US - Colonization [Middle and Southern] 21-22

According to the image, which of these events [that helped establish self-government in the colonies] happened first?

• Virginia House of Burgess established

• Mayflower Compact signed

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut written

• that answer is NOT in this image

According to this passage, did English expansion in Virginia have a POSITIVE or a NEGATIVE effect on local Indian tribes?

• NEGATIVE - lifestyles of the Indian tribes were threatened

• POSITIVE - the Indians were happy to trade with the English

• NEITHER - this article presents facts, not opinions

According to this chart, the Northern [New England] colonies had deep harbors, experienced a cold climate, and produced ships. Which region had a long growing season, warm climate, and produced cash crops?

• Southern

• Middle

• that information is NOT on this chart

The Southern Colony of _____ was established by Lord Baltimore as a refuge [safe place] for English Catholics.

• Maryland

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• Georgia

Which of these answers gives the best reason for why British colonists modified their environment in a variety of ways? Examples include: cutting down trees for lumber, clearing land to plant tobacco, building roads and towns

• they wanted to encourage economic development

• they wanted to protect themselves against French and Spanish attacks

• they wanted to build ships so they could return to England

• they wanted to expand west toward the Mississippi River

The great distance between Great Britain and the colonies meant that the colonists would have to self-govern in order to take care of themselves. Which two [2] of these answers are examples of that self-government? YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• New Hampshire Women Voters Club

• Quakers Anti-Slavery League

• Georgia Colony for Debtors and Convicts

Which of the following had the biggest impact on the economy of the thirteen British colonies established on the eastern seaboard of North America?

• geography

• religion

• loyalty to England

• trade with local Indians

How did the lives of free black people differ from the lives of enslaved people in colonial America?

• free black people could own small businesses; slaves could not

• free black people could run for political office; slaves could not

• free black people could serve in the colonial militia; slaves could not

• NONE of these answers are correct

How did slavery influence life in the Southern Colonies?

• slaves worked on plantations, which helped boost the agrarian [farming] economy of the Southern colonies

• factories were built in the South to take advantage of the free slave labor

• selling slaves to Spanish and French colonists helped the Southern economy

• former slaves developed small businesses in the South

This map shows the profitability of the cash-crop agriculture of the colonies in America, and it is titled "________ _____ and Rise of Cities".