STAAR Review 1 24-25

Which country set up New Amsterdam a.k.a New York as a harbor for trading and profit.

• Spain
• France
• Netherlands
• England

Which country got along with Natives, christianized and traded beaver furs for profit.

• France
• Netherlands
• Spain
• England

The colony that was established by William Penn as a place where Quakers could practice their religion.

• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland

The Middle Passage was

• Route that transported slaves from Africa to America

• Route that transported rum and molasses from Caribbean to Africa

• Route that transported manufactured goods from Europe to America

• Route that transported materials from colonial America to Africa

How did geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston?

• Long coastlines offered abundant natural resources.

• Proximity to flooding rivers limited development.

• Natural harbors provided access to markets.

• Extreme climates limited productive activity.

*Sugar Act
*Quartering Act
*Stamp Act
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by...

• Restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.
• Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.
• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament. 

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians.
• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
• Resented the limits it imposed on Westward Expansion.
• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations. 

"Common Sense" was written so that the common man, or the American Colonists, would support the Declaration of Independence. Who was the author?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Patrick Henry
• George Washington 

Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of Civil Disobedience?

• Colonists throwing British Tea into Boston Harbor
• Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France
• Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors
• firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Mass.

Which factor contributed to the founding of new religious groups in the United States?

*Hint: remember the 5 freedoms of the 1st Amendment.

• Freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights

• Expansion of individual voting rights

• Growth of abolitionist movements

• Beliefs expressed by Transcendentalists

Answer explanation

Remember, the 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of religion "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"