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Which economic policy was based on the idea that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?
a) mercantilism
b) socialism
c) free trade
d) capitalism
Why were the American colonies so valuable to the British Empire?
a) The colonies had industrial factories that the British lacked.
b) The colonies provided manufactured goods that could not be produced in England.
c) The colonies produced raw materials that were shipped to England.
d) The colonies were the only source of new sailors and ships for Britain’s navy.
Why did slavery grow in the American colonies in the middle 1600’s?
a) Given the harsh colonial conditions, Englishmen refused to come to America.
b) Colonial leaders saw the advantages of using slaves over indentured servants.
c) Poor conditions along the African coast meant more Africans were willing to leave.
d) Large scale wars in West Africa meant more slaves were available driving prices down.
Sugar, rum, cotton, tobacco and indigo are elements vital to
a) the cash crop economy
b) the Great Awakening
c) the trans-Atlantic trade
d) the New England economy
According to the theory of ________________, a nation could increase its wealth and power by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible, and by establishing a favorable ____________, in which it sold more goods than it bought.
a) salutary neglect; mercantilism
b) balance of trade; salutary neglect
c) mercantilism; balance of trade
d) mercantilism; salutary neglect
What cargo was carried on what is known as the Middle Passage of the triangular trade?
a) tobacco
b) rum
c) lumber
d) enslaved people
The “middle passage” refers to the part of the transatlantic trade network that carried
a) rum from the West Indies to New England.
b) Africans from Africa to the West Indies and North America.
c) Africans from the West Indies to North America.
d) raw materials from the colonies to England.
Which of the following was “awakened” during the Great Awakening
a) patriotism
b) religious belief
c) tensions between colonists and Native Americans
d) tensions between colonists and Native Americans
In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th-century mercantilism by
a) outlawing the African slave trade
b) limiting the colonies’ trade with other nations
c) encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies
d) establishing laws against business monopolies
What was the main cargo and destination of the second leg of the triangular trade
a) Rum to England
b) Timber to Africa
c) Slaves to England
d) Slaves to Americas
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