Test #1: Colonies and Salutary Neglect

The original settlements in the thirteen British colonies were all located

• west of the Mississippi River

• on the Great Plains

• along the Gulf Coast

• east of the Appalachian Mountains

Which group of colonies were defined by villages with town meetings, small farms and commercial fishing, and the first American college?

• New England Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Spanish Colonies

Because of the fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in the

• New England Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Upper Ohio Valley

During the colonial period, the economic development of the South was most directly dependent on the labor of

• factory workers

• wheat farmers

• Irish immigrants

• enslaved Africans

Which of the following best describes how the economies of the colonies differed?

• the economies of many middle colonies relied on agriculture while the New England and southern colonies were based mostly on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding

• the economies of many New England colonies relied on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding while the middle and southern colonies had mostly agricultural economies

• the economies of many New England and middle colonies relied on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding while the southern colonies had mostly agricultural economies

• all of the colonies’ economies relied on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding, except for Maryland, which had an economy that was based entirely on agriculture

Tobacco and rice can best be described as which of the following?

• cash crops of the southern colonies

• cash crops of the Mid-Atlantic colonies

• cash crops of New England

• cash crops raised in urban centers of commerce

The main reason that Britain taxed the colonists was to

• give raises to all of the soldiers

• cover the cost of settling other lands

• pay the debt they had because of war

• provide extra money for supplies sent to the colonies

Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with

• finished American-manufactured goods

• raw materials and markets for British products

• officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament

• laborers to work in British factories

What principle that later influenced the development of representative government came from the Magna Carta?

• rule of law

• federalism

• self-government

• separation of powers

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

• placed quotas on immigration

• placed restriction on trading

• discouraged the export of raw materials to England

• encouraged colonial manufacturing