Essential Skills and Knowledge (U.S. History I)

What was the first successful English settlement in North America?

• Roanoke

• Newfoundland

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

Why did the Jamestown colony begin and continue to flourish (hint: it was due to a certain cash crop)?

• cotton

• sugar cane

• indigo

• tobacco

What did the colonial era developments of the New England town meeting and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represent?

• colonial attempts to build a strong national government

• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

• early social reform movements

What is the term given to the group of investors that establish a colony by pooling their money in hopes of making a profit?

• republic

• royal company

• proprietor

• joint stock company

How can one describe the Mayflower Compact, written by the settlers of the Plymouth Plantation in 1620 before they disembarked to build their colony?

• Deed of ownership between the Virginia Company and the Plymouth settlers.

• Constitution establishing the formal government structures of the plantation.

• Pledge of fealty (obedience) to the English king.

• Simple agreement to obey the majority will.

What was the primary purpose of the Navigation Acts of the 1660s?

• encourage the colonials to conduct with other countries other than England

• regulate trade within the empire

• forbade colonists to engage in England’s monopoly of munitions trade

• regulate the amount of cotton to be exported to Europe

In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th century mercantilism by doing what?

• outlawing the African slave trade

• limiting the colonies’ trade with other nations

• encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies

• establishing laws against business monopolies

From the point of view of both the French and the British during the 1750s, the key to control of North America was which of region?

• New England.

• Ohio Territory.

• Louisiana Territory.

• Chesapeake.

The Treaty of Paris (1763) gave Britain title to what land in North America?

• all French claims west of the Mississippi, and Spanish Florida

• all French claims east of the Mississippi, and Spanish Florida

• all Spanish and Dutch claims in North America

• all French claims in North America

The following quotation describes what event?: "On December 16, 1773, some sixty men, thinly disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded…ships."

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Ticonderoga