What was one major economic feature of the Southern Colonies?

Large plantations producing cash crops

Fishing villages based on cod exports

Small farms producing mainly for local use

Fur-trading posts controlled by French merchants

A colonial merchant sells tobacco only to English buyers because Parliament restricts colonial trade. Which principle is illustrated by this situation?

Mercantilism supported the economic interests of the mother country

Salutary neglect eliminated all imperial trade regulations

Bacon's Rebellion ended the use of cash crops

The Mayflower Compact guaranteed unrestricted commerce

A historian compares the House of Burgesses with the Mayflower Compact. Which conclusion is best supported by the comparison?

Both reflected colonial efforts to create systems of self-government

Both were royal laws designed to increase taxation

Both gave Native American nations representation in colonial legislatures

Both were military agreements formed during the French and Indian War

A Virginia settler argues that the government should protect frontier communities from attacks. Which issue most directly contributed to Bacon's Rebellion?

Frustration with colonial leaders' response to frontier conflict

A dispute over Parliament's taxation of imported tea

Resistance to the creation of the Mayflower Compact

Opposition to Puritan control of Massachusetts churches

A colony has fertile soil, a warm climate, and access to navigable rivers. Its leaders want to grow tobacco for export. Which colonial pattern would this plan most likely produce?

A plantation economy dependent on coerced labor

A community organized around fur trapping and Catholic missions

An economy centered primarily on shipbuilding and fishing

A subsistence economy based almost entirely on hunting

A student claims that colonial geography influenced economic development. Which evidence best supports the claim?

Southern colonies used warm climates and fertile land to develop cash-crop agriculture

New England colonies abandoned maritime trade because their climate was warm

All colonial regions developed identical economies despite environmental differences

Middle Colonies relied only on plantation agriculture because of poor farmland

A researcher argues that colonial self-government developed gradually rather than appearing suddenly. Which evidence best supports this argument?

The Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses provided different examples of colonial participation in government

Bacon's Rebellion created the first permanent representative assembly in North America

Mercantilist laws made every colonial decision independent of England

Puritan religious practices prevented colonists from forming political institutions

A teacher asks students to explain how Bacon's Rebellion affected Virginia society. Which response demonstrates the strongest historical reasoning?

The rebellion increased elites' reliance on African slavery as a way to reduce dependence on restless European laborers

The rebellion immediately ended plantation agriculture throughout the Southern Colonies

The rebellion led England to abandon its mercantilist policies toward North America

The rebellion caused Virginia to reject all forms of representative government

Unit 2: 13 Colonies Review

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which social class generally occupied the highest position in colonial American society?

Small tenant farmers

Enslaved laborers

Indentured servants

Wealthy plantation owners and merchants

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

To divide land among Native American nations

To regulate trade with Spanish colonies

To create a military alliance with France

To establish a framework for self-government among the colonists

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What economic system required colonies to benefit the mother country through regulated trade?

Feudalism

Capitalism

Mercantilism

Socialism

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which colonial institution became an early example of representative government in Virginia?

The House of Burgesses

The Albany Congress

The Continental Congress

The Virginia Convention

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which region was most closely associated with Puritan religious beliefs during the colonial period?

New England

The Southern Colonies

The Spanish borderlands

The Appalachian frontier

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event was led by Nathaniel Bacon in colonial Virginia?

Bacon's Rebellion

The Pueblo Revolt

The Regulator Movement

The Stono Rebellion

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which European country established Jamestown as its first permanent English settlement in North America?

Portugal

England

The Netherlands

Sweden

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