US Regents Review 1 (Unit 1 - 7)

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What was the main goal of the British policy of mercantilism toward the American colonies?

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To obtain raw materials

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Which colony was settled by businessmen from England who sought to make money by growing and selling tobacco?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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What was the Mayflower Compact?

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An agreement made by the first Puritan settlers in Massachusetts to follow the idea of self-government

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What was the House of Burgesses?

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The first elected legislature in the American colonies

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Who did the work on the early plantations in Virginia?

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Slaves

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How was the British policy of salutary neglect good for both the British king and the American colonies?

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It allowed the colonies to operate with minimal interference while ensuring raw materials were shipped to England.

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Why did the British decide to raise taxes on the American colonists after 1763?

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To pay off debts from the French and Indian War

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Which acts were examples of the new taxes imposed by the British on the American colonists? Options: The Navigation Acts and the Quartering Act, The Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act, The Intolerable Acts and the Townshend Acts, The Alien and Sedition Acts

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The Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act

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What was the main reason American colonists thought the new British taxes were unfair?

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They had no representation in the British government

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Who was assigned the job of writing the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson