Amercian History Fall Benchmark Review

The first written constitution for the colonies was the _____________________.

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Mayflower Compact
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights

__________________ was a period of spiritual and religious revival of earlier days.

• The Enlightenment
• Religious Revival
• Great Awakening
• Hallelujah

____________________ from England allowed the colonists to gain experience with a self-governing legislature called the House of Burgesses

• Royal Neglect
• Salutary Neglect
• Monarchical Neglect
• Admiralty Neglect

What was the first plan of self-government written by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom on a ship headed to Plymouth Rock in 1620?

• Mayflower Agreement
• Religious Compact
• Mayflower Contract
• Mayflower Compact

____________________ were part of religious group that settled in Pennsylvania who were abolitionists and pacifists

• Quakers
• Earth Movers
• Quackers
• Earth Shakers

The economic theory based on increasing England’s wealth by extracting cheap raw good from its colonies only to sell them back as expensive finished goods is __________.

• Mercantile Theory
• Mercantilism
• English Act
• Navigation Act

The first permanent British settlement in North America, led by John Smith, which profited by growing tobacco in its rich soil was?

• Jamestown, Virginia 1607
• Jamestown, Massachusetts 1607
• Jamestown, South Carolina 1577
• Jamestown, Virginia 1577

The group of colonies that relied on fishing, shipbuilding and trade due to their short growing season and thin rocky soil unsuitable for agriculture was?

• Southern Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• New England Colonies
• Western Colonies

The ________________________ were the center of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity as well as the “breadbasket” for their large wheat crops and deep harbors.

• The Southern Colonies
• The Middle Colonies
• The New England Colonies
• The Western Colonies

The _____________________________ used slave labor to grow cash crops such as tobacco, indigo and rice due to their fertile soil, long growing season and warm climate.

• The Northern Colonies
• The Middle Colonies
• The Southern Colonies
• The New England Colonies