Unit 1 US History Review

What did colonies send to Britain under the policy of mercantilism?

• raw materials (lumber, sugar, cotton, tobacco)

• manufactured goods

• enslaved people

• nothing

How did mercantilism restrict trade in the colonies?

• Colonies could trade freely with any country

• Colonies could only trade with their mother country.

• Colonies competed with their home country for money

• Colonies produced more manufactured goods.

What kinds of things moved between North America and Europe as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• animals

• diseases

• plants

• all of the above

Why did Triangular Trade grow to become so important?

• Cash crops were a good source of money

• The steam engine was invented

• The increase in taxes on colonies

What was not an outcome of the French and Indian War?

• France gave up most of its colonies in North America

• England gained territory in North America

• the Proclamation of 1763 taxed the colonies for the war

• France gained more territory in North America

Why did the British government establish the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• To keep peace between colonists and Native Americans

• Promote the fur trade

• Expand the thirteen colonies

• Control access to the Mississippi River

Why did the colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?

• They wanted to be able to trade with other nations

• They thought the Native Americans would attack

• They wanted to move west

• They wanted total control of the fur trade

Why was the House of Burgesses important?

• It was an early form of self-government

• It established religious freedom in Virginia

• It protected the colony against mercantilism

• It established Puritanism as the religion of the colonies

Why did European nations want to colonize North America?

• Wealth

• Religion

• Power

• All of the above

Where were most colonial settlements located?

• Near water

• Near forests

• Close to each other for protection