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What was the primary reason France began to colonize in North America?
a) Ship Building
b) Fur Trade
c) Cash Crops
d) Grow Tobacco
Jamestown was founded in what year?
a) 1608
b) 1617
c) 1620
d) 1607
One of the primary motivations for British colonization in North America includes —
a) Escaping Famine
b) Relocating criminals
c) Indian Labor
d) Religious freedom
Which of the following was the colonies first effort at a democratic government ?
a) Virginia House of Burgesses
b) The Georgia State Senate
c) The Maryland Townhall
d) The New York Legislature
What was an important idea that was included in the Mayflower Compact?
a) Property Rights
b) Federalism
c) Two House Legislature
d) Self Government
Distance from Great Britain led many colonies to create their own-
a) Council Meetings
b) Parliment
c) representative governments
d) Governors who report to the king
Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700's?
a) lack of skilled laborers in the colonies
b) demand for slaves to produce cash crops
c) lack of indentured servants
d) the industrial revolution needed more workers
Which of the following was a major reason for the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade?
a) Increase in western migration
b) Increase in textile manufacturing
c) Construction of the railroads
d) Economic demands of the plantation system
Which American colony's economy was based primarily on cash crops?
a) Massachusetts
b) Rhode Island
c) New York
d) Viriginia
Which American colony's economy was based primarily on shipbuilding?
a) Georgia
b) North Carolina
c) New York
d) Virginia
the economic theory that trade generates wealth to the Mother Countries is called?
a) Supply and Demand
b) Prestige Trade
c) Mercantilism
d) Economic exchange
Which colonial region had warm summers cold summers and was ideal for growing wheat, barley and oats?
a) New England Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) Southern Colonies
d) The West
Which colonial region was dominated by Puritans and its economy was based on shipbuilding, whaling and fishing?
a) New England Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) Southern Colonies
d) The West
Which of the following are the main cash crops of the Southern Colonies?
a) Rice, Indigo and Tobacco
b) Corn, Squash and beans
c) Barely, Wheat and Oats
d) Tea leaves, cotton and wool
Britain’s absence in colonial America left the colonies alone for the most part to govern themselves is called?
a) Mercantilism
b) Navigation Acts
c) Self Government
d) Salutary Neglect
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