U.S. History Regents Review: Colonial America

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In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

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steps in the growth of representative democracy

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The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

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placed restrictions on trading

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The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

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expressed the importance of self-government

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In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th century mercantilism by: limiting the colonies' trade with other nations.

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limiting the colonies' trade with other nations

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The British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies primarily by

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buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them as finished products

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The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

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avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native Americans

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One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British: practiced salutary neglect in the colonies.

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practiced salutary neglect in the colonies

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During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to: a decline in colonial manufacturing, the decline of slavery in the northern colonies, a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America, the development of independent colonial trade practices

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the development of independent colonial trade practices

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What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?

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England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts

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Which statement identifies an outcome of the Treaty of Paris (1763) that ended the French and Indian War? France lost most of its colonies in North America, The Dutch gave up New Netherlands to England, France lost most of its colonies in North America, Americans won their independence from the British

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France lost most of its colonies in North America