USH Q1 Review

Under mercantilism ------------ existed for the financial benefit of the mother country with the idea that wealth equals ------.

• Manufacturing . . . religion

• Colonies . . . power

• Gold . . . accumulation

• Imperialistic . . . gold

Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Backcountry

Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Backcountry

Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?

• New England
• Southern
• Middle
• Backcountry

Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"

• They grew many types of grain.
• Making bread was a great economic opportunity.
• They ate bread with every meal.
• They imported many types of grain

A pattern of Triangular Trade existed between Europe, Africa and the Americas. The portion of Triangular Trade that existed between Africa and the Americas became known as the Middle Passage. What cargo was carried in the Middle Passage?

• Rum

• Tobacco

• Slaves

• Lumber

The first form of self-government in New England (Massachusetts) was a form of direct democracy in which every adult male church member could participate. This first form of self-government was called

• House of Burgesses

• Town Meeting

• Grand Council

• Parliament

The first representative assembly in the Americas was the

• Mayflower Compact

• Congress

• House of Burgesses

• General Assembly

During the mid-1700s a series of religious revivals spread throughout the British colonies. During the height of the revival Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. This spiritual movement led colonists to desire freedom of worship and more independence. This series of religious revivals is known as the

• Restoration

• Great Revival

• Great Awakening

• Glorious Revolution

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by -

• restricting colonial trade with American Indians

• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture

• angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

• punishing colonists for resisting the authority of parliament