Benchmark #1

When a country uses a colony for its resources and as a place to sell products and buy goods

• Mercantilism

• Salutary neglect

• Navigation Acts

• Tradeism

Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania for religious freedom for Quakers?

• john Smith

• William Penn

• John Rolfe

• Roger Williams

This was the first colonial representative legislature

• The House of Burgesses

• The mayflower Compact

• Virginia Legislature

• First Continental Congress

What was the biggest part of the economy in New England

• Trade and other ocean activities

• Agriculture

• Industry

What was the biggest part of the economic activity in the southern colonies?

• Trade using the ocean

• Industry

• Agriculture

What was the route slaves were brought to the New World called

• Washington Pass

• Northern Route

• Water Route

• Middle Passage

After this war, England began placing taxes on the colonies to regain money lost from the war

• American Revolution

• French And Indian War

• War of the Roses

• American Civil War

The colonists were angry over taxes after the French/Indian War because they did not have..

• Representation in Parliament

• Time to go pay the taxes

• Rightful say whether to fight in the French and Indian War

• They didn't have money to pay the taxes

Taxes like the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act sometimes led to _____ by the colonists to protest

• riots

• plays

• boycotts

• purchasing more of the products

This document attempted to point out the absurdity of the colonist's loyalty to England

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Common Sense

• The Constitution