US History Unit 1-3

Which economic policy benefited the mother country by controlling colonial trade?

• Isolationism

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Feudalism

Which region’s economy depended most on cash crops like tobacco and rice?

• New England Colonies with small farms

• Southern Colonies with plantation systems

• Backcountry frontier with subsistence

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies with mixed farming

What best characterized New England colonies?

• Township life with maritime trade

• Large plantations with slave labor

• Urban ports with grain exports

• Fur trading with French allies

Which describes the Mid-Atlantic colonies?

• Diverse peoples with grain markets

• Shipbuilding towns with Puritan rule

• Mining camps with royal soldiers

• Rice estates with Anglican elites

Under Salutary Neglect, how did colonies usually govern themselves?

• Theocratic rule by clergy

• Local assemblies with self-rule

• Direct royal military control

• Corporate charters without councils

How did the Great Awakening affect the colonies?

• Religious revival encouraged unity

• Economic crash ended trade

• Alliance formed with Spain

• Taxes reduced church power

Which event and treaty expanded British control in North America before the Revolution?

• Pequot War and Treaty of Hartford

• French and Indian War and Treaty of Paris 1763

• King Philip’s War and Plymouth Pact

• War of Jenkins’ Ear and Madrid Accord

Which British law limited settlement west of the Appalachians?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Duties

• Tea Act

Which colonial response showed organized resistance to British acts?

• Committees of Correspondence organizing

• Navigation Acts enforcing trade

• Loyalist petitions supporting Crown

• Quebec Act expanding Canada

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence in 1776?

• To ask for more representation in Parliament

• To declare separation and explain rebellion

• To make a peace treaty with King George III

• To suggest tax changes in the British Empire