STAAR Quiz Days 1-5

The establishment of the House of Burgesses in 1619 and creation of the Mayflower Compact in 1620 indicated the colonists understood the importance of:

• Establishing a self-government

• Submission to English authority

• Protection of natural resources

• Creating revenue through taxation

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

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• The invention of the steam engine

• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture in the Plantation system

• The development of the factory system

• The establishment of protective tariffs

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found utopian communities

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

Colony founded as a safe haven for Catholics

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Virginia

Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

• to find cities of gold
• discover new technology
• find the fountain of youth
• discover a new sea route to Asia

Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the "mother" country.

• Mercantilism

• Representative Government

• Charter

• Plantations

Which government principle is illustrated in the diagram?

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

• Separation of Powers

The distance from Great Britain, a need for lawmaking structure, and the traditional rights of Englishmen lead to what?

• Created a general council to manage the colonies
• Experienced strict control by Parliament
• Established their own representative institutions
• Appointed governors who reported to the King