Unit 1 Review

How did mercantilism encourage the development of colonies?

• Mercantilists advised that colonies would promote trade

• Mercantilists argued that European rulers must spread their culture

• Mercantilists believed colonies increased security in wartime

• Mercantilists believed countries with colonies would never go to war

The first representative assembly in the Americas was the ____________. *

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Congress

• General Assembly

Trans-Atlantic trade was a pattern of trade that developed between the colonies and England. Eventually, trans-Atlantic trade expanded into a pattern known as Triangular Trade.

Stage 1 goods were shipped from the colonies to England. Stage 2 other items were shipped from England to Africa. stage 3slaves were shipped to the Americas.

What was the name of the final stage? *

• Middle Passage

• Farewell Voyage

• Final Passage

• Forgotten Voyage

What product saved the Jamestown colony?

• Corn

• Tobacco

• Fish

• Timber

Between 1630 and 1640 tens of thousands of Puritans left England. This was known as the _________,__.

• The Great Migration

• The Great Awakening

• The Great Immigration

• The Great Movement

One of the major reasons behind the establishment of Georgia was to

______________. *

• Protect (buffer) South Carolina from the Spanish in Florida.

• Create a religious refuge for Catholics

• Create a religious refuge for Baptists

• Create a slave state for English settlements

Why did the Pilgrims risk coming to begin a new colony in America? *

• Religious freedom

• To start a new nation

• to escape the Spanish

• for financial gain

Which of the following is the best explanation for the British relationship with the American colonies during the policy of salutary neglect. *

• The British cared little about how the colonists lived so long as the colonies remained a productive economic asset.

• Britain feared that the colonists would rebel against any substantial government force that is established

• Few members of the British elite were willing to travel to the colonies, even for the opportunity to govern.

• Britain gave the colonies a large measure of autonomy as a first step in transitioning the region to independence.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding cultural and religious diversity in the American Colonies? *

• The American colonists were from many different European nations, practiced varying forms of Christianity, and brought enslaved people from Africa starting in the 1600s.

• The American colonists were all from England and most were Christian

• The American colonists were from many different nations but were all united around the puritan religion

• The American colonists were all from Europe, enslaved people from Africa did not arrive until after the Revolutionary War

Jonathan Edwards is your key word that you circled on your study guide.

• Mercantilism

• Great Awakening

• Puritanism

• Enlightenment