US HIstory Final Exam Review Part 1

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

• New England
• Southern
• Middle
• Backcountry

Lumber and ship building was a successful enterprise in which colonies?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• MIddle and Southern

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

• New England
• Mid-Atlantic
• Southern

Which colonial region contained rocky soil and a jagged coastline?

• New England
• Mid-Atlantic
• Southern

At first, colonists attempted to enslave Native Americans to work on their fields. Which of the following is one reason this plan didn’t succeed?

• Native Americans were moving to the west to settle on new lands.

• Local tribes went to war with colonists living in the south.

• The number of Native Americans was declining due to the impact of disease.

What need resulted in slaves being brought to the colonies from Africa?

• Blacksmiths and timber mills wanted to hire workers for their businesses.

• The planters (plantation owners) needed more workers to plant and harvest the crops.

• Fur traders were in need of people they could hire to set traps in the area.

What motivated most people to become indentured servants?

• They were skilled servants

• They had land in the New World (America)

• They could earn passage to come to the New World (America)

The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

• Unalienable Rights

• Essential Rights

• Natural Rights

• Original Rights

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.

• Rights of man

• The American Crisis

• Common Sense