STAAR Review (Part 1)

What material did the French find in North America that they could sell in France?

• Fur

• Wood

• Stone

• Slaves

Why did Puritans settle in New England (America)?

• To build a supercity

• To freely practice religion

• To build a road system

• To convert Native Americans to Christianity

What was the main reason colonists in New England and the Middle Colonies came to America?

• Economic purposes

• Evil purposes

• Religious purposes

• Aliens

What was the major reason that colonists of the Southern Colonies came to America?

• Gold/Profit

• Religious freedom

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom to have Slaves

Which colony group in America depended on cash-crops for their economy?

• North Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Why did Catholics go to the colony of New England?

• To escape persecution.

• To make money in gold mines.

• To conquer the Natives in that territory.

• To find the Fountain of Youth.

How did Salutary Neglect affect the colonists in America?

• It allowed colonists to make a self-government.

• It allowed colonists to only trade with the British.

• It did not affect the colonists.

• It outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territories.

What did colonists in America develop because of Salutary Neglect?

• A new way to farm

• A complex system of roads

• Self-government

• New form of money

How did cash-crops lead to the growth of the slave trade?

• Cash crops were often worked by farmers without slaves.

• Slaves wanted to work on farms.

• Cash crops were sent to Africa in exchange for ships.

• More crops required more slaves to work.

What factor contributed to the growth of self-government in the colonies?

• The physical distance from England to America.

• Native American tribes.

• England was very close to the American colonies.

• Self-government did not exist.