USH Final Exam Review 2024-2025

Front

Which statement best describes the early French presence in North America?

Back

French trappers and missionaries lived among Native Americans and treated them with respect.

Front

What was a result of King Philip’s War for the region’s Native Americans?

Back

They lost their power in New England.

Front

What were the two main reasons that colonists came to America from England and the Netherlands?

Back

To make profits from trade and find religious freedom.

Front

Why were the colonies of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire created?

Back

Because of the intolerance of the Puritans in Massachusetts.

Front

True or False: Middle colonies such as New York and New Jersey had very culturally diverse populations, composed of many different ethnic groups and religions.

Back

True

Front

Which term refers to the second leg of the route known as the triangular trade, which carried enslaved Africans to the Americas?

Back

Middle Passage

Front

Ads like this were common in the early colonies. What would someone who created an ad like this be looking for? “Wanted – To go to Maryland, a blacksmith, young man unmarried, able to use a plow, axes, and to keep a horse. Will bind for five years and will meet with suitable encouragement”

Back

An indentured servant

Front

Which statement accurately describes the type of agriculture practiced in each of the colonial regions? New England = subsistence, Middle = large-scale, South = plantation

Back

New England = subsistence, Middle = large-scale, South = plantation

Front

What did the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies have in common?

Back

In all three regions people were farmers.

Front

Benjamin Franklin drew this political cartoon in 1754. What action by the colonists was Franklin promoting with this cartoon?

Back

Uniting the colonies to work more closely together against the French.