Unit 1 Review

What is the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

• promotion of trade among colonies

• regulation of the salve trade in the colonies

• to raise revenue for maintaining the British colonies

• to make sure England alone would profit from trade with the colonies.

What three continents make up Triangular Trade?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

Which of these is the main difference in the economic development of the colonies?

• immigration customs

• the different governments in each colony

• Geographic Conditions

• the religion that each region had

What were the laborers called that worked in exchange for their travel to the new world? This resulted in promised land at the end of their servitude.

• Contract Laborers

• Slaves

• Indentured Servants

• Peasants

Which region had the best soil, climate, and growing season within the colonies?

• Mid Atlantic

• Southern

• New England

• Western

The Puritans came to escape religious persecution. Their ideas and beliefs impacted what colonies the most?

• New England Region

• Southern Region

• Western Region

• Mid Atlantic Region

Which of these is the BEST description of the Salem Witch Trials?

• Thousands of people who left Massachusetts

• People who were put to death for ADMITTING that they were witches

• A greater sense of religious freedom that swept New England.

• Religious hysteria and social turmoil resulted.

"Puritan Society"

"Shipbuilding"

"Fishing and Whaling"

"King Phillips War"

These all describe which colonial region?

• Mid Atlantic

• West Indies

• New England

• Southern

What was the main geographical influence within the Mid Atlantic colonies? (Hint: this helped expand migration inwards)

• How close they were to sea level

• the natural resources and rich soil they had

• the poor soil and rocky hills that caused colonist to import most of their grains

• access to rivers that allowed for transportation inward and transportation of goods

Who introduced tobacco to the Southern Colonies?

• John Smith

• Pocahontas

• John Rolfe

• Jonathan Edwards