Unit 1 US History Review

Which agricultural product most contributed to the

demand for slave labor in the Virginia Colony during

the 1700s?

• Rice

• Wheat

• Indigo

• Tobacco

Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with

• finished American-manufactured goods

• raw materials and markets for British products

• officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament

• laborers to work in British factories

Which government institution most contributed to the development of self-government in the Colonies?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The House of Burgesses

Which of the following contributed MOST to the British take-over of New Amsterdam? (SSUSH1c)

• The British wanted trade access to New Amsterdam’s harbors and rivers

• The British wanted the rights to the rich cotton fields of New Amsterdam

• The British wanted to use New Amsterdam a military fort to fight the Native Americans on the Mississippi River.

• The British want to use New Amsterdam as the starting point for the trans-continental railroad.

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?

• Salem Witch Trials

• Massachusetts charter

• Great Awakening

• Development of slavery

It was said that people in the colonial port cities could smell slave ships arriving before they could see them.

The slaves were packed like bundles of firewood.

About two of every ten slaves died during the trip.

The information above describes which of the following?

• Slave culture

• Middle passage

• Mercantilism

• Abolitionism

The belief that a colony exists only to benefit the mother country is known as

• Mercantilism

• Communism

• Isolationism

• Capitalism

What was the Triangular Trade?

• Trade system that went from Europe to Africa, Africa to China, and China to the Americas.

• A trade system that went from Europe to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas to Europe

• A trade system that brought goods directly from Europe to America and back to Europe

• A trade system that went from China to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas to China

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

• A social structure based on land-ownership

• A governmental system centered around town halls

• A geographic reliance on port cities

• An economy based largely on agriculture

In New England, decisions were made at town meetings. These meetings were based on the democratic idea that the government should be powered by….

• The king

• The people

• Parliament

• The president