Interim 1 Exam Review

An economic theory based on reducing a country’s imports while expanding its exports in order to maximize wealth.

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

• Trans-Atlantic Trade

• Joint-stock companies

An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Mercantilism

• Salutary Neglect

Virginia’s House of Burgesses fulfilled which of the following roles?

• It met on board the Mayflower to draft laws that would help institute representative government in Massachusetts.
• It sparked the American Revolution by meeting and selecting Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
• It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.
• It drafted a treaty ending the French and Indian War.

One important way that the Great Awakening affected American society was that

• it unified the New England churches.
• it supported the practice of slavery.
• it led individuals to question traditional authority.
• it introduced a system of checks and balances system for government.

How did the ideas of the Great Awakening of the 1700s MOST affect the North American colonies?

• Native American uprisings led colonists to call for the creation of a standing army.
• Northern support for slave rebellions caused Southerners to openly discuss secession.
• Scientific advances helped develop a strong belief in human reason and natural rights
• Religious belief contributed to a sense of individualism and political independence.

When the natives attacked a group of poor settlers outside of Jamestown, one planter decided to fight back against the governor. This was known as ____________.

• The fight for Jamestown

• Jamestown March

• Freedman's fight

• Bacon's Rebellion

Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776:

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Continental Army

• The Bill of Rights

Which region was known for producing large quantities of cash crops such as tobacco and cotton?

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

• None of the above

The Articles of Confederation had many issues, which is NOT one of the issues we discussed?

• No Power to Collect Taxes

• No National Court System

• No Set up for a Presidential Portrait

• No Power to Enforce Laws

In order to try and alleviate the fear of the federal government having too much power the founders came up with what ……?

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Statement of Rights

• Emancipation Proclamation