Benchmark Review

What type of weather was normal in the Middle Colonies?

• Hot

• Mild

• Rainy

• Windy

How did Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and Sugar contribute to the American Revolution?

• Restricting trade with the Native Americans

• By imposing rules on the colonies

• by angering colonists who believed their rights were being violated

• by allowing colonists to participate in Parliament

What factor encouraged the growth of the Triangular Trade?

• the invention of the coal engine

• the inventions of the factories

• the growth of cash crop agriculture

• the growth of protective tariffs

In what ways did the distance from England, the town hall meetings affect the colonies?

• they created alliances with the French settlers

• they elected the colonists to participate in Parliament

• the growth of representative government

• the growth of trade in the New World

Why were Jamestown and Plymouth established?

• for profit and for religious persecution

• for farming purposes

• to trade with the Native Americans

• none of the above

What was one effect of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• England recognized the independence of the colonies

• England agreed to keep colonizing America

• England agreed to keep trading with the Native Americans

• England agreed to stop trading with the American colonies

Tea Act --->Boston Tea Party---> ?

• Parliament cancels the Townshend Act

• King George allows the colonists to keep protesting

• England passes the Intolerable Acts

• England agrees to have colonial representation in Parliament

Which group was the first to abolish slavery?

• The Catholics

• The Jews

• The Quakers

• The Puritans

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of which document?

• The US Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

What is one right the first amendment protects?

• Right to bear arms

• Due Process

• Freedom of religion

• States' Rights