Colonies

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

The Virginia House of Burgesses, now known as the General Assembly of Virginia was:

• the first government building in the nation

• the last capital of the confederacy

• the first elected assembly in the New World

What were the two main jobs in the New England region?

• Farming and hunting
• Trading and clothes making
• rug weaving and basket weaving
• Fishing and Ship Building

The Middle Colonies were  ethnically and religiously diverse

• True
• False

The religion that was founded by William Penn was knows as __________.

• Protestant
• Baptist
• Catholic
• Quaker

The trade pattern between the colonies, Africa, and Europe was called what?

• Middle Passage

• Navigation Acts

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?

• the American Passage
• the Middle Passage
• the Lower Passage
• the African Passage

SSUSH1a

The Triangular Trade connected all the continents EXCEPT

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• The Americas

What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

• The abolitionist movement was based in the North. 
• The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants
• Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the southern plantation system.
• Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.

SSUSH1b

The Massachusetts colony belongs in the region known for shipbuilding. Which region does Massachusetts belong to?

• New England

• Mid-Atlantic

• Southern

• None of the above