STAAR Facts B Colonial Era Part 2

What is mercantilism?

• A) A political system where colonies govern themselves

• B) An economic belief that the colonies should support the mother country with raw materials and new markets for their goods

• C) A religious movement focused on equality

• D) A document limiting the king's power

The Triangular Trade was a trade route between which regions?

• Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• Asia, Africa, and Australia

• Europe, Asia, and the Americas

• Africa, Australia, and the Americas

Fill in the blank: The brutal ________ was part of the Triangular Trade and involved the transport of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Middle Passage

• Silk Road

• Columbian Exchange

• Great Migration

The Transatlantic Slave Trade was prevalent in which colonies due to cash crops?

• Northern Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Western Colonies

What was the effect of distance from England and salutary neglect on the colonies?

• It created a need for colonists to govern themselves

• It increased trade with England

• It led to more strict enforcement of laws

• It reduced the power of colonial assemblies

The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, was a document that ________.

• Established the first written constitution

• Limited the king's power for the first time

• Created the first representative assembly

• Supported the mother country

Who believed that people have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property?

• John Locke

• King John

• William Penn

• Thomas Jefferson

The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 document that established ________ in the colonies.

• The first self-government

• The first written constitution

• The first representative assembly

• The first trade agreement

Fill in the blank: The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first ________ in the colonies.

• representative assembly

• royal governor

• trading company

• military fort

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first ________ in the colonies, allowing non-church members to vote.

• Written constitution

• Trade agreement

• Religious movement

• Assembly