Fall 2024 Midterm

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Which motive best completes the diagram? Options: To promote free enterprise, To extend democracy, To expand empires, To found utopian communities

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To expand empires

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Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

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Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

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For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

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To form a social contract among themselves

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8.3A

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The factors listed above contributed most to the —

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growth of representative government in the British colonies

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Which factors encouraged the development of an agricultural economy in the southern colonies? Mild summers, thin soil, and the region’s proximity to the ocean; A cold climate, rocky soil, and abundant rainfall; A hot climate, rich soil, and a long growing season; Warm summers, cold winters, and little rainfall

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A hot climate, rich soil, and a long growing season

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Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade? Options: The invention of the steam engine, The profitability of cash-crop agriculture in the Plantation system, The development of the factory system, The establishment of protective tariffs

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The profitability of cash-crop agriculture in the Plantation system

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Why did the British Parliament adopt new economic policies after the French and Indian War?

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To pay off debts incurred in the fighting the war

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The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it—

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prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

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The economic system of mercantilism was opposed by later American colonists because it

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prohibited colonists from trading with other foreign countries

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The Continental Congress issued this commission to —

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George Washington