US History Benchmark Review!

Why would humans want to settle by WATER (rivers, lakes, coast)?

• Provides fertile soil and access to transportation.

• Areas with water are prettier.

• Dry climates are better than humid climates.

• Water is closer to the mountains.

When The PILGRIMS arrived in the Americas and start the PLYMOUTH colony?

• 1620

• 1787

• 1803

• 1607

Under MERCANTILISM, what did COLONISTS send to the Mother Country (England)?

(hint - look at the picture for help)

• natural resources

• manufactured goods

• enslaved Africans

During colonization, the NEW ENGLAND (North) used enslaved Africans for --

(hint - think about New England's climate!)

• working on plantations.

• working in gold mines.

• fighting in the military.

• working in trade-related jobs like shipbuilding.

Why were the Colonists able to GOVERN THEMSELVES instead of the King ruling over them?

• They were far away from England.

• They refused to listen to the king.

• Parliament only listened to the colonies.

• The King didn't want to go to the colonies.

The Mayflower Compact

The charter establishing the Virginia House of Burgesses

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

All of these documents are examples of ________ in the COLONIES.

• popular sovereignty in Parliament

• separation of powers in the colonies

• self-government in the colonies

All of these were physical characteristics of NEW ENGLAND

EXCEPT ---

• natural harbors

• forests

• lots of rivers and lakes

• hot, humid climate

This excerpt refers to what kind of rights?

• qualified rights = earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government

• citizen rights = receive by becoming citizens of a country

• unalienable rights = have as a result of being human

• service rights = are granted after enlistment in the military

LIFE, LIBERTY and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS are considered -

• transferable rights

• legislated rights

• unalienable rights

• inherited rights

Why didn't colonists want to pay the STAMP ACT and SUGAR ACT?

• The colonists had no money after the French and Indian War.

• The colonists felt they shouldn't have to pay for the French and Indian War.

• The colonists thought that it was a big joke.

• The colonists no longer identified themselves as British.