8th Grade 9 Weeks Test Review

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found utopian communities

(a)   was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America.

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe
• To create communities founded on re
• To profit from trading in furs and
• To create joint ventures with other

What was the main idea behind mercantilism?

• Colonies existed to make a profit for their mother country

• Colonies were used to house prisoners from the mother country

• Colonies were allowed to do whatever they wanted

• Colonies were setup to help with overpopulation in the mother country

The impact of mercantilism was that

• The rate of slavery in the Americas went down

• Trade was limited in the Atlantic

• The Colony grew wealthy

• The Mother Country grew wealthy

 

A series of (a)   passed by the English Parliament in the 1650s that established rules for trade between England and its colonies (2)

• Triangular Trade
• Mercantilism
• Colonization
• Navigation Acts

What happened as a result of Salutary Neglect?

• the colonies developed a tradition of self-government

• many religious groups would leave the 13 colonies

• many colonies made alliances with other countries

• wealthy colonies would declare independence

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures

• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia

• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decision of the royal governor 

• The king revoked Virginias charter because the assembly became too powerful

The (a)   did not allow colonists to move west past the Appalachian Moutains.

• Treaty of Pars, 1763
• Proclamation of 1763
• Sugar Act
• Quartering Act

What word means to take away?

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Levy

• Quarter

Which type of protest was most effective because it hurts the British economy?

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Tar and feathering

• protesting