13 Colonies Test Review [HOMEWORK]

Read the excerpt to complete the statement below.

The Navigation Acts were a cause for conflict between British subjects in Britain and those in North

America in the 1700s. The Acts kept British subjects in North America from trading with any country

other than Britain.

The Navigation Acts are MOST associated with British dependence on _______________.

• colonies

• democracy

• development loans

• international organizations

Which is the main reason why Africans were enslaved and brought to the Americas from the 1600s

to the 1800s?

• to mine coal

• to build ships

• to fight in wars

• to work on farms

Why did Great Britain wish to control the American colonies?

• The colonies provided trained soldiers to protect areas in Great Britain.

• The colonies provided low-wage laborers to work in British factories.

• The colonies provided natural resources and bought British goods.

• The colonies provided loans to businesses in Great Britain.

What was a significant aspect of the Mayflower Compact?

• It was the first treaty between the American colonies and the British.

• It was the first attempt to set up a framework for government in America.

• It established the Church of England as the official religion of the American colonies.

• It established a peaceful relationship between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.

Use the information in the list to answer the question.

Great Awakening

• Promoted democratic ideals

• Taught a disregard for

authority

• Included men, women, and

different races

Which of the following BEST indicates an effect of the Great Awakening?

• the slave trade was abolished

• women gained the right to vote

• colonists began calling for revolution

• colonies established state-supported churches

Use the table [in the picture] to answer the question.

This information reflects what characteristic of colonial American society?

• the dominant influence of early Puritan settlers

• the close relationship between church and state

• the religious conformity required by British law

• the religious diversity typical of the Middle Colonies

Use the information in the table [from the picture] to answer the question that follows.

Which statement BEST explains the numbers shown in the table?

• A colony’s population became more diverse as its population grew larger.

• The plantation economy of the Southern colonies relied upon enslaved labor.

• Southern colonies supported larger populations because they were more prosperous

• The black population was lower in Northern colonies because slavery was abolished.

Use the excerpt to answer the question that follows.

No trade or profession in Pennsylvania is bound by guilds. Everyone may carry on whatever business he

will or can, and if anyone could or would carry on ten trades, no one would have a right to prevent him; and

if, for instance, a lad as an apprentice, or through his own unaided exertions, learns his art or trade in six

months, he can pass for a master, and marry whenever he chooses.

—Gottlieb Mittelberger, Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750, and Return to

Germany in the Year 1754 (1756)

Based on this excerpt, what advantage did colonial Pennsylvania society offer?

• an extensive educational system

• government assistance programs

• a strictly ordered social hierarchy

• economic freedom and opportunity

Use the information to answer the question that follows.

From the 1730s to the 1770s, a religious movement called the First Great Awakening deeply influenced

colonial American society. Popular preachers who traveled around the colonies appealed to people's

emotions more than their intellect. This meant that even those with little or no education could play leading

roles in congregations, breaking down class and even racial barriers that had existed in churches. Another

result was greater religious toleration. As new religious groups developed, their members challenged

policies that favored one religious group over others.

Which statement best explains the First Great Awakening’s influence?

• It helped to make American colonial society more democratic.

• It strengthened traditional institutions that favored colonial elites.

• It led to a closer relationship between churches and colonial governments.

• It opened the American colonies to small religious groups for the first time.

Use the table [in the picture] to answer the question that follows.

Which option BEST completes the information in the table?

• coal mining

• cattle ranching

• plantation farming

• textile manufacturing