Unit 2: Colonial Influences

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the British colonies in America?

• Expand the British Empire

• Establish a permanent colony

• Remove natives from the territory claimed by the British settlers

• Build friendly trade relations with the natives.

Which matches the characteristics of the New England colonies?

• small towns where each family had a farm big enough to feed themselves

• people owned large plantations that produced cash crops

• port cities that produced fishing and timber industries

• combination of large trading towns and wheat farms

Which of the following best describes the Southern colonies?

• small towns where each family had a farm big enough to feed themselves

• people owned large plantations that produced cash crops

• port cities that produced fishing and timber industries

• combination of large trading towns and wheat farms

Colony with large farms, important port cities, and where the Quakers settled.

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

What was the Great Awakening?

• A political movement in the 1770s that emphasized the importance of colonial independence and freedom from Britain.

• The first time the daylight savings time schedule was used across the United States.

• A religious revival in the 1730s emphasized a personal responsibility for a spiritual relationship with Jesus Christ.

• A religious movement that returned to the traditions held by the Catholic Church that only priests and bishops could intercede with God on behalf of the individual.

Which religious figure became popular as a result of his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon?

• Jonathan Edward

• John Wesley

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

The Seven Years War was fought between Britain (including the colonies) and which country?

• France

• Spain

• The Netherlands (Dutch)

• Russia

As a result of the Seven Years War, where were American colonists prohibited from going?

• Across the Appalachian Mountians

• Back to Britain

• Into Louisiana

• Into Florida

How did Britain plan to pay off the war debt from the Seven Years War?

• Begin trading with China

• Pull more resources from the colonies

• Imposed direct taxes on the colonists

• Made the French pay war reparations

What religious group is known for its emphasis on equality, pacifism, and social justice? They played a role in the early history of Pennsylvania.

• Presbyterians

• Calvinists

• Sons of Liberty

• Quakers