FRMS GA Studies Midterm Study Guide

Mercantilism was the principle that

• the purpose of colonies was to economically benefit the mother country.

• the English colonies would lose their legal rights and elected assemblies.

• a government could tax without consent of the taxpayers for the purpose of regulating trade.

• colonists would henceforth be required to pay taxes to the crown to fund their own protection.

The Articles of Confederation represented the Americans' distrust of

• the British.

• states rights.

• any governing authority.

• a strong central government.

In the Declaration of Independence, whom did the Americans indict for "repeated injuries and usurpations"?

• King George III, because of the crown's apparent intention to establish despotism

• Parliament, because of the oppressive legislation that it had passed over ten years

• British merchants, because their drive for personal profits had caused them to ignore the greater good of the empire

• The king's ministers, because they had refused to compromise and had turned the king and Parliament against the colonies

Which of the following CAN be taken into account when being allowed to register to vote?

• race

• literacy

• residence

• political affiliation

The first government of the United States was the

• Constitution.

• Mayflower Compact.

• Articles of Confederation.

• Declaration of Independence.

During the Mississippian period, many Native American groups set up large fields where they primarily grew

• rice

• maize

• cotton

• soybeans

The breakdown of chiefdoms eventually led to the development of

• Native American societies.

• explorations by Europeans.

• the Spanish mission system.

• fighting among Native Americans

The Spanish who lived and worked in missions often forced Native Americans to

• gather food and water for them.

• fight other colonists for them.

• change their languages, religion, and customs.

• moved farther into the forests area of Georgia.

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers often treated Native Americans harshly during the Spanish quest for

• food and drink.

• fame and power.

• gold and silver.

• rivers and trials.

James Oglethorpe's hiring of Mary Musgrove had a positive impact on English and American Indian relations because

• she assembled a group of Creek Indians who defended her.

• the American Indians did not communicate with any other Europeans.

• she helped to make fair trades and negotiations between the groups.

• the American Indians saw her hiring as a sign of Oglethorpe's good will.