Fall American History Review 3rd Period

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of — 

• freedom from debts 
• religious freedom
• economic freedom 
• freedom of speech

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list? 

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians 
• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain 
• The doctrine of the Church of England 
• The economic system of mercantilism 

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution? 

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures. 
• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor. 
• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia. 
• The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.

Which was the first form of self-government in the New World?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• British Parliament
• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses

House of Burgesses was established to.....

• practice self government
• form a union of all the colonies
• raise colonial militias
• encourage colonial trade

What era did the Proclamation line, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre, and the Intolerable Acts occur in?

• Westward Expansion
• Colonial Era
• Road to Revolution
• Early Republic

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they - ?

• feared it would provoke attacks from American indains
• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Economic policy where the "mother country" made money off its colonies.

• Free enterprise
• Mercantilism
• Triangular Trade
• Salutary Neglect

One result of British laws, taxes, and other regulations was America's resentment of...

• foreign alliances
• locally appointed governing bodies
• taxation without representation.
• government control of free speech.

1.  “ Life, Liberty , and the pursuit of happiness are an example of:

•  Unalienable rights
• legal rights
• states' rights 
• economic rights