USHC Unit 1 Review #2 - Wilson HS

Of the following reasons people migrated to the New World, which is not true?

• Lack of economic opportunities

• Adventure

• Available land

• Religious freedom

Which was the most common political practice in the New England colonies?

• Town Hall meetings

• Individual monarchies

• Primary elections

• Representative democracy

Which colonial region was the most diverse?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

Which economic policy was based on the idea that the American colonies existed primarily to provide economic benefits for Great Britain?

• Socialism

• Laissez faire

• Communism

• Mercantilism

What was the revival of religious feeling and renewed religious enthusiasm and commitment in the 1700s?

• Glorious Revolution

• Protestant Reformation

• First Great Awakening

• Social Gospel Movement

What conflict led the British to abandon their policy of salutary neglect towards the colonies?

• Glorious Revolution

• French and Indian War

• Queen Anne's War

• War of 1812

After repealing the Stamp Act, which act did Parliament pass to show the colonies they were “subordinate” to and “virtually represented” by the British government?

• Supremacy Act

• Coercive Act

• Force Act

• Declaratory Act

Why did colonists participate in the Boston Tea Party?

• To show support for the monopoly on tea

• To show displeasure with British economic policies

• To celebrate the start of the revolution

• To protest the Townshend Acts

The Declaration of Independence was based on the ideas of which of the following?

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• French Revolution

• Age of Exploration

Which event convinced the French to send much needed aid to America during the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga