USH EOC Standard 1-2

The most important export from the Virginia colony was

• cotton

• tobacco

• indigo

• rice

What joint-stock company founded Jamestown?

• Rhode Island Company

• Massachusetts Bay Company

• Virginia Company

• Georgia Company

The colony of New Netherlands was founded by the _______ and later taken over by the English.

• Dutch

• Spanish

• French

• Portuguese

Puritans came to the colonies seeking _________________.

• political freedom

• religious freedom

• freedom of speech

• economic freedom

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• New Amsterdam

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

This was a war between colonists and Native Americans in the New England colonies.

• Powhatan War

• War of 1812

• King Philip's War

• Wounded Knee

What did Great Britain use to govern the colonies as long as the colonies provided them with wealth?

• Salutary neglect

• Colonial rule

• Absolute monarchy

• Dictatorship

This was the first legislative body in the colonies.

• House of Commons

• House of Burgesses

• House of Representatives

• House of Lords

According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when

• it does not depend on products from other countries.

• other countries do not depend on its products.

• the value of exports is greater than the value of imports.

• the value of imports is greater than the value of exports.

This region of colonies became dependent on slave labor due to the agricultural economy.

• Southern

• New England

• Middle Atlantic

• Spanish