STAAR Review 1

The Middle Passage was

The Spanish conquistadors were looking for

The Committees of Correspondence allowed info/propaganda to move quickly through the colonies.

How did Europeans view the American colonists?

The Southern Colonies became prosperous from 

The Quakers settled mostly in 

The Boston Massacre (which was hardly a massacre w5 dead) was due to Townshend Acts.

The Quartering Act forced Bostonians to allow British patriot soldiers to take over their homes

Ann Hutchinson was arrested for heresy & banished for speaking out on religious issues.

The colony that experienced the Starving Time which lead to war with Native Americans:

Georgia refused to have slavery at first because it was a(n)

Georgia was established with 3 rules as a Utopian experiment by Oglethorpe to protect Carolina.

Sea dogs were 

Which tribe put up the most persistent fight against the European settlers?

Manumission could result from having

Part of our national identity as Americans can be seen in 27 states whose names are 

Even though Puritans were not tolerant of other beliefs, they did accept Dissenters for 

The Separatists are Pilgrims who wanted to separate from the ______ church.

The Second Continental Congress formed after Redcoats attacked places like Concord/Lexington

What was the "Headright System"?

A cultural difference between Native Americans and the settlers revolved around

The vote to "abolish martial law and create a legislative assembly" became?

Southern women did find some power on the plantations w the need to conduct business.

Manumission is when a master voluntarily frees a slave.

Native Americans were not advanced nor stable prior to European colonization

American Independence became official with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

There were ______________________________ in the Colonies in 1775.

The Carolinas separated into North and South Carolina due to

Quakers, pacifists, believed that

Indians thought they had a better chance w/British, so they partnered w/them in 7 Years War.

Slavery resulted in the New World bc Indentured Servant system was too expensive & complicated

Unlike the Jamestown and New Netherlands settlers, the New England settlers' main goal was

The Middle Colonies had the following advantage(s):

The first meeting of the House of Burgess (a representative gov't in VA) was about 

The First Continental Congress established non-importation:British goods due to Coercive Acts

The Dutch established New Netherland/New York for

Joint-stock companies were the first corporations.

The Second Great Awakening resulted in people who were

To be a dissenter means to be

King Henry VIII's desire for a divorce resulted in a schism that created a new religion:

The Native American tribe which extended hospitality to the Jamestown settlers was the

The Townshend Acts were primarily to collect taxes in the colonies.

Maryland was established by Lord Baltimore for 

Indians thought they had a better chance w/British, so they partnered w/them in 7 Years War.

Colonists used smuggling to avoid 

Puritan women participated in town meetings and church decisions.

The colonists eventually rejected the idea of absolute monarchy.

The first joint-stock company to launch a lasting venture (business) in the New World

Puritan minister Thomas Hooker of CT objected to linking church membership to

After the 7 Years/French & Indian War, France lost its power in colonies and the Ohio Valley.

When King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition, there was no choice but to revolt

William Penn's vision of Philadelphia included

England conquered which country in order to be able to colonize in the New World?

Georgia was established with 3 rules as a Utopian experiment by Oglethorpe to protect Carolina.

Which Native American language was used to the US and Allies' advantage in WWI?

The form of government we have today is very much like that of (and Franklin admired it):

The Committees of Correspondence were fearless when they sent letters. 

The Separatists took the Mayflower voyage because they

What caused the African Civilization to fall in Africa?

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639

Slave Codes (which became Black Codes after the Civil War) included

The Boston Patriots included

The Quebec Act angered the colonists because it allowed the French to set up a Catholic colony

In Native American societies, leaders were chosen by

The Proclamation of 1763 ended the French & Indian War & gave the US the Ohio Valley.

Which tribes flourished on the American continent during the Renaissance period?

The War of 1812 was a war to stop British impressment of US soldiers and blockades of US ships.

Virginia's success as a colony came from 

Joint-stock companies came to be to help the financial situation of which people in England?

The Stamp Act was to help the British government pay for the French and Indian War.