Crisis in the Colonies Common Assessment

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first example of

• plantation system of farming in the colonies

• a representative democracy in the colonies

• an establishment of religious freedom in the colonies

• British mercantilism in the colonies

In New France, the French were friendly with the natives and were able to make a living by

• fishing and fur trading

• looking for gold

• farming

• labor and manufacturing

The British System of Mercantilism was designed to

• close Boston Harbor

• favor the economic interests of the British colonies

• encourage colonists to smuggle goods from other countries

• favor the economic interests of Great Britain

The main purpose of the Navigation Acts imposed by Britain was to

• tighten the control over the colonies and ensure England benefited from colonial trade

• train colonial sailors to sail for the British Navy

• find new sea routes to Asia

• limit manufacturing in Spain

The Albany Plan of Union suggested that in order to survive the colonies must

• stay independent

• unite

• attack Spain

• work together with the French

As a result of the French and Indian War, England went into debt. To make up for the war debt, England decided to

• tax the colonists

• abandon their system of mercantilism

• begin trade with Spain

• allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains

What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?

• Colonists could now move west to the Rocky Mountains

• Colonists would not be permitted south of the Georgia Colony

• Colonists could not travel west beyond the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists would be required to move back to England

Which act taxed legal documents and printed materials?

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

The many laws and acts created by the British led to the restriction of the colonists and their feelings of ___________ toward the British.

• resentment

• compliance

• happiness

• allegiance

The main goal of many of the acts imposed on the colonists by the British was to

• teach the colonists how to self-govern themselves

• enable Great Britain to raise revenue (money) and control trade

• encourage immigration to the Americas

• encourage trade with other countries