Quiz #1

Which two geographic features most influenced United States foreign policy throughout the 19th century?

• Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico and Missouri River
• Great Lakes and Hudson River
• Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains

Which geographic feature served as the western boundary for British colonial settlements prior to the Revolutionary War? (meaning they couldn't move west of it)

• Rocky Mountains
• Missouri River
• Appalachian Mountains
• Great Plains

The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians
• make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachians
• prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley
• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

The original settlements in the thirteen British colonies were all located

• east of the Appalachians
• along the Gulf Coast
• On the Great Plains
• West of the Mississippi River

The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to

• allow American farmers to use the Mississippi River
• outlaw slavery in the Ohio River valley
• prevent France from expanding into the Great Lakes region
• avoid conflicts with Native American Indians west of the Appalachians

Before 1763, the British policy of salutary neglect toward its American colonies was based on the desire of Great Britain to

• treat all English people, including colonists, on an equal basis
• benefit from the economic prosperity of the American colonies
• encourage manufacturing in the American colonies
• ensure that all mercantile regulations were strictly followed

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

• a decline in colonial manufacturing
• the decline of slavery in the northern colonies
• a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America
• the development of independent colonial trade practices

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British

• sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements
• required colonial representation in Parliament
• practiced salutary neglect in the colonies
• maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

• expressed the importance of self-government
• established freedom of religion
• created the first colonial judiciary
• granted all males the right to vote

The Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses were important to the development of democracy in colonial America because they

• expanded freedom of religion
• promoted self-government
• protected private ownership of property
• granted voting rights to all white males