USHC Unit 1 Review #3 - Wilson HS

What was the primary reason that Separatists and Puritans came to the New World?

• Religious freedom

• Cultural development

• Economic gain

• Political gain

The geography of the New England colonies supported what industry?

• Tobacco farming

• Ranching

• Fishing

• Cotton farming

What was the motivating factor behind the settlement of the Southern colonies?

• Religious Freedom

• Cultural Development

• Religious Intolerance

• Economic Gain

How did the introduction of the plantation system affect the southern colonies?

• Dependency on trade for finished products decreased

• The majority of the people in the South moved to cities and small towns

• The rigid class system developed with wealthy planters at the top

• People lived closer together in order to support each other’s farms

The “Middle Passage” can best be described as which of the following?

• The gruesome ocean voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and to the Americas

• African slaves were placed in quarantine to prevent the spread of African diseases in the Americas

• The trip from the interior of Africa to the coast

• The final stage of the journey, from the sea port to the slave market

Who were the French Protestants who fled persecution in France to settle in the American colonies?

• Puritans

• Separatists

• Quakers

• Huguenots

What idea from the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights was used by the colonists as they established colonial governments?

• Voting rights should be granted to all citizens

• The power of the government is limited by the rule of law

• A government has no right to tax citizens under any circumstance

• Governments should establish public school systems

How did the Proclamation Line of 1763 prevent conflict with the Native Americans?

• It set up a large trading post where all were welcomed to sell their goods

• It created an alliance between the British and the Native Americans

• It moved all of the Native Americans to Florida

• It prevented colonists from settling western lands

The colonists’ slogan, “No taxation without representation,” expresses a belief in...

• Free trade.

• Economic interdependence.

• The supremacy of Parliament.

• The consent of the governed.

The most effective tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts was through which of the following actions?

• The destroying of private property

• The tarring and feathering of British tax agents

• The boycotting of British goods

• The sending of petitions to the king and Parliament