DA #1 Review: Colonial America & Revolutionary Era

The Great Awakening, Mayflower Compact, and Virginia House of Burgesses would most likely occur in which era of US History?

• Colonial America

• Revolutionary Era

• Civil War

• Early Republic

What is typically the main reasons European countries started their own colonies in the New World? (Choose 3)

• To gain wealth

• To be more powerful than other countries.

• To form alliances with Natives

• To take advantage of raw materials for profit

Southern Colonies became dependent on slave labor because of what reasons? Choose 2

• Cash Crop Economy

• Poor Rocky Soil

• Geography able to support large scale agriculture

• Their religion said it was ok to have slaves

Colonial Governments arose because of things like Salutary Neglect and Distance from England. What were the 3 main examples?

• Mayflower Compact

• Parliament

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Virginia House of Burgesses

Catholics went to ___________, and Quakers went to ___________ for religious freedom. Which 2 colonies are the correct destinations for these 2 religious groups from England?

• Maryland, Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts, Pennsylvania

• Georgia, Massachusetts

• Virginia, New York

What were the New England Colonies main economies due to their geography and climate? Choose 3.

• Small farms

• Logging Industry

• Shipping Industry

• Plantation Industry

Why were most major cities located along the coast of the 13 colonies?

• Access to the ocean was important for the colonies economy

• The Native Americans forced them to live there

• Britain forced them to live there because of the Proclamation of 1763

Which of the 3 colonial regions had the most slave labor?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Being taxed without our consent was a major complaint in what famous US document?

• Mayflower Compact

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Why did New England and the Southern Colonies have such different economies? Choose 2

• religions

• climates

• geography

• native groups in the area