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Staar facts 1-25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |