Colonies, Triangle Trade and Mercantilism

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.
• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.
  
• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
  
• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

Which of these BEST explains the reason for African slaves being brought into the British colonies in Southern North America in the 17th century?

• The economy of Southern colonies needed cheap labor.
• Northern colonial governments considered slavery immoral.
• Southern colonies refused to use Indians as forced labor.
• Industrial factories in the north did not need slave labor.

Which statement provides the BEST description of how mercantilism functioned in the early English colonies?

• The geography of England made it difficult to produce agricultural goods like cotton, tobacco, fruit, and spices.
• The policy appealed to England's upper class citizens because it eased overpopulation and reduced poverty and crime.
• Mercantilism was a trade policy based on the idea that a country should sell more to other countries than it buys from them.
• The English colonies were used as a source of food crops, tobacco, and raw materials for England; the colonies also served as a valuable market for English goods.

It is the object of that system to enrich a great nation rather by trade and manufacturing than by the improvement and cultivation of land, by the industry of the towns rather than by that of the country."
What system does the passage describe?

• Capitalism
• Industrialization
• Mercantilism
• the factory system

Which of these choices BEST represents the continents involved in the system of "Triangular Trade"?

• 1, 2, & 4
• 1, 3, & 4
• 3, 4, & 5
• 4, 5, & 6

Lord Cornwallis, William Howe, John Burgoyne, Henry Clinton
With regards to the American Revolution, what do these people have in common?

• They were British politicians.
  
• They were American politicians.
• They were British military leaders.
• They were American military leaders.

According to this graph

• Confederate soldiers won at Gettysburg.
  
• Union Soldiers were older than Confederate Soldiers.
  
• Union Soldiers outnumbered Confederate Soldiers.
• 100,000 Union soldiers died at the Battle of Appomattox Court House.

Lord Charles Cornwallis role in the American Revolution is significant because

• he successfully defeated Washington outside of New York City.
  
• led the British invasion of the colonies by way of the Canada territory.
  
• he abandoned the British Army and declared his allegiance to the Colonial Army.
  
• his invasion of Virginia eventually led to his being trapped in 1781 at the battle of Yorktown.

Colonial protests and boycotts against the Stamp Act eventually led to

• Parliament's decision to repeal the Act.
  
• the first shots of the war in Massachusetts
• the Boston Massacre.
• the Boston Tea Party.
  

The French-Indian/Seven Years War is often viewed by historians as being a factor in causing the American Revolution. Which of these BEST explains why this might be the case?

• The high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American colonies.
  
• The French were never truly expelled and played a large role in stirring-up colonial discontent.
• The Indians believed the colonists would return seized lands to them.
  
• The British were able to defeat the French in North America, Asia, and at sea.