Colonial America 2022-23

Virginia was established to increase business profits as Massachusetts Bay was established to -

• provide military defense

• help benefit the poor

• escape religious persecution

• provide a place for criminals

Which group in the American colonies benefited the most as a result of The Triangular Trade?

• African laborers earning high wages

• Native Americans selling land

• Businessmen in port cities

• Women finding economic opportunities

Why did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

• To form a social contract among themselves

• To declare independence from Great Britain

• To demonstrate goodwill toward American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other nations

Which statement best describes the colonist's creation of self-government in the colonies?

• Having undertaken for the glory of God

• advancement of the Christian Faith

• a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northern parts of Virginia

• combine oursleves into a civil body politick

In order to solve problems on a local level the Virginia Company authorized a legislative assembly to make laws for the colony known as the -

• Fundamental Orders

• Mayflower Promise

• House of Burgesses

• Townhall Meetings

Rocky soil and cold winters resulted in small farms while protective harbors and dense forests promoted fishing and shipbuilding in which colonial region?

• Southern Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• New England Colonies

What factor contributed most to the growth of this trade?

• Demand for manufactured goods

• Invention of steam engine & factories

• Cost of protective tariffs

• Wealth created from cash crop agriculture

Which colony was established as a refuge from religious persecution for English Catholics?

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts

What was a primary reason French explorers claimed the Great Lakes and Mississippi River in North America?

• To create colonies for debtors

• To establish missions to convert natives

• To build plantations based on slave labor

• To profit from the trapping & trading of furs

The establishment of the thirteen British colonies along the eastern seaboard of North America took place during which historical era?

• Colonization Era

• American Independence Era

• Constitution Era

• Early Republic Era