Geography
Where the 13 settled along.
What is the East Coast/Atlantic Ocean?
Mercantilism
What is a economic system based on trade?
The first form of representative government in Colonial America.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The first permanent settlement in colonial America
What is Jamestown?
The Middle Passage
What is the 2nd leg of a water route, from West Africa to the Americas- transporting slaves
What was a main reason for the large plantations developed in the South during the colonial period?
a) Southern mountains led to the development of isolated, self-sufficient farms.
b) Cotton could only be grown in wetlands.
c) British laws promoted the growth of slavery in the South
d) The climate in the South provided longer growing seasons.
What is the climate in the South provided longer growing seasons?
D.
During the 1700s, the British government used mercantilism to
a) profit from its colonies
b) discourage colonial agriculture
c) develop colonial manufacturing
d) promote colonial trade with other nations
What is profit from its colonies?
A.
The creation of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the signing of the Mayflower Compact showed that American colonists
a) supported the abolition of slavery
b) demanded immediate independence
c) promoted public education
d) practiced elements of self-government
What is practiced elements of self-government?
D.
The Northwest Passage
What is an all water route to Asia?
Indentured Servants
What are European immigrants who signed a contract, working the land for up to 7 years and in return obtained travel to the colonies, 'freedom dues', and land?
Which geographic factor most directly influenced the location of the first English settlements in North America?
a) mild climate along the Gulf coast
b) availability of flat land in the Midwest
c) rivers along the Atlantic coast
d) forests throughout the Middle Colonies
What are rivers along the Atlantic coast?
C.
Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a
a) source of manpower for the British army and navy
b) market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials
c) self-sufficient trading partner for other European nations
d) buffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies
What is a market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials?
B.
Which title best completes the partial outline below?
I. ___________________________________
A. Virginia House of Burgesses
B. Mayflower Compact
C. New England town meetings
D. British Parliament
a) Developments in Colonial Self-Government
b) Colonial Organizations Established by the Monarchy
c) Attempts by Colonial Leaders to Form a National Government
d) Colonial Efforts to Abandon British Rule
What are developments in Colonial Self-Government?A.
Colonialism, the decimation (destruction) of the indigenous population, and the Atlantic Slave trade
What are the consequences of the Age of Exploration?
What are: the decline in indentured servitude, the hardening of racial line in slavery, and the increase in slavery?
A major reason the American colonists of the 1600s chose to settle along the seacoast and rivers was so that they could
a) export slaves
b) carry out trade
c) protect themselves from Native American Indians
d) use water power to run factory machinery
What is to carry out trade?
B.
During the 1600s and 1700s, the fundamental goal of British mercantilism was to
a) prohibit all exports of raw materials from the colonies
b) develop manufacturing within the colonies
c) encourage economic competition with the American colonies
d) maintain a favorable balance of trade for Great Britain with its colonies
What is maintain a favorable balance of trade for Great Britain with its colonies?
D.
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were significant influences on United States constitutional development because they
a) provided suffrage for all men and women
b) placed limits on the powers of the government
c) supported the development of federalism
d) called for the abolition of slavery
What is placed limits on the powers of the government?
B
The colony established by the PURITANS
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Triangle Trade
What is the 3 way exchange between Africa, Europe, and the Americans - transporting manufactured goods, slaves, gold, raw materials, and spices?
How does geography
What is
The implications of Mercantilism
What are the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution in England?
The significance of early colonial/ English laws and government in the scope of American History
What is they are steps towards democracy/ representative government?
What is to avoid Spanish territory?
A similarity of the relationship between the Native Americans and colonist in both Jamestown and Massachusetts colonies
What is both groups traded with each other but due to colonist aggressions and expansion both colonies saw several conflicts and wars?