Day 1 Warm-Up: American Revolution (Lowman Essentials)

British controlled colonial trade, angered colonists

• Growth of representative government
• Mercantilism
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Virginia House of Burgesses

Trade route that shipped slaves to the colonies in exchange for goods

• Growth of representative government
• Mercantilism
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Virginia House of Burgesses

First representative legislature

• Growth of representative government
• Mercantilism
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Virginia House of Burgesses

Distance from Great Britain, Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgess, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Growth of representative government
• Mercantilism
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Virginia House of Burgesses

What colonial region is being described above?

• New England colonies
• Middle colonies
• Southern colonies
• Western colonies

What impact did the plantation system have on the colonial region in Part A? (look at image)

• The number of slaves increased as the demand for cash crops grew.
• Native Americans and colonists worked together to sell cash crops.
• More Europeans came to the colonies to volunteer their work.
• The Transatlantic Slave Trade was shut down in the colonies.

What was one way slow communication with the British government affected the American colonies?

• The colonies united for trade and defense.
• Self-government developed in the colonies.
• Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased.
• The colonies petitioned the government to establish a navy.

From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters. Historians have described this practice as “salutary neglect.” Which of the following happened as a direct result of this policy?

• The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government.
• Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies.
• The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense.
• Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries.