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North American colonies were united under their mother country’s strong focus on taking colonial resources through controlling imports and exports.

Who is the "mother country" to the North American colonist?

• France

• Spain

• England (Great Britain)

• Sweden

An economic theory based on reducing a country’s imports while expanding its exports in order to maximize wealth.

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

• Trans-Atlantic Trade

• Joint-stock companies

These laws were designed to keep England’s American colonies from competing with their mother country by setting three requirements for trans-Atlantic trade.

-All good had to be shipped on English ships, goods imported to colonies must come through English port, and colonial resources could only be exported to England.

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

• Trans-Atlantic Trade

• Joint-stock Company

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s where Africa sent slaves to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent guns and rum to Africa.

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Mercantilism

• Salutary Neglect

Originally a Dutch colony, it was taken by the British in 1664 because of its valuable location at the mouth of the Hudson River. Which colony was it?

• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Deleware
• Rhode Island

Virginia’s House of Burgesses fulfilled which of the following roles?

• It met on board the Mayflower to draft laws that would help institute representative government in Massachusetts.
• It sparked the American Revolution by meeting and selecting Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
• It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.
• It drafted a treaty ending the French and Indian War.

One important way that the Great Awakening affected American society was that

• it unified the New England churches.
• it supported the practice of slavery.
• it led individuals to question traditional authority.
• it introduced a system of checks and balances system for government.

What was the effect on American culture as a result of the influx of African slaves?

• Colonial slave owners accepted the new African cultural identity into their own lives.
• A unique African-American culture was created as a blend of African and European cultures.
• The African cultures of slaves was replaced with a more European culture.
• All slave owners learned the languages of their slaves

What describes the relationship between religion and government in the Massachusetts colony?

• The government had no authority in religious matters.
• Catholics dominated the colony and influenced the government.
• The government supported religious tolerance for all settlers.
• Puritans dictated both religious and governmental matters.