Most Missed Mid-October 22

Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?

• mercantilism
• free trade
• socialism
• laissez-faire capitalism

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.

What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

• The abolitionist movement was based in the North. 
• The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants
• Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the southern plantation system.
• Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.

The French and Indian War, unfair taxes in the colonies, along with many other events all led to what eventually?

• World War I
• American Revolution
• World War II
• Civil War

The British levied punishments against the the colonist after the Boston Tea what were these punishments called 

• The Townshend Acts 
• The Tea Act 
• The Punitive Acts 
• The Intolerable Acts 

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was important because 

• it officially established Michigan and Wisconsin as new states.
• it was sanctioned by the Monroe Doctrine.
• it established guidelines by which new territories could become states.
• it was the largest land acquisition in U.S. History

How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?

• Mass. was created as a haven for Quakers from England.
• VA was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
• VA was created as a haven for Native Americans to escape persecution by English colonists.
• Mass. was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.

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This region was contained many rivers and harbors to make trade easier.

• New England

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• All of the above

Mercantilism is when

• Raw materials were bought cheaply by the colony and sold as refined materials to the 'Mother Country'
• Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony
• When merchants sold their goods for high prices to working class citizens
• When working class citizens were forced to sell their products to make profits

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.