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STAAR Facts
Coach McGee's class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first legislative government in the new world? | House of Burgesses |
| What year was the Jamestown colony founded? | 1607 |
| What year did the Pilgrims land in Plymouth? | 1620 |
| Who was the leader of the Jamestown colony? | John Smith |
| What were the names of the Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims survive? | Squanto and Samoset |
| What was the major crop that helped Jamestown thrive? | Tobacco |
| What did the pilgrims sign when they landed? | The mayflower compact |
| What did the pilgrims come to the new world for? | Religious freedom |
| What religious group founded the colony of Pennsylvania? | The quakers |
| Who first came to the Americas in the early 1500's? | England/British |
| What was their leader's name? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| What was the name of the leader of the second group of Roanoke settlers? | John Smith |
| What happened to the Roanoke settlers? | They all dissapeared |
| Who founded Rhode Island? | Roger Williams |
| Who founded Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
| What colony was Jamestown a part of? | Virginia |
| What religion was Maryland founded for? | Catholics |
| What was the name of the rebel leader in the Virginia colony? | Nathaniel Bacon |
| Who founded Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| Why was Georgia founded? | As a place for debtors and criminals to start over |
| What was early colonial American society economically based on? | Agriculture |
| Where did the idea of protected rights first come up? | the Magna Carta |
| In the 1700's, the population of the colonies grew from what to what? | 250,000 to 2,500,000 |
| What was the last colony to be founded? | Georgia |
| What was the first written constitution in America? | The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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