Midterm Review (Semester 1)

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Which statement BEST describes the role of mercantilism as a motivating factor for overseas exploration during the Age of Discovery?

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By acquiring new territories, a country could control territories' trade, profit from their resources, and prevent rivals from gaining new territory.

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AKS 30a

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Which heading BEST completes the partial outline above?

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Factors in the economic development of the Southern colonies.

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AKS 30b

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Which heading BEST completes the partial outline above? Options: Components of the British system of mercantilism, Reasons for the development of Southern plantations, Factors in the economic development of colonial New England, Features contributing to Dutch success in colonial New Amsterdam.

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Factors in the economic development of colonial New England.

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AKS 30c

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What would be the BEST title for this list? Contributions to American colonies by Dutch fur traders, Contributions to American colonies by German immigrants, Contributions to American colonies by African slaves, Contributions to American colonies by British indentured servants.

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Contributions to American colonies by African slaves.

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AKS 31b

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What occurred on the Middle Passage?

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Enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas.

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AKS 31b

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Which statement would allow self-governance to develop in the American colonies before the French & Indian War? Options: Parliament required colonial representation., England practiced salutary neglect in the colonies., Effective leaders were sent to govern colonial settlements., England maintained a strong military presence in the colonies.

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England practiced salutary neglect in the colonies.

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AKS 31c

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The Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and Virginia House of Burgesses were allowed due to the policy of salutary neglect, what did these demonstrate about colonial government?

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They demonstrated the colonial governments' ability to self-govern.

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AKS 31c

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How did the ideas central to the Great Awakening affect the American colonies in years leading up to the American Revolution?

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Revolutionary leaders believed that the freedom to choose one's own religion should be protected by the government.

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AKS 31d

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Which consequence of the French and Indian War increased support for revolution among British colonists in North America?

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Great Britain raised taxes on the colonies to pay for the costs of the war.

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AKS 32a

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Who were the Daughters of Liberty and what role did they play in the American Revolution?

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They were women who boycotted British goods, instead producing the goods they needed at home.

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AKS 32b