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- Q1New England's geographic features most directly influenced the regions developmentlarge plantationssugar millstenant farmingindustry30s
- Q2Which geographic feature did the British government use in 1763 as a boundary to restrict the westward settlement of American colonists?Appalachian MountainsRocky MountainsSt. Lawrence RiverMississippi River30s
- Q3A major reason the American colonists of the 1600s chose to settle along the seacoast and rivers was so that they couldexport slavesuse water power to run factory machinerycarry out tradeprotect themselves from Native Americans30s
- Q4Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonists served primarily as amarkets for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materialssources of manpower for the British army and navyself-sufficient trading partner for other European nationsbuffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies30s
- Q5Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. _____________________ A. Mayflower Compact B. House of Burgesses C. New England town meetingsBritish Attempts to Control Colonial GovernmentsColonial Efforts at Self-GovernmentBritish System of National Government in North AmericaColonial Responses to the Practice of Salutary Neglect30s
- Q6Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. __________________________________ A. House of Burgesses B. Mayflower Compact C. New England Town Meetings D. Albany Plan of UnionFoundations of American DemocracyContributions of the EnlightenmentEarly Colonial DocumentsLimits on Representative Government30s
- Q7During the colonial era, the British promoted the policy of mercantilism toban all trade between the British colonies in North Americacontrol the commerce of their American coloniesrestrict the importation of enslaved Africanspromote colonial trade with France and Spain30s
- Q8- Colonists protest the Stamp Act - Sons of Liberty groups are formed - Crates of tea are thrown into Boston Harbor - Parliament passes the Coercive Acts These events helped lead toFrench and Indian WarWar of 1812Revolutionary WarWhiskey Rebellion30s
- Q9Which document includes this passage?Northwest OrdinanceDeclaration of IndependenceMonroe DoctrineMayflower Compact30s
- Q10This passage suggests that the authority of governmentoriginates from the divine rights of kingsis based on a social contract meant to guarantee individual rightsincludes the power to seize private property for national defenseis the source of all the natural rights of citizens30s
- Q11The phrase "consent of the governed" refers todevelopment of a federal system of governmentneed to create political partiescommitment to use implied powerssource of the government's power30s
- Q12One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the central government tocontrol western landsestablish a postal systemadmit new states to the Unioncollect adequate taxes from the states30s
- Q13Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I.______________________________ A. National government unable to levy direct taxes B. No single national currency C. Lack of an elected chief executiveInfluence of Treaties with European GovernmentsProvisions of the United States ConstitutionStrengths of the Continental CongressWeaknesses of the Articles of Confederation30s
- Q14Which issue did the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, and the Great Compromise address at the Constitutional Convention (1787)?a method of determining state representation in Congressthe number of justices on the Supreme Courta system for electing the Presidentthe power to regulate interstate commerce30s
- Q15What was a result of the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?banning slavery in Southern statesgiving the Supreme Court the power to hear cases involving statesrequiring that the president have a cabinetcreating a two-house legislature30s
