Name_______________________________________ Period_______________ Date ______________
STAAR Review Part 1: The Colonial Era (1607 – 1776)
1. The first permanent English colony to be established in North America was called
_________________________. It was founded in the (year)__________ in Virginia for economic
profit by the Virginia Company.
2. The first example of representative government in the English colonies was the Virginia
____________________________________________________.
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3. One feature of colonial government was a(n)____________________________________.
4. In the year ________________ the Pilgrims founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, for the
purpose of religious freedom. Before disembarking the Mayflower, the men aboard signed the
______________________________________________ in which they agreed the leaders of the
families would work together to make laws for the good of the colony. This is an example of selfgovernment based upon a social contract.
5. _______________________________ founded the colony of Connecticut.
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6. _____________ immigrated to the colony of Maryland to escape persecution.
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7. English colonists established their own representative institutions because of the need for a lawmaking structure and the distance from ____________.
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8. _____________________ led to the economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston.
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9. The ________________________________________________ written by Thomas Hooker and his
followers was the first written constitution in the English colonies.
10. The _________________________________________ signed by William and Mary of Orange in
1689 guaranteed certain rights to English citizens such as a trial by jury and limited the power of the
government. It became a pattern later on for the Bill of Rights in the U. S. Constitution.
11. The _______________________________________ was signed by King John in 1215 and is
considered the founding document of English liberties (hence, American liberties). It limited the
power of the ruler (limits on government) and guaranteed certain rights to the people.
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12. England used the wealth from colonial trade to increase its wealth and power. Strict regulation of
colonial trade was implemented through a series of laws known as the Navigation Acts. This type of
economic policy is known as _________________________________.
13. Near the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 Parliament passed the
_________________________________________________________ prohibiting colonists from
settling on lands west of the___________________, causing resentment by limits it imposed upon
westward expansion.
14. Tensions began to escalate between the colonies and England when the Parliament passed a tax, the
______________________________, on legal documents designed to help pay the debt from the
French and Indian War.
15. Colonists protested the new taxes claiming they had no representation in Parliament.
_______________________________________________________ became the basis for their
protests.
16. Protest groups formed in the colonies such as the Sons of Liberty led by
_________________________ who also helped to form committees of correspondence designed to
unite the colonies and keep them informed as to the actions of the Parliament and the king.
17. __________________________ opposed British policies and was the lawyer who defended the
soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre. He served later as our nation’s first vice-president and
second president.
18. _________________________________ was an African American colonist who was killed in the
Boston Massacre.
19. The _____________________________________________ was an act of civil disobedience led by
the Sons of Liberty who were protesting the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament.
20. The ____________________________________________________ (also known as the Coercive
Acts) were passed by Parliament in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. The response to the laws by
the colonists led them to create the First Continental Congress.
Magna Carta
TERMS
Mayflower Compact
Thomas Hooker
English Bill of Rights
Appalachian Mountains
1607
John Adams
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
House of Burgesses
Crispus Attucks
1620
Samuel Adams
Boston Tea Party
England
Mercantilism
Catholics
No taxation without representation
Jamestown
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Elected legislature
Natural harbors