3.2 Warmup - SSUSH1

Read the exerpt adapted from an important document that influenced colonial North America and answer the question. What democratic principle did this document establish?

(a)  

• religious freedom
• right to petition
• self-government
• checks and balances

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SSUSH1.c

Read the text. Answer the question. Why would the economist Adam Smith have opposed such mercantilist policies?

• Smith believed that military spending to protect trade eventually costs more than the wealth that trade creates.

• Smith believed that mercantile prosperity will lead to a population explosion, depleted wealth, and a labor surplus.

• Smith believed that economic freedom provides greater benefits to the trading parties and to the general population.

• Smith believed that restricting trade and increasing military spending would lead to global conflict that free trade would avoid.

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SSUSH1.a

Use the map of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies to answer the question. Based on the map, how did New York City contribute to the development of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?

• New York City’s natural harbor led to an influx of immigrants to the Mid-Atlantic Colonies from southern and eastern Europe.

• Goods from the Mid-Atlantic Colonies were shipped through New York City on the way to England.

• The temperate climate of New York City allowed it to grow grain to feed the Mid-Atlantic Colonies.

• New York City’s location near Spanish territory allowed the Mid-Atlantic Colonies to develop a strong trade economy.

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SSUSH1.d

Which of the following BEST describes the organization that founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• a public corporation established by merchants

• 
  a public corporation established by landowners

• a joint-stock company established by merchants

• a joint-stock company established by landowners

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SSUSH1.b

Read the passage and answer the question. Which crop did Thomas MOST LIKELY grow?

• corn

• cotton

• tobacco

• wheat