American History Cumulative Review

Using the map, decide which of the following is the most likely reason that the French population in the Americas was so much less than the Spanish or British?

• The Spanish and British each claimed a lot more land than the French.

• Most of the French were dying as a result of battles with the Native Americans.

• The French focused more on fur trading post and moving to hunt animals rather than building very large colonies.

• The French did not care about anything that was going on in the Americas.

Which of the following is a major characteristic of the Spanish colonies?

• mining for gold and other precious metals

• setting up fur trade and befriending the Native Americans

• purifying the Church of England.

• setting up religious colonies to escape Catholicism.

Before slaves from Africa were brought to the Americas, some people came over to the colonies as _______________; who worked a number of years in exchange for passage to America or to pay a debt.

• conquistadors

• nomads

• indentured servants

• puritans

Which group of Europeans had the most religious groups coming to the colonies?

• the French

• the English

• the Spanish

Which group wanted to purify the Anglican Church to align more with scripture?

• the Catholics

• the Conquistadors

• the Mormons

• the Puritans

An example of a historical fact is

• Thomas Jefferson's opinion on the question of slavery and the Missouri Compromise.

• the Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation.

• George Washington's view on foreign affairs was correct.

• British soldiers were completely to blame for the Boston Massacre.

_______ refers to the ability to move from one social class or status to another; something that was easier to achieve in the colonies than it was in Europe.

• Great Awakening

• states' rights

• social mobility

• middle passage

Why did slavery become prevalent in the southern colonies but not in New England?

• New England colonists could not afford slaves like all the wealthy people in the south.

• Southern colonies relied on more labor-intensive cash crops.

• Slaves died in the colder New England weather but thrived in the climate of the southern colonies.

• Slaves were taxed at a higher rate in New England and it made less sense to own them.

The term _____ refers to the movement of enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas.

• social mobility

• middle passage

• abolitionism

• propaganda

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists from

• paying taxes on printed documents.

• uniting with French fur traders.

• moving west into territory won at the end of the French and Indian War.

• purchasing tea from anywhere other than Great Britain.