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Staar facts 1-25
Question | Answer |
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What is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them | Representative Government |
What is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them | Republic |
What was the first representative assembly in the new world | House of Burgesses |
What are the three branches of government | Judicial, legislative, and executive |
The first document that limited power of the ruler | The Magna Carta |
This protected the rights of of English citizens and became the basis for the bill of rights | English bill of rights |
What was the agreement signed in 1620 by the pilgrims in Plymouth that said they would promise to work together to make ot succeed | The Mayflower Compact |
What was the first permanent English settlement that was founded in 1607 | Jamestown |
What was the colony settled in 1620 | Plymouth colony |
Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 | Christopher Columbus |
What is a fast ship used in exploration | A caravel |
What is a navigational system used to plot stars | Astrolabe |
What is the economic theory that a country's strength is measured by by the amount of gold it has | Mercantilism |
What is the freedom of private business to operate competitively for profit | Free enterprise |
What is an original recording of an event | Primary source |
What are later writing and interpretations of historians and writers | Secondary sources |
First written constitution in America | Fundamental orders of Connecticut |
Colony that contains New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania | The middle colonies |
Colonies that contain Georgia, south Carolina, north Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland | The southern colonies |
Colonies that contain Connecticut, Rhode island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire | The New England colonies |
These people wanted to reform the English church | Puritans |
These people wanted to set up their own churches | Separatists |
Colony ran by individuals or groups whom land was granted | Proprietary colony |
A colony in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits | Joint stock colony |
A colony ran by its governor appointed by the king or queen | Royal colony |