1st Semester Exam Review SY24/25 - 2.0

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This pattern of trade developed due to England's...

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mercantilist economy.

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Which answer choice correctly completes the diagram showing the cultural makeup of a region of Colonial America? Options: the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, the New England Colonies, the Southern Colonies, the Western Colonies

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the Mid-Atlantic Colonies

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Due to economic reliance on slave labor, which colonies had the highest proportion of Africans living in them during the colonial period? Options: the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, the New England Colonies, the Southern Colonies, the Spanish colonies

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the Southern Colonies

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Which of the following was one result of the transatlantic slave trade? Options: Slavery became a strongly established institution in the New England and Middle colonies. A number of West African states grew extremely powerful politically and economically. Indentured servants now found themselves competing with slaves for jobs and trades. The introduction of African culture to the Americas created new cultural traditions.

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The introduction of African culture to the Americas created new cultural traditions.

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What was one effect of the Proclamation of 1763? Options: England assumed control of French land west of the Appalachian Mountains., American colonists were forced to pay additional taxes on legal documents., England transferred control of the port of New Orleans to Spain., American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians.

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American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians.

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What did Thomas Paine advocate for in Common Sense?

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independence from Great Britain

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The Declaration of Independence criticized the king of England on which of the following grounds?
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failing to provide key public services,
ignoring earlier complaints by colonists,
creating too many civic obligations for colonists,
failing to unite the colonies under one government

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ignoring earlier complaints by colonists

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Which of the following ideas in the Declaration of Independence did John Locke inspire? right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, freedom of speech, separation of powers, right to a speedy trial and a jury of one's peers

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right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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What is one reason France decided to help the colonists during the American Revolution?

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to help the Americans beat France's old enemy, England

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Why is Marquis de Lafayette remembered for his contributions to the American Revolution?

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He was a general in the Continental Army and helped defeat the British at Yorktown.