Exploration and Colonial America Test Review

The economy of the Middle Colonies also known as the "Bread Basket" was largely based on....

• cash crops such as wheat, barley, oats, corn..etc.

• plantation agriculture. tobacco, indigo, rice

• fur trade

• mining and lumber trade

Colonists opposed many of Great Britain’s economic policies. For example, under mercantilism, the 13 Colonies were expected to provide -

• American-manufactured finished goods to Britain

• officials to represent colonial interests in Britain’s Parliament

• raw materials and markets for British goods

• laborers to work in British factories

Which of the following best summarizes how similar physical characteristics affected colonists in both the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies?

• Settlers in both colonies died from contaminated water and diseases spread by insects.

• Both the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies were built near coastlines for easy access to trade.

• Fish was the major economic and trade resource in both Jamestown and Plymouth.

• Colonists in both Jamestown and Plymouth used available stone to build shelters and streets.

How did the fact that some colonies were built near rivers affect the lives of the early settlers?

• River water caused the men to get sick when they drank it.

• Salt water from the river had a bad taste when the men drank it.

• The water helped cure the men of diseases that they caught from the local people.

• Floodwaters from the river often damaged all of the settlers’ homes and towns.

Lord Baltimore established the Maryland colony in response to —

• Spanish attempts to seize lands along the Chesapeake Bay.

• the overcrowding of England’s large industrial centers.

• the growing demand for cotton in English textile mills.

• discrimination against Roman Catholics in England

Using your prior knowledge, what trade route was created as a response to the increased need for labor (slaves) in the south because of the long growing seasons, fertile soil and the end of indentured servants contracts?

• Mercantilism

• Piracy

• Triangular/Transatlantic Slave Trade

• Columbian Exchange

Spanish colonists ...

• Enslaved Native population

• Promoted political freedom

• Established Catholic missions

• Created an early system of public schools

French colonists ...

• Focused primarily on fur trading

• Promoted political freedom

• Established Catholic missions

• Created an early system of public schools

The First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s was primarily a —

• revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies.

• movement to increase colonial loyalty to the British monarchy.

• process of assimilating immigrants into colonial American Culture.

• period of economic prosperity brought about by colonial trade.

What was the main reason the Puritans emigrated to New England?

• to explore new land

• to gain religious freedom

• to escape poverty

• to live in warmer climates