7.2 - Colonial Developments: - Practice E

Based on the charter note granting exclusive trading rights, which economic idea is BEST illustrated by this document?

A sponsor wants to increase profit from this voyage. Based on the cost list, which change would MOST directly reduce the total cost of the voyage?

Which statement BEST explains how a scientific improvement (such as better navigation tools) could affect the economics of voyages like the one in the document?

Using evidence from the document, explain one way a crown charter granting exclusive trading rights could shape an economic system during the Age of Exploration.

In your answer, refer to at least one cost or return listed and explain a likely impact on merchants or the government.

Explain how TWO improvements—one economic and one scientific—could work together to make European exploration more likely.

Use the document as evidence (for example, the listed costs/returns or the charter) to support your explanation.

Which economic relationship is MOST directly shown by the list of exchanged goods in the document?

The "Land Use" notes describe seasonal hunting grounds and fenced farms. Which outcome is MOST likely when these two ideas of land ownership collide?

How would the margin note about disease MOST likely affect economic decisions described in the document?

Using evidence from the document, explain one way trade could create both benefits and tensions between settlers and the Native community.

Refer to at least one traded good and connect it to an economic incentive for each group.

Explain how differing conceptions of land ownership could change an economic system in a colony.

Use the document’s land-use notes and include one likely effect on each group’s ability to earn a living.

Which statement BEST explains why New England developed an economy focused on shipbuilding and trade, based on the document?

The document describes grain exports from the Middle Colonies. Which geographic factor would MOST directly support that type of economy?

The writer mentions different sources of labor across regions. Which labor system is MOST closely connected to large Southern plantation cash-crop production?

Using evidence from the document, explain one reason the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies developed differently.

In your answer, name one region and describe how a physical feature or labor source shaped its economy.

The document suggests colonies made economic choices based on their conditions. Explain one trade-off a colonial leader might consider when choosing to promote plantation agriculture versus trade and shipbuilding.

Use at least one detail from the document as evidence.

Which detail from the document BEST shows the role of an institution in shaping the Hudson River economy?

Based on the map fragment, why would settlements along the Hudson River be well-placed for economic growth?

The document notes French traders in the Champlain Valley. Which economic effect is MOST likely when two European groups compete for the same trade goods?

Using evidence from the document, explain one way Dutch control of trade and fees along the Hudson River could have long-lasting effects on New York’s economy.

Refer to at least one good or fee listed.

Explain how the document suggests Dutch and French settlement patterns could lead to different economic priorities.

In your answer, use one detail about location (Hudson River or Champlain Valley) and one detail about trade goods or fees.

Which statement BEST explains how the labor record connects slavery to the colonial economy?

Which detail from the document BEST shows how plantation owners calculated profit?

The margin note describes a strategy of survival or resistance. Which economic effect is MOST likely if that strategy spread across many plantations?

Using evidence from the document, explain one way slavery supported the growth of colonial cash-crop economies.

Refer to one item from the labor record or the costs/returns sections.

Explain how the strategy described in the margin note shows that enslaved Africans were not only laborers but also economic actors.

Use one detail from the note and connect it to how the plantation system worked.