Fall 2025 US History Final Practice

Which economic policy required colonies to provide raw materials to the mother country?

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

• Isolationism

The main purpose of the Navigation Acts was to—

• Encourage free trade between colonies and other nations

• Limit colonial trade to benefit England

• End slavery in the colonies

• Promote manufacturing in the colonies

The Southern colonies’ economy was based primarily on—

• Shipbuilding and fishing

• Manufacturing and trade

• Plantation agriculture and slave labor

• Mining and fur trading

The Middle Passage refers to—

• The route used by settlers moving west

• The trade route between Europe and Asia

• The voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas

• The path of early explorers through the Northwest Passage

The House of Burgesses was significant because it—

• Established the first written constitution in the colonies

• Created the first representative assembly in the colonies

• Ended British control over colonial trade

• Guaranteed freedom of religion

The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because it—

• Raised taxes on imported goods

• Forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Required colonists to house British soldiers

• Closed Boston Harbor to trade

The Sons of Liberty were formed to—

• Support British taxation policies

• Enforce the Navigation Acts

• Protest British taxes and organize resistance

• Promote trade with France

The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by—

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Which Enlightenment idea most influenced the Declaration of Independence?

• Divine Right of Kings

• Social Contract Theory

• Mercantilism

• Separation of Church and State

France decided to support the American colonies after—

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Battle of Saratoga