Checkpoint 2: Influences on Colonial Life

______________ both had groups who settled in North America to escape religious persecution.

• France and Spain

• Spain and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

____________________ both had missionaries who wanted to convert American Indians to Catholicism.

• France and Spain

• Spain and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

How did the location of the French colonies differ from the location of the Spanish colonies in North America?

• France had colonies farther west.

• France had colonies farther east.

• France had colonies farther north.

How were Spanish and British goals similar in establishing colonies in North America?

• They both wanted to expand their empires to gain glory.

• They both wanted to end religious persecution of their citizens.

• They both wanted to establish a northwestern trade route to Asia.

How did French settlements in North America differ from British and Spanish settlements?

• They were abandoned quickly if no gold was found.

• They often started as fur trading posts.

• They often started as places where Puritans could worship freely.

Why did an African slave trade develop in the southern colonies of North America?

• A new enslaved labor force was needed when indentured servants refused to keep working.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed when the fur trade became big business.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed when the original cash crops failed.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed when European disease killed large numbers of indigenous people.

How did slavery first develop in the American colonies?

• Plantation owners tricked indentured servants into signing slavery contracts.

• Plantation owners forced indigenous people to provide labor growing cash crops .

• Plantation owners brought African slaves with them from Europe to provide labor growing cash crops.

Which of the following was NOT a form of passive resistance to enslavement?

• pretending to be ill

• leading rebellions and running away

• working slowly or breaking tools needed to do work

• remaining strong and using religion for self expression

The _________________________ was a major trade route between Africa and the Americas in which millions of slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Mercantilism

• Middle Passage

• Slave Smuggling

• Triangle Trade

Why did Great Britain pass the Navigation Acts?

• to finance American plantation owners

• to support the policy of mercantilism

• to prohibit the African slave trade

• to discourage the growth of cash crops