STAAR Review #1

Belief that all Americans should own land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

These colonies were known as the Bread Basket colonies (grew wheat, barley & rye).

Punishments put on Boston for the Boston Tea Party.

Anti-Federalists said they would NOT approve the Constitution unless a(n) _________ was added.

This 1215 document said even the King had to obey laws.

Who was the Father of the Constitution (not the writer)?

This was the first representative government in America.

Thousands of Indians died when they were relocated for their ______________.

This political party was formed to keep slaves out of the western territories.

This colony was created as a haven for debtors by James Oglethorpe.

An attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society.

He invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.

Supreme court can declare a law unconstitutional -  

The ____________ was fought from 1861-1865.

This principle means that power is shared between the state and national government.

Principle that means power is divided among 3 branches of government.

He wrote Common Sense and The Crisis to warn Americans about the King.

What is the significance of the battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War?

These colonies had rich, fertile soil and could grow many crops.

Stanton, Mott and Anthony were female leaders of ________________.

__________ was purchased from France in 1803, doubling the size of the U.S.

In the Northwest Ordinance, you have to have _____ people to apply for statehood.

What is the significance of the battle of Lexington & Concord?

This forbade Americansto settle past the Appalachian Mountains after the French & Indian War.

The Declaration of Independence was signed in ______(year).

Why was it called the Tariff of Abominations?

These colonies had poor rocky soil but eventually had many factories.

This amendment protects us from unlawful searches and seizures (hint: knock, knock).

The amount of money made above the cost of doing business.  

In 1620, the ________ signed the Mayflower Compact in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  

Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

_____________, Virginia was the 1st permanent English colony in American - 1607.

Man-made waterway.

Complaints from the colonists, listed in the Declaration of Independence to the King.

What was the result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

This colony was started by William Penn, a Quaker, as model of Christian living.

Congress passed the _______ Act which allowed the president to expel any dangerous foreigner.

To vote to approve a law.

This year, 80,000 rushed to California for gold.

This amendment gave suffrage to women.

This law required citizens to house British soldiers.

Supreme court case that said slaves could not sue because they were property and not citizens.

What is the significance of the battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War?

British forced Americans into service on British ships, this is called _______________.

The _______ was signed in 1787.

This man organized the Boston Tea Party, Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.

This is where Washington's army went into winter quarters during the Revolutionary War.

An economic theory that a country became strong by expanding trade & building gold supply.

The Era of Good Feelings was when _______________.

The movement of people from the country to the cities.