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Unit 1 Quick Check

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Question 1

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Which of the following best describes colonial region B?

"City on a Hill"

Slave labor played a large role economically

Strong Purtian work ethic

Religious diversity and tolerance

Question 2

2.

Why did the Puritans create a "New England"?

To gain wealth through natural resources

To establish lucrative plantations

To gain religious freedom from the Anglican Church

To estblish trade with European nations

Question 3

3.

What are the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the New England Town Meetings all examples of?

Businesses oriented toward trade

Royal governments imposing unfair taxes on the colonists

Revolutionary groups

Early forms of democratic institutions

Question 4

4.

Which philosopher's idea of "life, liberty and property" influenced the Declaration of Independence?

Voltaire

Samuel Adams

John Locke

John Jacques Rousseau

Question 5

5.

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the Declaration of Independence was written?

To be able to enter into alliances 

To convince undecided colonist to join their side

To end the period of salutary neglect

To make America's sovereignty offical