STAAR Points 2

Question 0

Established Maryland as a colony where Catholics could worship freely

Answer 0

Lord Baltimore

Question 1

Puritan minister banished from MA, founded Rhode Island with Anne Hutchison

Answer 1

Roger Williams

Question 2

Established Georgia as a colony for debtors

Answer 2

James Oglethorpe

Question 3

Founded Pennsylvania as a colony where Quakers could worship freely. He supported freed of religion and welcomed immigrants

Answer 3

William Penn

Question 4

NY newspaper editor in the 1730s, arrested for accusing the governor of corruption, acquitted when his attorney proved he was right, helped established the idea of freedom of the press

Answer 4

John Peter Zenger

Question 5

Cold climate and rocky soil led to an economy based on small farms, trade, and merchants

Answer 5

New England Colonies (MA, CT, RI, NH)

Question 6

Rich soil, thick forests, a diverse economy led to settle meant by people from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds

Answer 6

Mid-Atlantic (Middle) Colonies (PA, DE, NJ, NY)

Question 7

Warm climates flat/rich soil led to an economy bases on cash crops grown on large plantations using slave labor

Answer 7

Southern Colonies (VA, NC, SC, GA, MD)