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Why was Virginias House of Burgesses important?
a) It was a group of members chosen to represent each district.
b) It was established on July 30, 1619.
c) It was the first law making group in the English colonies. It began the tradition of self-government
d) It was in Virginia.
What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
a) The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas.
b) French colonies expanded west of the Appalachians
c) Native American Indians were given all of Canada.
d) England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts.
Mercantilism is a
a) Term they used to describe how things were shipped
b) economic system using colonies
c) way of crushing your competitors
d) term used for any country that would trade
What was the document called that the Pilgrims created their government with?
a) Common Sense
b) Magna Carta
c) Mayflower Compact
d) Declaration of Independence
No Religious Freedom
a) New England
b) Middle
c) Southern
d) All of the Above
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
a) St. Augustine
b) Plymouth
c) Roanoke
d) Jamestown
Which section of the 13 colonies used slave labor to grow tobacco?
a) New England
b) Middle
c) Southern
d) Spanish Florida
Merchants in England supported the setting up of colonies because they hoped colonies would
a) weaken the powers of the king
b) send raw materials to England and buy goods from England
c) provide competition for goods make in England
d) remove some of the population from England
Which sentence below best describes the effects of European colonization for Native Americans?
a) Native Americans became citizens of British colonies.
b) Natives lost their lands to the Europeans
c) Colonists adopted the Native religions
d) Natives protected the colonists from attacks.
Which colony was started as a prison colony where citizens could reform?
a) Georgia
b) New York
c) Virginia
d) New Jersey
What is a barrel that holds tobacco called?
a) cask
b) bale
c) smoke box
d) hogshead
The French and Indians won many early battles by
a) Outnumbering the British
b) A naval blockade
c) By using guerrilla warfare ambush tactics
d) having more forts than the British along Western borders
Which one is considered a cash crop?
a) Indigo
b) rice
c) tobacco
d) All of the Above
In mercantilism, you would
a) import more than you export
b) export more than you import
c) have an equal balance in trade
d) None of the above
True or False: Britain is responsible for protecting the colonies
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Which one of these did the Magna Carta not do?
a) Government controls property rights
b) Punishments are fair and equal
c) Due Process and fair trials
d) Limit the King's power
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