2022 US History & Government Midterm Review

Which geographic factor most directly influenced the location of the first English settlements in North America?

• rivers along the Atlantic coast

• availability of flat land in the Midwest

• mild climate along the Gulf coast

• forests throughout the Middle Colonies

Which geographic feature most influenced the development of large plantations in the southeastern region of the United States?

• arid land

• cool climate

• pine forests

• fertile lowlands

The original settlements in the thirteen British colonies were all located

• east of the Appalachian Mountains

• along the Gulf Coast

• on the Great Plains

• west of the Mississippi River

The Mayflower Compact (1620) and the Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) are early examples of

• restrictions on religious freedom

• economic systems in the colonies

• resistance to British rule

• steps toward representative government

One way that the British government carried out the policy of mercantilism was by

• promoting free trade between its colonies and Europe

• prohibiting the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans

• encouraging the development of colonial manufacturing and trade

• requiring that most colonial trade occur within the British Empire

Why did the British issue the Proclamation of 1763 after the French & Indian War?

The results of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) led to the independence movement in the thirteen colonies because the British

• lost control of Canada and Florida

• began imposing new taxes on the colonists

• removed the Spanish threat to the colonists

• opened the area west of the Appalachian

  Mountains to colonial settlers

Which two key principles of government are included in the Declaration of Independence?

• majority rule and minority rights

• universal suffrage and judicial independence

• direct democracy and equality for women

• consent of the governed and natural rights

What does "consent of the governed" mean?

What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?