US Regents Review 1 (Unit 1 - 7)

What was the main goal of the British policy of mercantilism toward the American colonies?

• To obtain raw materials

• To promote religious freedom

• To establish self-government

• To create small farms

Which colony was settled by businessmen from England who sought to make money by growing and selling tobacco?

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Massachusetts Bay

• New Amsterdam

• Plymouth

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• An agreement made by the first Puritan settlers in Massachusetts to follow the idea of self-government

• The first elected legislature in the American colonies

• A policy of economic control over the colonies

• A trade agreement between the colonies and England

What was the House of Burgesses?

• The first elected legislature in the American colonies

• An agreement to follow self-government

• A policy of economic control over the colonies

• A settlement by Dutch traders

Who did the work on the early plantations in Virginia?

• Slaves

• Puritans

• Dutch traders

• British soldiers

How was the British policy of salutary neglect good for both the British king and the American colonies?

• It allowed the colonies to operate with minimal interference while ensuring raw materials were shipped to England

• It promoted religious freedom in the colonies

• It established a representative government in the colonies

• It created new markets for British products

What event marked the end of the French and Indian War?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The British abandoning their policy of salutary neglect

• The year 1763

• The Boston Tea Party

Why did the British decide to raise taxes on the American colonists after 1763?

• To fund the construction of new colonies

• To pay off debts from the French and Indian War

• To support the Sons of Liberty

• To finance the Boston Tea Party

Which acts were examples of the new taxes imposed by the British on the American colonists?

• The Navigation Acts and the Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act

• The Intolerable Acts and the Townshend Acts

• The Alien and Sedition Acts

What was the main reason American colonists thought the new British taxes were unfair?

• They were higher than taxes in Britain

• They had no representation in the British government

• They were only imposed on the wealthy

• They were used to fund British wars in Europe