Ch 5-6 Test

1. The belief that colonies exist to benefit the economy of the mother country is known as

• triangular trade

• mercantilism

• free trade

• nativism

2. The main purpose of the Navigation Acts passed by England was to

• limit the size of ships in English waters

• ensure that England benefited from colonial trade

• train sailors for the British navy

• limit manufacturing in colonial America

3. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?

• The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas.

• French colonies expanded west of the Appalachians.

• Native American Indians were given lands west of the Appalachians.

• England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts.

Base your answer to question 4 on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

4.  Many colonists were angered by the Proclamation of 1763 because it

• took too much land from Canada

• gave Florida to the French

• limited their freedom to move west

• encouraged raids by Native American Indians

5.  The major reason the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763, which banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, was to

• avoid conflicts with Native American Indians

• reduce casualties during the French and Indian War

• maintain markets for British manufactured goods

• promote easy collection of new taxes

Base your answer to question 6 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

6. Which document is most closely associated with this cartoon drawn in 1754?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Albany Plan of Union

• Emancipation Proclamation

7. The Albany Plan of Union called for

• equal voting rights for all citizens

• a declaration of war on England

• a joint colonial council for defense

• separation from England

Base your answer to question 8 on the illustration below and on your knowledge of social studies.

8.  Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this illustration from the 1750s?

• Colonies that do not unite are not loyal.

• Colonies cannot survive unless they are united.

• Each colony should maintain its independence.

• Any colony that does not unite will be attacked.

9.  Many American colonists believed that British tax laws were unfair because

• colonists lacked representation in Parliament

• the British treasury had a surplus of funds

• Native American Indians were exempt from British tax laws

• taxes were higher in the colonies than in England

10.  The slogan “No taxation without representation” referred to taxes enacted by

• colonial legislators

• town meetings

• the English Parliament

• the First Continental Congress