Chapter 3 - Colonies Come of Age Section 1, 2, 3

According to the theory of ____, a nation could increase its wealth and power by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible, and by establishing a favorable _____ in which it sold more goods than it bought.

• Parliament; Navigation Acts

• Parliament; mercantilism

• mercantilism; balance of trade

• balance of trade; mercantilism

Beginning in 1651, England's ______, the country's legislative body, moved to tighten control of colonial trade by passing a series of measures known as _____.

• Glorious Revolution; Parliament

• Parliament; Glorious Revolution

• Parliament; salutary neglect

• Parliament; Navigation Acts

Seeking to make colonial government more obedient, King James II disbanded the local assemblies of the northern colonies, united the area from Southern Maine to New Jersey under the ____.

• Navigation Acts

• Dominion of New England

• Sir Edmond Andros

• Salutary neglect

In the years after the ____ of 1688, England turned its attention away from the colonies, adopting an overall colonial policy that became known as _____.

• Glorious Revolution; salutary neglect

• Navigation Acts; salutary neglect

• Dominion of New England; mercantalism

After the overthrow of James II, a series of laws passed by ___, that disbanded the ___ and returned the colonies to their previous status.

• Congress; Dominion of New England

• Sir Edmund Andros, salutary neglect

• Parliament; salutary neglect

• Parliament; Dominion of New England

A cash crop is one that is raised primarily for

• sale

• food

• a farmers' own use

• a colony's home country

All of the following were reasons why Southern planters chose to use enslaved Africans on their plantations except

• Africans were believed to be well suited to working in hot climates

• slaves provided labor for their entire lives

• enslaved Africans were very inexpensive to purchase

• most white colonists thought black people were inferior

The "triangular trade" could best be described as a network of trade routes connecting

• England, Europe, Asia

• England and the West Indies

• the Northern and Southern colonies

• the colonies, West Indies, England, Europe, and Africa

What cargo was carried on what is known as the middle passage of the triangular trade?

• rum

• lumber

• tobacco

• enslaved people

The Stono Rebellion was led by

• merchants

• African slaves

• Native Americans

• indentured servants