2021 Social Studies CBA 1 Review Smith Middle School

Why did the English colonize Jamestown in 1607?

• religious persecution

• desire for wealth

• personal fame and glory

• to convert natives to Christianity

What event led to the debt that caused Parliament to tax the colonists?

• Attacking the Spanish Armada

• Native American attacks on the frontier

• The French and Indian War

• borther conflicts with Canada

What is one reason the British government created the Proclamation of 1763?

• to stop plantations and slaves from moving to the Ohio River Valley

• to create an area of colonies for people in debt

• to prevent conflicts between Natives and colonists

• to plan an orderly process for moving west

What economic system did the Mother Country use to get rich from her colonies?

• mercantilism

• imperialism

• socialism

• capitalism

What economic activity caused the middle colonies (mid-Atlantic) to be nick-named the "Breadbasket" colonies?

• subsistence farming and cottage industries

• farming cash crops of wheat and grains

• large scale plantations

• whaling, fishing, and ship building

What reason contributed to the development of the transatlantic slave trade to North America?

• Haiti and the Dominican Republic abolished slavery.

• Many colonies captures American natives as slaves.

• Small farmers in New England needed laborers.

• Plantations needed large labor forces.

What factor pushed people like the Quakers and the Pilgrims to migrate?

• lack of rights for women

• religious persecution

• war and famine

• lack of economic opportunity

The largest group of immigrants to NORTH AMERICA during the colonial era were the:

• English

• Dutch

• French

• Spanish

what was the first effort at Representative Government?

• Thee New York Legislature

• Thee Maryland Town hall

• Thee Georgia State Senate

• Thee Virginia House of Burgesses

How was slavery practiced in most Southern colonies?

• worked as household servants and deliverymen

• worked on small farms and large plantations

• worked across industries and trades in the South

• worked for state governments and built roads and canals