools in some colonies

• Development of different economies in the regions

• Establishment of import taxes in some colonies

• Pattern of religious differences in the regions

Answer explanation

Having different geography/climate led to people having to find an economic activity they could do in their region.

Thomas Hooker's Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is important because-

• It outlawed protected tarrifs

• It provided for the election of representatives (self-gov.)

• It extended suffrage to women

• It proposed the creation of an independent country

Answer explanation

Words like: election, voting, democracy, representatives all are like --> self-government

Why did Parliament adopt new economic policies after the French and Indian War?

• To punish the colonists for their lack of support for the war

• To allow colonies to trade with other countries besides Britain

• To limit the development of industry in the colonies

• To pay off debts from fighting in the war.

Which battle is known as the "shot heard 'round the world" and marked the beginning of the Revolution?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Winter at Valley Forge

• Battle of Yorktown