Topic 0: Connecting with Past Learning

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies based on?

• Manufacturing

• Agriculture

• Trade

• Crafts

How did the economy of the Southern Colonies contribute to slavery?

• slaves knew how to trade

• farming required lots of work and a large work force

• slaves were skilled craftsment

• ship owners required slaves to do all the fishing

The Great Awakening of the mid-1700s was a movement that...

• spread through Europe in the 1790 encouraging support of King George

• spread the message that King George was a poor leader for Great Britain

• swept through the colonies and encouraged greater religious enthusiasm

• discouraging individual free will in spiritual and political matter.

One goal of the Declaration of Independence was to

• establish a new monarchy for the independent states.

• convince the British Parliament to prevent the start of war.

• explain why the colonists felt the need to be free from British rule.

• outline an economic system to raise money for the revolution.

Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Francis Marion

The peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States was:

• Treaty of New York 1783

• Battle of Yorktown 1781

• The Declaration of Independence 1776

• Treaty of Paris 1783

What was the result of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of

1787?

• They designated the Northwest Territory as land controlled by Native Americans.

• They allowed courts to take land from settlers who failed to pay taxes.

• They created an independent government for the Northwest Territory

• They set up a system for selling land to settlers and how the territory could become a full-fledged state.

Who had the most power under James Madison's Virginia Plan?

• the large states

• the legislative branch

• the small states

• the executive branch

Why did the three-fifths clause please the southern states?

• It made slavery legal in the southern states.

• It set up a bicameral legislature in the southern states.

• It gave southern states more seats in the House of Representatives.

• It provided African Americans with individual rights in southern states.

Why did the Anti-federalists propose a Bill of Rights?

• to establish checks and balances in Congress

• to strengthen the power of the central government

• to prevent abuses of power by the national government

• to increase the size of Congress