Unit 1- Colonial America

Which of the following was intended to regulate trade between Britain and her colonies?

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

What products came out of England to supply its colonies?

• Timber and Furs
• Rum and Guns
• Manufactured Goods
• Slaves and Ships

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
• Wars that start over money.
• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

What cash crops did the settlers in the Southern colonies grow?

• corn and beans
• tobacco and rice
• rice and potatoes
• tomatoes and beans

The southern economy was based on what?

• Agriculture, Cash crops & making money
• Fishing, furniture building, & rum
• Harvesting jewels from the Appalachian Mts. & making jewelry
• Raising silk worms brought from Asia to make sails for ships

Which of the following is NOT part of the Middle Colonies?

• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Massachusetts
• New York

In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?

• make money
• better soil
• economic opportunity
• religious reasons

In the Colonial Era, what did developments such as the New England town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses represent?

• early social reform movements

• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

Thomas Jefferson was inspired by a famous man of the Enlightenment.  His name was...?

• William Penn
• Roger Sherman
• John Locke
• Robert Livingston

How did geography MAINLY impact the mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies?

• economic development

• religious development

• relations with natives

• government ideas