Influences on Colonial Life

_____ both had groups who settled in North America to escape religious persecution.

• France and Spain

• Spain and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

______ both had missionaries who wanted to convert American Indians to Catholicism.

• France and Spain

• Spain and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

How did the location of French colonies differ from the location of Spanish colonies in North America?

• French colonies were farther west

• French colonies were farther east

• French colonies were farther north

• French colonies were farther south

How were Spanish and British goals similar in establishing colonies in North America?

• They both wanted to expand their empires to gain glory.

• They both wanted to end religious persecution of their citizens.

• They both wanted to build colonies that would produce manufactured goods.

• They both wanted to establish a northwestern trade route to Asia.

How did French settlements in North America differ from British and Spanish settlement?

• They were abandoned quickly if no gold was found.

• They often started as fur trading ports.

• They often started as places where Puritans could worship freely.

• They were abandoned quickly if American Indians were nearby.

Why did an African slave trade develop in the southern colonies of North America?

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when indentured servants refused to keep working on them.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when the fur trade became big business.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when the original cash crop failed.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when European diseases killed large numbers of indigenous people.

How did slavery first develop in the American colonies?

• Plantations owners tricked indentured servants into signing slavery contracts.

• Plantation owners forced indigenous people to provide labor growing cash crops.

• Plantation owners brought African slaves with them from Europe to provide labor growing cash crops.

• Plantation owners enslaved poor European immigrants who could not pay their debts.

Which of these examples were passive forms of resistance to enslavement? (Choose three)

• appealing to judges for freedom

• pretending to be ill

• leading rebellions and running away

• working slowly or breaking tools needed to do work

• remaining strong and using music and religion for self-expression

Choose the correct title to complete the graphic organizer:

A. millions of slaves transported across the Atlantic Ocean.

B. Section of major trade route between Africa and the Americas.

C. cruel and inhumane conditions on slave ships

• Mercantilism

• Middle Passage

• Slave Smuggling

• Triangle Trade

Why did Great Britain pass the Navigation Acts?

• To finance American plantation owners

• To support the policy of mercantilism

• to prohibit the African slave trade

• to discourage the growth of cash crops

• to encourage exploration of the Americas