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Colonial America
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1) Slavery and indentured servitude were both forms of labor which were used in colonial America. How were indentured servants different from slaves?
A
Indentured servants could hire slaves to do their work.
B
Indentured servants did not perform manual labor.
C
Indentured servants were freed after a set number of years.
D
Indentured servants earned higher wages than slaves.
2) Mercantilism was an economic system developed by European countries in the 16th century. One of the basic principles of mercantilism was that countries needed to have wealth in order to have power. What role did slavery play in the mercantile system?
A
European countries spent all of their wealth on slaves, and their power diminished.
B
Slave labor made it possible for industrialization to take place in Europe.
C
Europeans found that slave labor was quite inefficient and not profitable.
D
Slave labor enabled European countries to earn huge profits on crops grown in the Americas.
3) Slavery does away with fathers, as it does away with families. Slavery has no use for either fathers or families, and its laws do not recognize their existence in the social arrangements of the plantation. —Frederick Douglass What does this mean?
A
Most slaves never knew their fathers.
B
Slave families stayed together on plantations.
C
Many slaves were split up from their families.
D
Laws protected slaves who had children.
4) Which of the following is one of the reasons why so many slaves were brought from Africa to be used on plantations in North and South America?
A
There were not any jobs in Africa for slaves to perform.
B
Slaves were the most dedicated workers on the plantations.
C
Slaves were the only people capable of working on plantations.
D
There were not enough people to work on the plantations in the Americas.
5) What term is used to describe the journey of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean?
A
Middle Passage
B
Northwest Passage
C
Long Passage
D
Great Passage
6) had one central leader • had a unicameral legislature: a group of people that made laws • allowed colonists some religious freedom • colonists had some freedom and rights What type of government is explained?
A
limited government
B
monarchy
C
imperial government
D
republic
7) What principle of government did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut establish in Connecticut in 1639?
A
how to treat other citizens
B
womans right to vote
C
the election of government leaders.
D
trade policies with Native Americans
8) Which was a European work that influenced the United States government?
A
Two treaties
B
Magna Carta
C
Stamp Act
D
Mayflower Compact
9) In colonial elections, colonists were able to vote for people in which position?
A
president of the colonies
B
the king of England
C
the colonial legislature
D
members of the English Parliament
10) Plymouth Colony was originally founded by a group of people called Pilgrims. Since Plymouth did not have an official charter from England, its government was based on which document?
A
Fundemental Orders of Connecticut
B
Mayflower Compact
C
Articles of Confederation
D
US Constitution
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