Test 1: Settlement & Colonization Practice

Test 1: Settlement & Colonization Practice

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History

11th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of the following regions would have featured the MOST diversity during the late 1600s and 1700s? Southern Colonies, New England Colonies, Mid-Atlantic Colonies, Western Colonies

Back

Mid-Atlantic Colonies

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How was the settlement of Virginia (Southern Colony) different from the settlement of Massachusetts (New England)?

Back

VA was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?

Back

It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why was it difficult for the New England colonies to grow cash crops?

Back

rocky soil and short growing season

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?

Back

mercantilism

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did slavery grow in the American colonies in the middle 1600's?

Back

The desire for a group of workers to grow cash crops.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the church of any Catholic aspects of the religion moved to which colonial region?

Back

New England Colonies

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