Mid-term US History Prep

What was a primary political motivation for European exploration?

• Seeking wealth through cash crops

• Competition between monarchies for power and land

• Establishing missions to convert Native Americans

• Developing trading relationships with Native Americans

Spanish exploration focused on:

• Searching for the Northwest Passage

• Establishing a fur trade

• Finding gold and spreading Christianity

• Creating alliances with Native Americans

Which of the following was central to French exploration?

• Cash crops

• Religious missions

• The fur trade and control of the Mississippi River

• Establishing a penal colony

The first permanent English colony in North America was:

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

• Savannah

What was a defining feature of the New England colonies?

• Large plantations and cash crops

• Breadbasket farming and ports

• Subsistence farming and dense forests

• Religious tolerance for all denominations

The Middle Colonies were known for:

• Harsh winters and shipbuilding

• Plantations and enslaved labor

• Wheat farming and diverse populations

• Religious uniformity

What was the purpose of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

• To encourage religious tolerance

• To act as the first form of representative government in the colonies

• To organize rebellion against British taxes

• To protect the fur trade

Why were the colonists angered by mercantilist policies?

• They resented the power of state governments

• They believed taxes violated the English constitution

• They wanted British military protection

• They wanted fewer trade restrictions with the Ottoman Empire

Which amendment protects freedom of speech and religion?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved debates about:

• Federalism and states’ rights

• Representation of enslaved people in population counts

• Checks and balances between branches of government

• Trade restrictions between the colonies