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Study Guide Unit 1 Test US History

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Study Guide Unit 1 Test US History
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first successful British colony in North America was

Roanoke, Virginia
Boston, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Jamestown, Virginia

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What colony did France found along the St. Lawrence River in 1608 for the purpose of establishing and protecting a successful fur trade?

Pennsylvania
Quebec
New York
Plymouth

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?

It was the main crop the founders of Jamestown hoped to grow when they first established the colony.
It caused fighting when the colonial government outlawed the crop and would not allow it to be imported.
It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.
Although Virginians tried to raise tobacco, the crop failed miserably.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Virginia’s House of Burgesses fulfilled which of the following roles?

It met on board the Mayflower to draft laws that would help institute representative government in Massachusetts.
It sparked the American Revolution by meeting and selecting Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.
It drafted a treaty ending the French and Indian War.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?

mercantilism
free trade
socialism
laissez-faire capitalism

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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He introduced a new type of tobacco to VA which proved to be highly demanded in Europe and highly profitable to the southern colonies.

Thomas Paine
John Rolfe
John Smith
Peter Stuyvesant

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This town became the financial and trade center of the colonies and continues to hold that position today in the United States.

New York, NY
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Charleston, SC

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