Midterm Practice Quiz - U.S. History

Mercantilism is when a country builds its wealth by this system.

• Allowing free trade in its colonies
• Bartering with other countries
• The government monitors all trade
• The colonies are only allowed to trade with the mother country

1. This document was signed in 1620 off of Massachusetts establishing the principles of self-government and a social contract for settlers to North America

• The House of Burgesses

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Federalist Papers

1. What was Virginia’s first elected assembly called?

• The Parliament

• Congress

• House of Burgesses

• Charter

Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?

• The spread of disease killed millions of people.

• Agriculture spread to more regions.

• The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.

• Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.

Which combination of geographic and economic features helped the middle colonies prosper?

• Harbors/Trade

• Lakes/Tourism

• Warm Breeze/Wind Power

• Mountains/Mining

Why was the French and Indian War fought?

• The French, Native Americans, and British did not like each other

• The French and British were both trying to claim the Ohio River Valley

• The French and the British wanted to have more power back in Europe

• The Native Americans wanted to fight both the British and the French

What was the effect on the colonies from the French and Indian War?

• No more salutary neglect -- party over!
• England decided to have the colonies pay for the expense of the war.
• Colonists were able to send representatives to parliament.
• The colonies were taken over by the French.

The Proclamation of 1763 said the colonists could not pass the --

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

• Atlantic Ocean

• Rocky Mountains

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

• a decline in colonial maufacturing

• the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

• a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

• the development of independent colonial trade practices

John Peter Zenger became a symbol for

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of the Press

• The right to remain silent

• The right to an attorney.