Colonial America Quiz

Which of the following means producing just enough to meet the family's needs, with little left over to sell or exchange?

• Harvesting

• Cash cropping

• Subsistence farming

• Tidewater farming

The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade was the

• Fishing trade

• Merchant trade route

• Middle Passage

• Southern Route

Where were most of the large Southern plantations located?

• Backcountry

• Coastal areas

• Flatlands

• Tidewater

The plantation bosses who kept the enslaved Africans working hard were called

• Employers

• Overseers

• Slaveholders

• Supervisors

Which group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern Colonies?

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Plantation owners

• Teachers

During the Glorious Revolution, the British monarchy gained more power at the expense of Parliament.

• True

• False

After the Navigation Acts were passed, colonial merchants could not use foreign ships to send their goods.

• True

• False

King James II succeeded William and Mary in a peaceful transfer of power.

• True

• False

The colonists resisted the Navigation Acts because they wanted to manufacture their own goods.

• True

• False

The idea of representative government was introduced by the colonists.

• True

• False