History Test 1: Colonization

Mercantilism was the principle that

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

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

The Mayflower Compact was unique because it

• was the foundation for the Declaration of Independence.

• was the first example of colonial European self-government in northeastern North America.

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

The first financially successful English colony in the "new world" was

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

The "Great Awakening" was

• a series of religious revivals that swept across the American colonies in the middle of the 18th Century.

• the movement to educate women in early colonial America for more active roles in raising children.

Which of these was considered a "Mid-Atlantic"/"Middle" colony in North America?

• Rhode Island

• New York

Which statement BEST describes the reason why the American colonies developed a separate culture from Great Britain during the era of colonization?

• Americans spoke a different language than the British

• colonists and Britain were geographically separated by a great distance

The differences in the economic development of the mid-Atlantic (Middle Colonies), New England, and Southern colonies can BEST be attributed to the

• level of the education of their citizens.

• geographic conditions there.

The mid-Atlantic colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn PRIMARILY because of his

• wish to found a logical, well-planned, religiously tolerant colony.

• loss in the war with the Dutch for control of New Amsterdam.

Which of these would have been MOST likely to be a significant part of the Middle colonies' economy in 17th century North America?

• sugar

• ship building