8 SS All-STAARS: Best of Semester 1

ALL of the events shown occurred during....

• The Era of Westward Expansion

• The Era of Good Feelings

• The Revolutionary Era

• The Jacksonian Era

Colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Which government principle is illustrated in this diagram?

• Federalism

• Popular sovereignty

• Republicanism

• Separation of Powers

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

• By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

• By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

• By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain.

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

An immigrant sails to North America in the early 1700s hoping to start a tobacco farm. He has done some research on the best environment for tobacco farming. Where is the immigrant most likely to settle?

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

• To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people

• To create a government based on the principle of federalism

• To create a government with a bicameral legislature.

This diagram shows a sequence of events in colonial history.

Why is the sequence of events important?

• Colonists created a legislature with two houses

• Colonists declared independence from English rule

• Colonists defended the concept of unalienable rights

• Colonists established a tradition of self-government

Which factor was a reason for the trade system illustrated on this map?

• Labor demands of the factory system

• Invention of the steamboat

• Labor demands of the plantation system

• Invention of the mechanical loom

In the early days of the colonies, a belief in these rights helped lead to....

• the establishment of royal courts

• the growth of representative government

• the implementation of the mercantile system

• the abolishment of indentured servitude

Which geographic feature allowed the Mid-Atlantic colonies to have a longer growing season than the New England colonies?

• thick forests

• navigable rivers

• flat land with rocky soil

• mild climate