Fall Midterm MOY exam 2021 (Colonization-New Republic)

Why were there more enslaved people living in the Southern colonies than in the New England or Middle regions?

• Southern colonies had factories that needed more workers

• Cities in Southern colonies offered more job opportunities

• Southern colonies had large plantations that grew cash crops and needed a work force

• Southern colonies offered more opportunities for freedom for formerly enslaved people

The role of colonies under the economic system of mercantilism was to --

• provide the "mother country" with raw materials.
• promote the economy of individual colonies.
• establish trade with foreign countries.
• establish trade with other colonies.

Which economic activity did settlers in the New England colonies not participate?

• fishing
• shipbuilding
• agriculture
• trading

First written constitution in the American colonies that influenced many ideas that are found in the U.S. Constitution.

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

1st representative assembly in the American colonies.

• English Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Congress

1620

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Plymouth is established

• Jamestown is established

What type of government was the House of Burgesses?

• assembly

• Representative

• social contract

• constitution

• governor

What was the main reason settlers settled Jamestown

• To find gold and become rich.

• To practice the religion they wanted.

• to escape persecution

• to gain political power over Spain

The southern economy relied on ___________.

• Fishsing

• cash crop agriculture

• Ship Building

• Trading

• grain agriculture

Which set of colonies had thin rocky soil, little level ground and long winters?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies