Unit 1 Review

The map shows the North American British Colonies.

Which location on the map shows the colonial region that relied the

most on the labor of enslaved peoples?

Select the correct answer.

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Geography

Slavery

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies.

• Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops.

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies.

• Demand of slaves in the industrialized American colonies.

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Slavery

Economics

 Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization of the Americas?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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European Colonization

Which pair of actions best completes this diagram?

• 1. 1–Enslave Native Populations

  2–Organize Utopian Societies

• 1. 1–Establish Religious Missions

  2–Focused primarily on Fur Trade

• 1. 1–Promoted political freedom

  2–Participated on the Slave Trade

• 1. 1–Became Commercial Shipbuilders

  2–Create Early Public School System

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European Colonization

The colonies in this list were found primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of —

• 1. Freedom from debts 

• 1. Religious Freedom

• 1. Economic Freedom 

• 1. Freedom of Speech

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Social Groups

Religion

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to –

• profit from natural resources

• avoid crop failures and famine

• produce cash crops to pay off debts

• escape religious persecution

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Social Groups

Religion

This map of New England was published in 1677. 

Which of the following groups is best known for settling this region & states their reason for settling?

• 1. Merchants: to trade with Natives.

• 1. Quakers: to practice abolitionism. 

• 1. Explorers: to map the region’s rivers.

• Puritans: to freely practice religion.

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Social Groups

What are TWO ways in which the geography of the North American British

colonies impacted their economies?

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Geography

Economics