4-14 STAAR Review Quiz

What were the reasons for European Nations to explore/colonize North America?

• Wealth

  Religion

  Expand Empires

  Claim Territory

• Oil and Natural Gas

• To trade with Native Americans

• To create fishing colonies

Which of the following European Nations claimed Florida, Texas and California; putting Catholic missions in these areas?

• France

• Great Britain (England)

• Spain

• Ireland

Which colonial region had deep harbors and based its economy on shipbuilding, fishing and lumbering?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which colonial region used the Transatlantic Slave Trade to bring slaves to work plantations, that grew cash crops, because of their rich soil.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Who were the Quakers?

• Group of French trappers looking for beaver pelts

• Catholic settlers seeking to start missions

• Puritans escaping religious persecution that settled in Massachusetts

• Religious group that settled in Pennsylvania and called for an end to slavery

Which of the following was a social contract created by the founding members of the Plymouth Bay colony (Massachusetts)

• Magna Carta

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

• U.S. Constitution

Which of the following actions by KGIII and Parliament angered colonists because it denied them moving West after the British victories in the French and Indian War?

• Northwest Ordinance

• Articles of Confederation

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

What are the unalienable rights that Thomas Jefferson lists in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life, liberty and property

• Truth, Justice, and the American way

• Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Which of the following battles is considered to be the turning point of the American Revolution because the American victory leads to French support?

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

• Valley Forge

• Saratoga

Which battle led to the British surrender, the Treaty of Paris and Britain (England) recognizing the U.S. as an independent nation?

• Yorktown

• Valley Forge

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga