USHA L2

After 1700 when the British took over New Netherland, they renamed it. What was the new name?

• North Carolina
• New Jersey
• New York
• New Hampshire

Why did slavery play a larger role in driving economic expansion in the southern colonies than those further north?

• The southern colonies' economies depended more heavily on agriculture.
• The northern colonies depended heavily of slave labor.
• Points of arrival for slave ships were located in the southern colonies.
• More settlers in the southern colonies could afford to buy slaves.

What led to the outbreak of King Philip’s War?

• New colonists seized growing stretches of Wampanoag lands.
• New colonists seized large shipping vessels.
• New colonists found gold in the area.
• New colonists tried to impose a British type of government on the Wampanoag.

Which set of colonies was more likely to produce one cash crop that would be very labor intensive?

• Southern Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• New England
• Canadian

Which document was signed upon the Mayflower, and presented a religious (rather than an economic) rationale for colonization?

• Mayflower Compact
• City Upon the Hill Contract
• Jamestown Concord
• Mayflower Concord

Which of the following colonies was initially set up to be a penal colony for those who had been imprisoned for debts? England decided this would be a great way to solve the overcrowded prisons and deport them from England and put them to work in this colony.

• Delaware
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Virginia

Located in Virginia, what was the first elected legislative body (government) in the colonies called?

• House of Bourgeois
• House of Lords
• House of Representatives
• House of Burgesses

How did the Europeans’ arrival in the New World have the most detrimental effect on its ecosystem?

• The livestock brought by the Europeans devoured the native plants and animals.
• The diseases carried by the Europeans caused blight and famine to native crops.
• The European arrival did not affect the environment.
• The crops planted by the Europeans leeched the soil where other plants could not grow.

Which colony is associated with the phrase "A City Upon a Hill", and whose goal was to show people how God had meant for people to live?

• Plymouth
• Virginia
• New Jersey
• Massachusetts Bay

Puritans and Pilgrims were collectively known as?

• Calvinists
• Hollanders
• Separatists
• Anabaptists