USHC EOC Review

^{_{Why did democracy develop in the British colonies in North America?  (USHC 1.1)}}

• Colonists learned to cooperate to survive.
• Colonists developed an egalitarian society.
• Colonists brought their political traditions with them
• Colonists rejected the political traditions of the mother country

_{Which of the following laid the foundation for democracy in the American colonies? (USHC 1.1)}

• Native American political practices
• British political traditions
• The First Continental Congress
• The Great Awakening

_{Why did the New England colonies develop differently from Virginia and Maryland? (USHC 1.1)}

• The New England settlers did not farm the land
• The New England colonies were founded as royal colonies
• Religion was much more important in shaping New England society.
• Migrants who settled in New England were generally young men without families.

_{What was the main reason for the difference in the economic development of the New  England, Middle Atlantic and Southern colonies? (USHC 1.1)}

• extent of education in the colonies
• methods of governing the colonies
• religious convictions of the colonists  
• geographic conditions

The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and the New England town meeting are all examples of the efforts of colonial Americans to do what? (USHC 1.2)

• use democratic practices in government
• overthrow British royal governors
• protest British land policies
• establish religious freedom

What government feature did the British North American colonies share? (USHC 1.2)

• all had an elected governor
• all held weekly town meetings
• all had a representative assembly
• all allowed all colonists to vote

What did the colonists mean by “no taxation without representation”?  (USHC 1.2)

• colonists objected to high taxes
• colonists wanted to be represented in Parliament
• colonists believed that representation cost too much money
• colonists said only their representative assemblies had the right to tax

Why did colonists object to provisions in the Sugar Act requiring trial in British admiralty  courts? (USHC 1.2)

• It violated the right to a speedy trial.
• It violated the right to representation by an attorney.
• It violated the protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
• It violated the right to trial by a jury of one’s peers.

The principles of government that Thomas Jefferson included in the Declaration of  Independence were most influenced by which of the following? (USHC 1.3)

• John Locke’s social contract theory
• Adam Smith’s ideas of free enterprise
• Louis XIV’s belief in divine right
• William Penn’s views on religious toleration

Which of the following was a major argument for American independence found in the  Declaration of Independence?  (USHC 1.3)

• the British stopped participating in the slave trade
• the British refused to sell products to Americans
• the British deprived Americans of their natural rights
• the British censored American representatives in Parliament