Unit 1 - Colonization

Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the seventeenth century were primarily seeking to

• create a refuge for political dissenters

• create old world society in the new world

• Increase the glory for great Britain

• Profit Economically

The “Great Awakening” refers to the

• European awareness of the new world

• religious revivals that swept the colonies in the 1740s

• start of the independence movement in the colonies

• technological revolutions

The major purpose of mercantilist policy was to

• convert natives to Catholicism

• protect industries of the colonies

• increase prosperity of the mother country

• To encourage people to move to the new world

These Acts were put in place to control trade in Colonial America and included ideas like the colonists could only export goods to Britain

• Constitutional Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Acts

• Navigation Acts

When enslaved Africans were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?

• the American Passage
• the Middle Passage
• the Lower Passage
• the African Passage

The "Triangular Trade" was a network between which three locations?

• Europe, Africa, Asia

• Europe, India, Australia

• North America, West Indies, South America

• Europe, Africa, America

trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft

• US Witch Trials

• Salem Witch Trials

• DC Witch Trials

• Pennsylvania Trials

The policy of Britain of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws, as long as colonies remained loyal to Britain

• Joint-Stock Company

• imperial agreement

• mercantilism agreement

• salutary neglect

Which colonial region was the most culturally and religiously diverse?

• New England

• New Southern

• Middle

• Eastern

Which colonial region is known for shipbuilding and fishing industry?

• Southern

• New England

• Middle

• New York