Weekly Quiz 3 - Unit 1

Which region was known for producing large quantities of cash crops such as tobacco and cotton?

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

• None of the above

The wealthy friends of the King of England that controlled the South were known as what?

• Indentured Servants

• Entrepreneurs

• Cavaliers

• Artisans

During the American Revolution, this cartoon by Benjamin Franklin attempted to —

• persuade colonists to support theLoyalists

• recruit colonists for the Royal Navy

• encourage colonists to resolve their differences

• convince colonists to maintainstate sovereignty

The different types of economies found in the original colonies were primarily a reflection of the —

• nationalities of the settlers

• geography of the settlers

• provisions of the charters

• religion of the settlers

All of the following were ideas borrowed from English philosopher John Locke used by colonists to create new government EXCEPT - 

• Limited Government
• Divine Right of Kings
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract

The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because -

• It levied high taxes on the colonists
• It forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains  
• It denied the colonists members in Parliment
• It resulted in increased manufacturing in the colonies

Many political philosophers met and discussed their ideas on government during the 1600's and 1700's. The was also known as the _______________ Period.

• Enlightenment

• Lighted

• Victorian

• Revolutionary

He believed that people created government and chose to be governed, by contract, between the ruler and the ruled.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

The idea that people give up some of their power to the government in exchange for the protection of the laws that government provides.

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Natural Rights

What was one effect of the Treaty of Paris?

• The French gained a huge amount of land in North American had had been claimed by the British.
• The British gained a huge amount of land in North American had had been claimed by the French.
• The Native American Indians were able to take control of their land.
• The Treaty formally ended the American Revolution.