GMAS Prep Pictures

GMAS Prep Pictures

Multiple Choice

During the 1700s, the British government used mercantilism to

• profit from its colonies

• develop colonial manufacturing

• discourage colonial agriculture

• promote colonial trade with other nations

Multiple Choice

Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a

• self-sufficient trading partner for other European nations

• market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials

• source of manpower for the British army and navy

• buffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies

Open Ended

What items were sold/traded from the colonies to Great Britain?

Open Ended

What items were traded to Africa in exchange for slaves?

Open Ended

Based on what you can see in this image, describe the conditions the slaves endured during the Middle Passage

Multiple Choice

This cartoon was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. The cartoon encouraged

• States to ratify the new Constitution.

• Confederate states to organize a government.

• American colonies to unite in their efforts.

• Britain to establish more American Colonies.

Multiple Choice

The Proclamation Line of 1763 runs roughly along the

• Ohio River.

• Rocky Mountains.

• Mississippi River.

• Appalachian Mountains.

Multiple Choice

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by Great Britain after the French and Indian War primarily to

• promote colonial settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains

• limit conflict between Native American Indians and colonial settlers

• encourage colonial economic ties with France

• force French settlers to leave British territory

Multiple Choice

This cartoon printed in 1760 was most likely a protest against

• pirates.

• food safety.

• British taxes

• cruelty of British soldiers