STAAR Points 3

Question 0

Guaranteed basic rights to all English citizens, the model for the American Bill of Rights

Answer 0

English Bill of Rights (1689)

Question 1

Signed by King John in 1215, it guaranteed trial by jury and places limits on the king’s power

Answer 1

Magna Carta

Question 2

Established in 1619, it was the first representative government on America

Answer 2

VA House of Burgesses

Question 3

Government where citizens elect representatives to make laws for them

Answer 3

Representative Government

Question 4

Religious revival that spread though the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, placed less importance on church doctrine and more in individual belief

Answer 4

1st Great Awakening

Question 5

Era of scientific advancement that spread across the world in the 1700s

Answer 5

Enlightenment

Question 6

Economic theory that a nation’s power is based on it’s wealth, colonies only exist to increase the wealth of the mother country

Answer 6

Mercantilism