8th CBA #1

Which of the following characteristics is INCORRECT!!!

• Northern Colonies: Shipbuilding
• Middle Colonies: infertile
• Southern Colonies: warm
• New England Colonies: Rocky soil

How did being distant from the "Mother Country" and holding Town meetings effect the 13 colonies?

• The American Indians formed alliances/friendships with the British Colonists
• British colonists developed their own representative governments
• Parliament began to elect British colonists
• The Trans-Atlantic trade expanded

In 1773, Colonists responded to the "Tea Act" by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.  How did Parliament respond to this?

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Act
• King George III allowed the colonists to petition for tax relief
• Parliament imposes the Intolerable Acts
• King George III appoints colonial representatives in Parliament

What do the "Declaration of Rights" and "Unalienable Rights" have in common?

• They're given to citizens by it's government
• They're protected under religious doctrine/law
• They're natural rights given to you at birth
• Defined/explained by the courts

How did colonists respond after the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765?

• Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence
• Colonists arranged Boycotts of British goods such as newspapers
• Colonists requested military support from France

Which representative government was the First Constitution that contained a representative assembly/group and also granted permission to levy/impose taxes?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Mayflower Compact

Which main geographic/land feature contributed to the colonization of North Carolina, New York, and Massachusetts?

• Atlantic Coast
• Pacific Coast
• Great Lakes
• Rocky Mountains

What was the chief/main economic$ system that allowed King George III to profit from the 13 colonies?

• Slavery
• Mercantilism
• Plantations
• Sharecropping

What physical characteristic acted as a barrier/wall and prevented/stopped westward settlement?

• Dense/thick forests
• Atlantic Ocean
• Chesapeake bay
• Appalachian Mountains

Which answer below best explains how physical characteristics of the environment affect the colonial economic activities?

• A warm. wet climate made South Carolina and Georgia idea for growing rice and indigo

• A long growing season made New England the best place to produce crops

• Southern colonies specialized in trading furs with American Indians

• A lack of soil discouraged farming in Maryland and Virginia