STAAR 10 Day Blitz Day 1

Which of the following is an example of North American colonists seeking religious freedom?

• King Charles II gave land to eight nobles in 1663 who sought to grow tobacco in the Carolinas to sell in Europe.

• Georgia was established in 1733 as a place for prisoners and convicts from England.

• In 1636, a colony at Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams on the principle of spiritual tolerance.

• Thomas Hooker helped create the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and establish self-government in 1639.

The activities of French and Spanish exploration of North America were similar in which fashion?

• fur trading

• ranching and farming

• gold mining

• sending missionaries

What was the primary reason for the English colonization of Jamestown in 1607 near the James River?

• wealth creation

• creating a new social structure

• religious freedom

• political alliances with other countries

According to the map, which European country primarily operated remote trading outposts within its claimed territory?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Holland

Use the excerpt below from The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut in 1639 to answer the following question.

“...to maintain the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Government established according to God, to order and dispose of the affairs of the people at all seasons as occasion shall require; do therefore associate and conjoin ourselves to be as one Public State or Commonwealth.” - Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639

The establishment of this order was a result of which of the following?

• The colony needed a strong defense to protect British control.

• The people desired self-government due to the large distance from England.

• The governor sought a chain-of-command to carry out orders from the king of England.

• The colony wanted to share and equally distribute wealth.

Which of the following did not contribute to the rise of selfgovernment in the American colonies?

• distance from England

• need for societal structure

• protection of individual rights

• defense of English sovereignty and control

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 self-government

• submission to English authority

• protection of natural resources

• creating revenue through taxation

Although established long before the American colonies, the Magna Carta in 1215 influenced what feature of colonial life?

• equal taxation

• wealth distribution

• individual rights

• centralized power

The dependence of the southern colonies on farming lead to which of the following occurrences?

• The governors of southern colonies established laws to protect labor rights and fair wages.

• The economic influence of the southern colonies decreased.

• The king of England increased taxation on the revenue of cotton, tobacco, and coffee.

• The demand for labor increased the profitability of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

The spread of slavery in the colonization of North America was primarily due to what factor?

• increase in farming of cotton, tobacco, sugar, and coffee

• demand for labor in coastal fishing industry

• creation of shipyards in the northern colonies

• all of the above