Benchmark Review

Established in 1607 and was the first permanent English Settlement/Colony founded in the Americas.

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Rhode Island

• Boston

The Mayflower Compact was an important step in the development of American democracy because it -

• established the principle of separation of church and state

• provided an example of colonial self-government

• defined relations with local Native Americans

• outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay colony

Europeans initial reason for exploration was to -

• Find new trade routes

• Spread Catholicism

• Power

• Mercantilsm

The north region had ________ soil and long, cold ________.

• rocky, winters

• fertile, summers

• rocky, summers

• fertile, winters

The south's rich and fertile soil made its economy primarily -

• Industry

• Mining

• Ranching

• Agriculture

The ________ believed all were equal and were against slavery.

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Native Americans

____________ was founded as a refuge for Catholics

• Maine

• Maryland

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

Jamestown, Virginia was founded for ___________ reasons.

• religious

• economic

• political

• social

Great Britain ______ the colonists following the _____________ stating that they were responsible for the war debt.

• taxed, War of 1812

• fired, War of 1812

• taxed, French and Indian War

• punished, French and Indian War

The __________________ was passed by the King forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Treay of 1763

• Act of 1763

• Treaty of Paris, 1783

• Prcolomation of 1763