CCA #1 Review 2020

Which characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table? 

• 1: Indigo
• 2: Moderate
• 3: Rocky Soil
• 4: Ships

The factors listed above contributed most to the --

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
• election of British colonists to Parliament
• growth of representative government in the British colonies
• expansion of British trade in the Americas

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth
and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.
• Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown's founders expected to discover gold.
• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.
• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown wasfounded for commercial profit.

Boston and New Orleans were both founded as - 

• port cities
• farming communities
• industrial centers
• military outposts

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The Puritans allowed women to participate in government.
• The Puritans refused to obey the appointed governor.
• The Puritans outlawed slavery in Massachusetts.
• The Puritans developed a form of representative self-government.  

From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters.Historians have described this practice as "salutary neglect."Which of the following happened as a direct result of this policy?

• The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government.
• Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies.
• The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense. 
• Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries.

Which of the following completes the sentence above?

• limited property ownership to church members
• extended voting rights beyond church members
• restricted trade with neighboring colonies
• asked the king to appoint a governor for the colony

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North
America?

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe
• To create communities founded on religious tolerance
• To profit from trading in furs and other goods
• To create joint ventures with other European powers

This diagram describes events in colonial American that are related to - 

• the eventual adoption of the U.S. Constitution
• the formation of a government controlled by religious officials
• the creation of a national system of checks and balances
• the establishment of the principle of religious freedom

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to - 

• profit from natural resources
• avoid crop failures and famine
• produce cash crops to pay off debts
• escape persecution