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 freedom of religion and welcomed immigrants.

Answer 3

William Penn

Question 4

NY newspaper editor in the 1730s, arrested for accusing the government for corruption, acquitted when his attorney proved he was right, helped establish the idea if freedom the press.

Answer 4

John Peter Zenger

Question 5

(MA,CT,RI,NH) Cold climate and rocky soil led to an economy based on small farms, trade, and merchants.

Answer 5

New England Colonies

Question 6

(PA,DE,NJ,NY) Rich soil, thick forests, a diverse economy led to settlement by people from many diffident religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Answer 6

Mid-Atlantic (Middle) Colonies

Question 7

(VA,NC,SC,GA,MD) warm climate, flat/rich soil led to an economy based on cash crops grown on large plantations using slave labor.

Answer 7

Southern Colonies