Staar Points

Question 1

An economic theory that says a country’s power based on its wealth

Answer 1

Mercantilism

Question 2

The settlement of lands in America by the citizens of European countries

Answer 2

Colonization

Question 3

A government where people elect representatives to make laws for them.

Answer 3

Representative government (republicanism)

Question 4

Englishmen who wanted to LEAVE the Church of England

Answer 4

Separatists

Question 5

Englishmen who wanted to reform of purify the Church of England

Answer 5

Puritans

Question 6

People are allowed to practice any religion they choose and government cannot favor or establish an official religion that all citizens must follow

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Separation of church and state

Question 7

Guarantees freedom of speech press,religion,right to assemble and petiton

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First amendment

Question 8

Protects against general search warrants all illegal search and seizure

Answer 8

Fourth amendment

Question 9

Guarantees a speedy trial by jury,right to an attorney innocent until proven guilty

Answer 9

Sixth amendment

Question 10

For bids excessive (large) bail and cruel unusual punishment of prisoners

Answer 10

Eight amendment

Question 11

An armed rebellion or uprising against the government or the authority

Answer 11

Revolution

Question 12

Freedom from the control or influence of another nation (nations freedom)

Answer 12

Indepednce

Question 13

Institution that makes the law and taxes the people

Answer 13

Government

Question 14

Freedom from restrictions placed on individual actions

Answer 14

Liberty

Question 15

The requirement that citizens pay money to the government to finance its operations

Answer 15

Taxation

Question 16

Tax on imports ….. Goods brought into the country

Answer 16

Tarrif

Question 17

Diaries,letters,newspapers,articles,and photographs are all examples of

Answer 17

Primary sources

Question 18

Textbooks and articles that provide a summary of info found in primary sources are

Answer 18

Secondary sources

Question 19

William penn founded Pennsylvania as a place where they could worship freely

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Quakers

Question 20

The Massachusetts bay colony was governed by there religious belief

Answer 20

Puritans

Question 21

Roger William founded this colony based in the separation of church and state

Answer 21

Rhode Island

Question 22

Colony established for debtors in 1733 by James Oglethorpe

Answer 22

Georgia

Question 23

Colony established by lord Baltimore as a place for Catholics to worships freely

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Maryland

Question 24

Economic system where private business compete with little government inter price

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Free inter price

Question 25

Buying and selling of humans for forced labor

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Slave trade

Question 26

Right to practice ones religious beliefs without interference from the government

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Religious freedom

Question 27

Large farms run by an owner and usually worked by slaves

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Plantations

Question 28

A branch of business or manufacturing that can employs a good number of people

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Industry

Question 29

The occupation of producing crop and raising live stock to sell for profit

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Agriculture

Question 30

An area outside of the city out in the country side

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Rural area

Question 31

The right or privilege of voting

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Suffrage

Question 32

Loyalty to a state,colony or region rather than to the whole colony

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Sectionalism

Question 33

A skilled craftsman such as a blacksmith or carpenter

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Artisan

Question 34

Government actions are restricted and EVERYONE must obey the law under a

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Limited government

Question 35

Conflict that removed thee French threat to the American colonies

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French and Indian war

Question 36

Ben franklins plan to unite the colonies under one government so that they could work together to defeat France

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Albany plan of union

Question 37

King George the 3rd declared that the Appalachian Mts. Would be the western boundary of the colonies forbidding settlers to move further west

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Proclamation of 1763

Question 38

The trade routes between the colonies West Indies and Great Britain or Africa

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Triangular trade

Question 39

The part of the triangular trade route that carried slaves from Africa to the West Indies

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Middle passage

Question 40

Law that directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies so that most of the profit went to England

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Navigation acts

Question 41

The powerful religious revival that swept through the colonies in the 1720-1740

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The great awakening

Question 42

Era scientific advancement that spread across the world is 1700's

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Enlightment

Question 43

Law that placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies

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Stamp act

Question 44

The British parliament stated that it had the right to tax and make all decisions for the colonies in the

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Declaratory act

Question 45

Law that let the east India company sell tea directly to colonists without paying the tea tax

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Tea act

Question 46

Colonial organization begun by Sam Adams to protest British taxes

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Sons of liberty

Question 47

Colonial organization set up in towns to spread news and political ideas throughout the colonies

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Committees of correspondence

Question 48

Guarantees due process of law right against self incrimination

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Fifth amendment

Question 49

His book "two treaties of government strongly influenced the ideas expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the decoration of idepence

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John Locke

Question 50

British judge whose commentaries on English law greatly influenced the U.S

Answer 50

William blackstone