us history

US History Regents Review 1

Emily Funiciello-Mohammed

Multiple Choice

Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I.____________________________________

A. Villages with town meetings

B. Small farms and commercial fishing

C. First American college

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Spanish Colonies

Multiple Choice

Because of fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in

• New England

• the Middle Atlantic region

• the South

• the upper Mississippi River valley

Multiple Choice

A conclusion supported by the information on the map is that slavery in the American colonies was

• declining by the start of the Revolutionary War

• concentrated in areas suitable for large plantations

• becoming illegal in the northern colonies

• growing fastest in the New England colonies

Multiple Choice

Which statement is most accurate about the movement for independence in the thirteen colonies?

• The independence movement began soon after the founding of the Plymouth Colony.

• Protests against British colonial policies gradually led to demands for independence.

• The King of England required the colonists to become economically self-sufficient.

• The movement for independence was equally strong in all of the colonies.

Multiple Choice

A conclusion supported by the information on the map is that slavery in the American colonies was

• declining by the start of the Revolutionary War

• concentrated in areas suitable for large plantations

• becoming illegal in the northern colonies

• growing fastest in the New England colonies