us regents review 2

New England’s geographic features most directly influenced the region’s development of

• factories
• sugar mills 
• large plantations
• tenant farming

A major reason the American colonists of the 1600s chose to settle along the seacoast and rivers was so that they could

• export slaves
• carry out trade
• protect themselves from Native American Indians
• use water power to run factory machinery

Which geographic features had the most significant positive influence on settlement patterns and economic development in the British North American colonies?

• rivers and harbors
•  mountains and plateaus 
• forests and deserts
• prairies and lakes

• Colonists protest the Stamp Act.
• Sons of Liberty groups are formed.
• Crates of tea are thrown into Boston Harbor.
• Parliament passes Coercive Acts.
These events helped lead to the

• French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• Whiskey Rebellion
• War of 1812

Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a 

• self-suffi cient trading partner for other European nations
• market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials
• source of manpower for the British army and navy
• buffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by Great Britain after the French and Indian War primarily to

• promote colonial settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains 
• limit conflict between Native American Indians and colonial settlers
• encourage colonial economic ties with France
• force French settlers to leave British territory

The phrase “consent of the governed” refers to the

• source of the government’s power
• need to create political parties
• commitment to use implied powers
•  development of a federal system of government

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
I.___________________________________
A. National government unable to levy direct taxes B. No single national currency
C. Lack of an elected chief executive

• Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• Strengths of the Continental Congress
• Provisions of the United States Constitution
• Influence of Treaties with European Governments

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the central government to

• establish a postal system
• collect adequate taxes from the states
• control western lands
• admit new states to the Union

A primary reason the Antifederalists opposed ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787 was because the Constitution failed to

• include a bill of rights
• provide for a strong national defense
• restrict immigration
• extend voting rights to women