USHC Standard 1 Review

^{_{Why did democracy develop in the British colonies in North America?  (USHC 1.1)}}

• Colonists learned to cooperate to survive.
• Colonists developed an egalitarian society.
• Colonists brought their political traditions with them
• Colonists rejected the political traditions of the mother country

_{Which of the following laid the foundation for democracy in the American colonies? (USHC 1.1)}

• Native American political practices
• British political traditions
• The First Continental Congress
• The Great Awakening

_{Why did the New England colonies develop differently from Virginia and Maryland? (USHC 1.1)}

• The New England settlers did not farm the land
• The New England colonies were founded as royal colonies
• Religion was much more important in shaping New England society.
• Migrants who settled in New England were generally young men without families.

_{What was the main reason for the difference in the economic development of the New  England, Middle Atlantic and Southern colonies? (USHC 1.1)}

• extent of education in the colonies
• methods of governing the colonies
• religious convictions of the colonists  
• geographic conditions

The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and the New England town meeting are all examples of the efforts of colonial Americans to do what? (USHC 1.2)

• use democratic practices in government
• overthrow British royal governors
• protest British land policies
• establish religious freedom

What government feature did the British North American colonies share? (USHC 1.2)

• all had an elected governor
• all held weekly town meetings
• all had a representative assembly
• all allowed all colonists to vote

What did the colonists mean by “no taxation without representation”?  (USHC 1.2)

• colonists objected to high taxes
• colonists wanted to be represented in Parliament
• colonists believed that representation cost too much money
• colonists said only their representative assemblies had the right to tax

The principles of government that Thomas Jefferson included in the Declaration of  Independence were most influenced by which of the following? (USHC 1.3)

• John Locke’s social contract theory
• Adam Smith’s ideas of free enterprise
• Louis XIV’s belief in divine right
• William Penn’s views on religious toleration

Which of the following was a major argument for American independence found in the  Declaration of Independence?  (USHC 1.3)

• the British stopped participating in the slave trade
• the British refused to sell products to Americans
• the British deprived Americans of their natural rights
• the British censored American representatives in Parliament

What was one of the principles about government stated in the Declaration of Independence?    (USHC 1.3)

• it should guarantee economic equality among citizens
• it should have unlimited power to rule the people
• it should be based upon the consent of the governed
• it should be led by educated citizens