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U.S. History STAAR Review Questions and answers. 100% Accurate, rated A What is the first amendment? - ✔✔-Freedom of speech,press,assembly,petition,and religon Second amendment? - ✔✔-Right... to bear arms Third amendment? - ✔✔-No quartering of soliders in people's houses. Fourth amendment? - ✔✔-No searches and seizures without warrant Fifth amendment? - ✔✔-"I pled the fifth". Certain legal procedures must be carried out before a person can be tried and punished. Sixth amendment? - ✔✔-A fair and impartial trial in criminal cases. Seventh amendment? - ✔✔-Jury trial in civil cases. Eighth amendment? - ✔✔-No cruel or unusual punishment or unresonable bail for those found guilty of a crime Ninth amendment? - ✔✔-Rights not specified are kept by the people. Tenth amendment? - ✔✔-Reserved powers to the states. Thirteenth amendment? - ✔✔-Banned slavery. Fourteenth amendment? - ✔✔-All people born here are citizens and will have equal protection under the law. Fifteenth amendment? - ✔✔-Can't deny citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. What is important about the date 1607? - ✔✔-Jamestown was founded. What is important about the date 1776? - ✔✔-Declaration of Independence What is important about the date 1787? - ✔✔-NW Ordinance that established a policy that admitted new states as equal to the original 13 What is important about the date 1787? - ✔✔-Constitutional Convection come together to write the Constitution (did you know it is the ldest written constitution in the world?) What is important about the date 1803? - ✔✔-Louisiana Purchase What is important about the date 1861? - ✔✔-Civil War begins What is important about the date 1865? - ✔✔-Civil war ends When was and who founded Plymouth? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-The Pilgrims founded Plymouth in 1620, because they wanted religious freedom. It was important because the Mayflower Compact was written by them. When was and who founded Massachsetts Bay? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-The Puritans founded Massahusetts Bay in 1630, they wanted regilious freedom. It was important because they had a representative government. When did Plymouth and Massachusetts bay join together to form Masschusetts? - ✔✔-1691 When was and who founded New Hampshire? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-John Mason founded the colony in 1622 because he wanted profit from trade and fishing. It was important because colonists from Massachusetts to the area and by the 1650s it was under the control of Massachusetts. When was and who founded Connecticut? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-Thomas Hooker founded the colony in 1636 becuase he wanted to expand trading, to have regilious and political freedom, and limited government. It was important because Fundamental orders of Connecticut was written. When was and who founded Rhode Island? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-Roger Williams bought the colony from Narragansetts in 1636 because he wanted religious tolerance.It was important because it had separation between state and church. When was and who founded New Netherlands? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-Peter Minuit founded it in 1624 because he wanted religious freedom and trade. It is important because it had a very diverse population. When was and who founded New York? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-James, the Duke of York, was given a royal charter to control the colony in 1664 because of the trade and the land. It was important because it had a very diverse population. When was and who founded New Jersey? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-It is a proprietary colony under Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carnet in 1664 but becoms a royal clony in 1702. The divison of NY was to big to govern so they made it into NJ. It had great trade, religious freedom, and political freedom. When was and who founded Delaware? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-It was settled by Swedish settlers in 1638 for trade. It was later siezed by the English in 1664 for extra land. Then it was granted to William Penn in 1682. It provides Pennsylvania with a coastline. What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? - ✔✔-It is a written constitution that states any man owning property could vote and it gave limited power to the governer. When was and who founded Pennsylvania? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-It was a proprietary colony owned by William Penn in 1682 because he wanted political and religious freedom. It is a important place for the Quakers. When was and who founded Jamestown? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-The Virginia Company founded it in 1607 because of trade and farming. It is important because they establishes selfgovernment under the House of Burgesses. When was and who founded Virginia ? Why? What was important about it? - ✔✔-It becomes a royal colony in 1624; it is important becuase they still have the House of Burgesses. When was and who founded the Carolinas ? Why? What w [Show More]

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