Unit 1 Notes Quiz: 13 Colonies

1. Read the table and then answer the question. Based on the information in the table, why were the goods produced in the Northern and Southern colonies different?

• The Southern Colonies had more resources located near waterways.
• The Southern Colonies had a better climate for agricultural production.
• The Northern Colonies had access to trade with the Native Americans.
• The Northern Colonies had wealthier investors for industrial production.

2. Which colonial region is best represented by this statement: "The new society we are trying to create should be religiously pure, Christian, and God-fearing. It will be a model to others, like a "city upon a hill."

• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• Western Territories
• New England/Northern Colonies

3. This chart shows the early governing systems in two colonies. Based on this chart, what conclusions can be drawn regarding the first English colonists in the New World?

• They relied on the king to establish laws for their colonies.
• They implemented their own ideas about self-government.
• They allowed women to participate in the political process.
• They included all residents of the colonies in the governing process.

4. In a representative democracy, like the Virginia House of Burgesses, from where does the government derive (get) its power?

• the states
• the governed
• the executive branch
• the legislative branch

5. 5. During the period of salutary neglect, which group gained the authority to levy (impose or charge) taxes in the colonies?

• The King

• Colonial legislative assemblies

• British soldiers

• Wealthy landowners

6. How did the Proclamation of 1763 help lay the groundwork for the American Revolution?

• It was repealed after numerous citizen protests.
• It interfered with colonial settlement in western lands.
• It granted greater religious freedoms to Catholics.
• It levied new taxes on goods imported from Europe.

7. Why was the French and Indian War a turning point in the movement toward independence in the colonies?

• the British lost territory during the war, and colonists feared their land might be taken away.
• the war weakened the British Empire, and colonists feared that Spain would conquer them
• after the war, the British abandoned the practice of salutary neglect in order to collect taxes to pay military expenses.
• after the war, the British encouraged settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains causing increased conflict with the Native Americans.

8. Use the maps to answer the question that follows. What accounts for the territorial changes that happened between 1752 and 1763?

• Great Britain defeated France in a war.
• France sold land to Spain and Great Britain
• France gave up its colonies to deal with problems in Europe.
• Spain allied with Great Britain to conquer French colonial territory.

9. This map shows the main economic activities of the British colonies. This map reveals what idea about the three colonial regions?

• Cash crop farming was profitable in all regions of the colonies.
• Geographical differences impacted the economic activities of the regions.
• The regions relied on farming as their primary economic activity.
• Labor intensive farming led all regions to import the same number of slaves.

10. This is an excerpt from the Mayflower Compact, written aboard the Mayflower, which was originally destined for Virginia but ultimately landed in Plymouth. What British political tradition, adopted by the Puritans, is reflected in this excerpt?

• the idea of representative government
• the right to religious freedom
• the theory of limited government
• the practice of trial by jury