US History Midterm/ Benchmark Review 1

Which colonial region was settled by people seeking freedom from religious persecution?

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Indian Territory

Which colonial region was settled primarily by people looking for economic opportunity in the New World?

• Spanish Territory

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

Of the following groups, which had

1. Positive Relationships with Native Americans

2. Very Little immigration to North America

3. Explored past the Appalachian Mountains and parts of Canada

• French

• Spanish

• English/ British

• None

Indentured servitude and slavery were common in the southern colonies for all of the following reasons except...

• Indentured servitude provided access to a new life in the colonies

• large-scale agriculture required a lot of workers and cheap/ labor

• Indentured servants and slaves were both allowed to maintain cultural traditions

• The Southern Colonies climate was similar to Coastal Africa

The term used to describe the relaxed enforcement on trade laws imposed on the British Colonies prior to the French and Indian War

• Burgesses

• Joint Stock Company

• Charter

• Salutary Neglect

The French and Indian War resulted in which of the following?

• French victory over Great Britain

• The return of coastal land to Native Americans

• A heavy war debt after a British Victory

• The British loss of land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Resentment of British rule following the French and Indian War was due largely to...

• Taxes imposed on the colonies to cover the war debt

• Loss of the French and Indian War by the British

• Loss of land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Acts of aggression by Patriots towards British soldiers

The _______ were replaced by the Constitution because of the ______ central government it created.

• Virginia House of Burgesses, bicameral

• Articles of Confederation, strong

• Declaration of Independence, strong

• Articles of Confederation, weak

Federalists argued for a _______ central government, whereas _______ argued for a weak central government.

• Unicameral, Republicans

• Bicameral, Whigs

• Strong, Anti-Federalists

• Weak, Democrats

The _______, was an example of the power of the central government under the Constitution after George Washington brought an end to the conflict in 1794.

• French and Indian War

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Louisiana Purchase

• Trail of Tears