Colonial America Review

What would be the best title for the map below?

A. Spanish Colonies in the New World

B. The U.S. in 1750

C. European Domination of Africa

D. British Mercantilism & Colonial Trade

Under the British system of mercantilism, the North American colonies served primarily as a:

A. Self-sufficient trading partner for other European nations

B. Source of raw materials and a market for British manufactured goods

C. Source of manpower for the British army & navy

D. Buffer to the expansion of French & Spanish colonies

In the 1700s, the triangular trade led directly to the:

A. Increased importation of enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage

B. Middle colonies’ role as the chief importers of agricultural products

C. Rapid industrialization of the southern colonies

D. Decline of the New England economy

How did geography and climate affect the economic development in the colonies? In other words, how did it affect the ways people made money in the 3 colonial regions?

The primary purpose of Massachusetts and the other New England colonies was to:

This colony was established as a “Holy Experiment” and as a religious safe-haven for Quakers:

One difference between the Middle Colonies and the other British colonies in North America was that:

King Philip’s War and Bacon’s Rebellion are similar in that both are examples of:

The Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses and New England Town Meetings were all examples of:

1. Early Colonial Documents

2. Limits on Representative Government

3. Contributions of the Enlightenment

4. Developments in Colonial Self-Government

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British: