U.S. Unit 1

The difference in the economic development of the mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern Colonies can BEST be attributed to

• customs of the immigrants

• geographic conditions there

• level of the education of their citizens

• differences in their colonial governments

Which of these as considered a "Mid-Atlantic" / "Middle" colony in North America?

• New York

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

Mercantilism was the principle that

• the purpose of colonies is to economically benefit the mother country.

• the English colonies would lose their legal rights and elected assemblies.

• a government could tax without consent of the taxpayers for the purpose of regulating trade.

• colonists would henceforth be required to pay taxes to the crown to fund their own protection.

The Powhatan Indians of the early 17th century could BEST be described as

• being destroyed by a genocidal assault by the Spanish.

• cooperating closely with the French against the British.

• having a tense and confrontational relationship with British settlers.

• being forced from their lands by European settlers and relocated to Oklahoma.

Most of the depopulation of the Native American population in the 16th century can be attributed to

• disease

• fires

• slavery

• war

The economic activities of the English colonies during the late-17th and early-18th centuries could BEST be described as

• industrial in both north and south.

• agricultural in both north and south.

• agricultural in the south, industrial in the north.

• industrial in the south, agricultural in the north.

All of these conditions in England led leaders to encourage people to migrate to America EXCEPT

• overcrowding in the cities.

• a lack of economic opportunities.

• a need to find sources for raw goods.

• the refusal to join the Catholic Church.

The House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact both reflect the ideas of ________ that the Western Europeans brought with them to the New World.

• Representative Government

• Religious tolerance.

• Columbian Exchange

• Capitalist Theory

Historically, New England's town meetings were good examples of

• oligarchy

• federalism

• republicanism

• direct democracy.

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.