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In the 1600s the foothills and valleys of Appalachian mountains had what type of economy?

• small subsistence farmers

• large slave plantations

• manufacturing

• textiles

A strong belief in private ownership of property and free enterprise characterized

• colonial life

• Native American life

• Spanish Conquistadors

• Puritans

Virginia and other Southern colonies developed economies based on cash crops for export to

• Europe

• New England

• Mid-Atlantic

• Latin America

What structural element led colonists of the southern colonial region to rely on slave labor more than the other regions?

• An economy based largely on agriculture

• A social structure based on land-ownership

• A governmental system centered around town halls

• A geographic reliance on port cities

The eastern coastal lowlands based their economies on

• cash crops

• ship building

• fishing

• small-scale subsistence farming

In which colonial region did poor soil result in people having occupations other than farming; including fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

• Mid-West colonies

Which religious group settled primarily in Pennsylvania?

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Presbyterians

Prior to the revolutionary war, which statement best describes the type of government found in the New England colonies?

• The citizens collectively made decisions for themselves

• The citizens elected a small group of people to make political decisions on their behalf.

• The British government made all political decisions

• Large plantation owners were appointed by the British government to make political decisions.

The Great Awakening laid the social foundations for the

• American Revolution

• movement west

• French and Indian War

• Monroe Doctrine

Which colonial region developed major seaport and commercial economies in cities such as New York and Philadelphia?

• Middle colonies

• New England colonies

• Southern colonies

• Mid-Western colonies