3.5 Warmup - SSUSH1 & 2

Use the map illustrating triangular trade along the Atlantic Ocean during the Colonial Era to answer the question. Numeral III is the Middle Passage. What occurred on the Middle Passage?

• Manufacturers shipped finished goods to the Americas.

• Enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas.

• Cash crops and raw goods were shipped from Africa to the Americas.

• Spanish missionaries traveled to spread their religion in the Americas.

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SSUSH2.b

Review the illustration depicting the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and answer the question. What was one of the main causes of trials such as the one depicted?

• the growing influence of women in colonial politics

• the colonists' extreme dedication to Puritan values

• fear of a colonial revolution against Great Britain

• an unexpectedly bountiful harvest in the colonies

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SSUSH1.c

In the English colony of Colony X most people made their living by farming. North of the fall line, most farms were small and people provided for their families, while south of the fall line large commercial farms produced cash crops to sell to English merchants. Where was Colony X MOST LIKELY located?

• in the Caribbean Colonies

• in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• in the New England Colonies

• in the Southern Colonies

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SSUSH1.b

One of the key reasons for the establishment of the original thirteen English colonies in North America was mercantilism. Which TWO statements accurately describe this system?

• General assemblies chosen by eligible voters created laws for individual colonies.

• The colonies grew high-demand crops that were then shipped overseas to England.

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  Finished goods produced in England were shipped overseas to the colonies to trade.

• Royal governors were responsible for enforcing English laws within the colonies.

• Colonists bartered with American Indians for goods they could not produce themselves.

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SSUSH1.a

When Great Britain ended the period of Salutary Neglect, it changed the way it enforced colonial policies. Which right or privilege did the British take away, motivating some colonists to call for revolution?

• All colonists were allowed to practice any religion that they chose.

• All colonists were granted equal rights and privileges under the law.

• Colonists who served in militias were given pensions from the British.

• Colonists elected the members of local legislatures that imposed taxes.

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SSUSH2.c