US History-Midterm Review GSE

Countries establish colonies for many reasons.  Which of the following is not a major reason for colonization?

• Religious Reasons
• Economic Reasons
• Political Reasons
• Militaristic Reasons

John Rolfe was responsible for experimenting with the crop that ultimately saved Jamestown. It was:

• Indigo
• Cotton
• Tobacco
• Rice

The economic theory that states “a nation can become wealthy and powerful by accumulating raw materials” is

• Social Mobility
• Individualism
• Mercantilism
• Triangular Trade

The trade routes established by colonists and merchants across the Atlantic Ocean can be defined as

• Transatlantic Trade
• Headright System
• Mercantilism
• Economic Domination

The Middle Passage was

• Route that transported slaves from Africa to America
• Route that transported rum and molasses from Caribbean to Africa
• Route that transported manufactured goods from Europe to America
• Route that transported materials from colonial America to Africa

The French & Indian War was a military engagement

• between the French and British over the Ohio River Valley
• between the French and Spanish that took place in Europe
• between the French and the Dutch over the fur trading industry in the Louisiana Territory
• between the French and the Iroquois over the control of New France (Canada)

Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement regarding the British after the French & Indian War:

• Britain gained a large amount of land they had to now govern
• Britain's government was severely in debt
• Britain increased both military presence and taxes in the colonies
• Britain was very impressed with the colonists' ability to protect themselves.

How did the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists?

• It helped start the French & Indian War.
• It taxed all new lands gained by Britain
• It gradually opened land to colonial settlers.
• It closed all land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

English involvement in colonial trade and her indirect enforcement and leniency can be described as (Ex. Ignored them)

• Individualism
• Salutary Neglect
• Social Mobility
• Suffrage

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Ben Franklin
• Thomas Paine