U.S. History Regents Review: Colonial America

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

• colonial attempts to build a strong national government
• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
• steps in the growth of representative democracy
• early social reform movements

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

• placed limits on immigration
• discouraged the export of raw materials to England
• encouraged colonial agriculture
• placed restrictions on trading

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

• expressed the importance of self-government
• established freedom of religion
• created the first colonial judicial system
• granted all males the right to vote

In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th century mercantilism by

• outlawing the African slave trade
• limiting the colonies' trade with other nations
• encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies
• establishing laws against business monopolies

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

• supporting the growth of colonial industries
• prohibiting colonists from fishing and fur trading
• taking large amounts of gold and silver from the southern colonies
• buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them as finished products

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

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native Americans
• make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River Valley
• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

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

• sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements
• required colonial representation in Parliament
• practiced salutary neglect in the colonies
• maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

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

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

• The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas
• French colonies expanded west of the Appalachians
• Native American Indians were given lands west of the Appalachians
• England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts

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