Colonial Era – Stimulus-Based Multiple Choice

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The table most directly suggests which of the following developments by 1749? Native Americans refused to purchase British goods in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Plantation owners began to rely on indentured servants to produce valuable cash crops. Colonists became increasingly vulnerable to the transmission of epidemic diseases such as smallpox. The British established increasingly extensive trade networks to provide goods to its colonies.

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The British established increasingly extensive trade networks to provide goods to its colonies.

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The major purpose of England’s economic policy shown in the chart was to

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increase England’s wealth

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Refer to the map titled 'North American Colonies to 1650'. Which generalization is mostly clearly supported by the information on the map? Options: Most early European settlements were located west of the Appalachian mountains, Only Dutch colonists settled away from the Atlantic coast, The Great Lakes were important shipping routes for the early settlers.

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Rivers and harbors played a major role in the location of early settlements.

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During the colonial period in British North America, the major geographic barrier to westward expansion was the

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Appalachian Mountains

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Which event during the Colonial Era is related to the document? Options: passage of the Navigation Acts, Triangular Trade, creation of the Albany Plan of Union, establishment of the House of Burgesses

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Triangular Trade

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A conclusion supported by the information on the map is that slavery in the American colonies was

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concentrated in areas suitable for large plantations

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Which of the following best explains the distribution of slaves in the early colonies?
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British laws promoted the growth of slavery in the South.
Cotton could only be grown in wetlands.
Southern mountains led to the development of isolated, self-sufficient farms.
The climate in the South provided longer growing seasons.

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The climate in the South provided longer growing seasons.

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This map shows the western limit on colonial settlement that resulted from the Proclamation of 1763.

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Proclamation of 1763

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The limit on colonial settlement shown on the map resulted from which of the following events? The French and Indian War, The Boston Massacre, The First Thanksgiving, The War of 1812

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The French and Indian War

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The creator of this illustration would most likely agree with which of the following statements? American colonists should not have the right to assemble in protest., Great Britain should exercise more control over the American colonies., British mercantilism is mostly beneficial to the American colonies., British soldiers are at fault for the Boston Massacre.

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British soldiers are at fault for the Boston Massacre.