Colonial Development

Front

Which resource was controlled by Puritan founders and affected the social class of colonists in New England?

Back

land

Front

Under the Navigation Acts, where did all European goods bound for the American colonies go first?

Back

England

Front

Which group of people established Harvard College and Yale College? Options: Catholics, Quakers, Pilgrims, Puritans

Back

Puritans

Front

Which statement about Charles Town is NOT true?
it had a large merchant community,
Many plantation owners lived there part of the year,
It was the fourth largest city in the American Colonies,
Much of it was controlled by English and New England shippers

Back

it had a large merchant community

Front

What turned the grinding stones gristmills?

Back

water

Front

What idea of the ministers of the Great Awakening was similar to that of the philosophers of the Enlightenment?

Back

People should think for themselves

Front

Which person would be allowed to vote in the colonies? a woman, a white, Catholic man, a white man who owns land, a white man who does not own land

Back

a white man who does not own land

Front

Which action was NOT a factor that led to Pontiac's Rebellion? Options: the British limiting what and how much Native Americans could trade, the British ending the French custom of giving Native Americans yearly gifts, the British giving Native Americans smallpox-infested blankets as gifts.

Back

American settlers moving into the Ohio Valley

Front

Which event began the French and Indian War? Options: the building of Fort Necessity, Washington's defeat at Fort Duquesne, the adoption of the Albany Plan, the building of a French trading post in the St. Lawrence Valley

Back

the building of a French trading post in the St. Lawrence Valley

Front

Which statement best describes back country settlers?

Back

They hunted and fished and were able to raise enough crops and livestock to support themselves.