USH Ch 2 & 4-5

What does South Carolina, Georgia, and the Caribbean colonies all have in common?

Economy dominated by sugarcane

Established as a buffer colony

Settled mostly by squatters from Virginia

Cash crops and plantations

Which of the following was NOT an aspect of the Navigation Acts?

Salutary neglect led to smuggling

The Dutch controlled trade in the middle colonies

Certain products, like tobacco, could only be exported to England

Trade could only be carried in English ships

New Amsterdam, later becomes the English colony of New York, was first a colony of which of the following?

The Scandinavians

The French

The Dutch

The Italians

The Plymouth colony was a result of which of the following?

The Spanish Inquisition

Bacon's Rebellion

Mercantilism

The Protestant Reformation

Which of the following groups was NOT protected under the Act of Toleration (1649) in Maryland?

Jews

Catholics

Puritans

Protestants

Which of the following was NOT an important part or characteristic of the Jametown colony?

Church membership

Tobacco

The House of Burgess

John Smith's discipline and work ethic

In the Massachusetts Bay colony, what was John Winthrop's goal in the establishment of a "City upon a hill?"

To be a model of a free and democratic society

To have secure defenses against Native American attacks

To build a diverse economy

To be a model of a moral and holy society

Corporate Colony

Ruled directly by the monarch

Land given to an individual or group

Land given to a joint-stock company

Proprietorship

Ruled directly by the monarch

Land given to an individual or group

Land given to a joint-stock company

Royal

Ruled directly by the monarch

Land given to an individual or group

Land given to a joint-stock company

What major event occurred between Spain and England that resulted in a major change in the colonization of North America?

The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)

The Spanish Inquisition

"The Protestant wave"

Pope's Rebellion

Which nation was England's chief rival in the three colonial wars that predated the Seven Years War?

France

Canada

Iroquois Confederation

Spain

Which former territory of Spain was gained by England in the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

Hudson Bay

Cuba

New Orleans

Florida

John Locke, the right to ___, ____, and _____

Life, liberty, and property

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Life, liberty, and bixby

Life, liver tea, and Ceylon Tea

The Declaration of Independence, the right to _, _, and _

Life, ability, and tranquility

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Light, bratty, and idek anymore

Which of the following was NOT a compromise essential in writing and ratifying the Constitution of the United States?

Bicameral legislature with proportional and equal representation

A strong executive branch of government

The Bill of Rights

The Three-Fifths Compromise

The end of English salutary neglect in 1763, soon led to which of the following?

The repeal of the Townshend Acts

A turning point in the Colonies' relationship with England

The French and Indian War

The formation of the Minutemen militia led by George Washington

Crispus Attucks became a symbol for liberty in the Colonies after which of the following?

"A Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms"

The Boston Massacre

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battle of Bunker Hill

Which of the following was a preface to the French and Indian War?

Colonial encroachment on land west of the Appalachian Mountains

England's policy of mercantilism

The Proclamation Act of 1763

Pontiac's Rebellion

The lack of England's ability to fully enforce the Navigation Acts on the colonies is a direct example of which of the following?

Salutary Neglect

The French and Indian War

The Spanish threat from Florida

Lack of royal governors in the Colonies

The last major battle of the Revolution was the Battle of Yorktown. Which of the following played a major role in forcing General Cornwallis to surrender?

Cornwallis' lack of knowledge of the Chesapeake terrain

Redcoat incompetence

French support of the Colonists

The superior skill of the trained Colonists soldiers

On principle, the Colonists resented Parliament's passing of the Sugar, Stamp, and Tea Acts because of which of the following?

They shouldn't have to help England protect them

"No taxation without representation"

They shouldn't have to pay more for goods than people in England paid

The western territories were their right to settle

The Paxton Boys' attack on Native Americans in Western Pennsylvania was an example of what would be a direct defiance of which of the following?

The Intolerable Acts

The Proclamation Act of 1763

The writs of assisstance

The Townshend Acts of 1767

Which of the following accurately states the cause and effect of the Intolerable Acts?

French and Indian War (cause) - Native Americans losing territory (effect)

The Boston Tea Party (cause) - Repeal of the Tea Act (effect)

Protests of taxes (cause) - More unity among the colonies (effect)

The formation of the Minutemen militia (cause) - The formation of the Continental Army (effect)

Which of the following plans presented in the drafting of the Constitution established a unicameral legislature supported by small states?

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

The Second Continental Congress met in May of 1775 for which purpose?

To create the Continental Army

To write the Articles of Confederation

To create the Minutemen militia

To agree on complete independence from England

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