US HISTORY QUARTERLY REVIEW PART TWO

The main reason Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense was to

• urge adoption of the Albany Plan of Union

• gain support for declaring independence from Great Britain

• bring an end to the Revolutionary War

• convince states to ratify the new Constitution

Which economic system was responsible for the creation of the situation shown on the map?

• feudal system

• mercantilism

• socialism

• barter system

Under the policy of mercantilism, colonial powers considered their colonies to be

• independent nations that traded throughout the world

• independent nations that had special relationships with European powers

• possessions to benefit the mother country

• possessions being prepared for independence

The treaty signed at the end of the French and Indian War, which gave England just about all of France's colonial territories in North America, was known as the

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Montreal

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

What was one result of England's policy of salutary neglect?

• England's manufacturing industry grew.

• The colonies experienced some economic freedom.

• French armies were able to conquer many English settlements in the Chesapeake region.

• The colonial population expanded greatly.

What resources did the New England region have to offer colonists?

• fertile soil and precious metals like gold and silver

• abundant forests, navigable rivers and natural harbors

• natural harbors, and fertile soil for rice agriculture

• petroleum and precious metals like gold and silver

In the 1600s, a group of Separatists came to America in order to

• escape religious persecution in England

• spread Catholicism to the natives of North America

• achieve prosperity in the northeastern fur trade

• avoid warfare with the French Huguenots

Lumbering, shipbuilding, whaling, and fishing were all successful industries in the

• Middle Colonies

• Chesapeake Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Jamestown grew prosperous as a result o

• hunting and farming

• tobacco

• inland exploration

• the slave trade

The colonists at Jamestown neared starvation as a result of

I. Dysentery, malaria, and other diseases

II. A poor quality of tobacco crops

III. Settlers' inexperience with farming

• I only

• I and II only

• I and III only

• I, II, and III