Semester Exam Review Unit 2

Which era had the following characteristics:
Representative governments are established. Settlers adapt to geographic conditions to earn money.
People establish religious freedom. Religious freedom becomes important to colonists

• Creating a Constitution
• American Revolution
• Exploration & Colonization

Which era had the following characteristics:
Colonists protested acts passed by England, eventually declaring and winning independence.
Colonists fought for independence from Great Britain

• American Revolution
• Creating a Constitution
• Exploration & Colonization

Which era had the following events:

Establishment of Jamestown

Plymouth Rock/Mayflower Compact

Maryland

• Creating a Constitution

• American Revolution

• Colonization

Which era had the following event:
Declaration of Independence

• American Revolution
• Exploration & Colonization
• Creating a Constitution

Which European country set up colonies for profit from trading in furs and other goods?

• England

• France

• Spain

Why were the colonist upset with mercantilism?

• They were taxed without representation
• England controlled trading in colonies in an attempt to make money to become more powerful
• Their homes were searched without warrants

Which of the following is not a reason for the development of the plantation system and Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

• Land was fertile and had a long growing season

• Large numbers of immigrants were arriving from Europe

• Need of labor in the Southern colonies for the labor intensive crops.

• Economy of South became dependent on agriculture

Factor that contributed to the spread of slavery-

• Decrease in available immigrant labor

• Increased need for labor in factories

• Need of labor in the Southern colonies for the labor cash crops.

• Proximity to natural harbors

The Mayflower Compact

Carter that established the Virginia House of Burgess

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The documents listed above were created because-

• the felt that the monarchy system was ineffective

• distance from Britain caused a need for lawmaking structure

• they wanted to be a model of the new type of government for others

Which of the following is described below:
Social contract in which everyone agreed to follow laws passed.
 It was the first form of self- government

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Town Meetings
• Mayflower Compact