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- Q1What was a main reason large plantations developed in the South during the colonial period?The coastal plain in the South contained large areas of fertile soilBritish laws discouraged tenant farmingSouthern mountains led to the development of isolated, self-sufficient farmsCotton could only be grown in wetlands30s
- Q2Because of the fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed inThe SouthThe Upper Mississippi valleyThe Middle ColoniesNew England30s
- Q3Which economic policy was based on the idea that the American colonies existed primarily to provide economic benefits for Great Britain?MercantilismFree TradeLaissez-faire CapitalismSocialism30s
- Q4According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain withmilitary recruitsworkers and manufactured goodsraw materials and marketsnaval bases30s
- Q5Which statement about the British colonial policy of mercantilism is most accurate?The colonies were required to send manufactured goods to EuropeEngland encouraged the colonies to seek independenceThe British opposed the use of slave labor in the coloniesRaw materials from the colonies were shipped to England30s
- Q6What would be the best title for this map?British Domination of the AmericasColonial Trade RoutesSpanish Colonies in the New WorldThe United States in 175030s
- Q7The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it representsan attempt by the colonists to establish freedom of religiona clear step toward self-governmentan early attempt to establish universal suffragean effort by the colonists to use force to resist the King30s
- Q8In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England Town Meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses representedefforts by the British to strengthen their control over the coloniescolonial attempts to build a strong national governmentearly social reform movementssteps in the growth of representative democracy30s
- Q9The Virginia House of Burgesses was important to the development of democracy in the thirteen colonies because itprovided for direct election of senatorsbegan the practice of legislative override of executive vetoesprovided an example of a representative form of governmentcreated the first written constitution in America30s
- Q10During the early to mid-1700's, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed toa decline in colonial manufacturinga decline of slavery in the northern coloniesa decrease in French and Spanish influence in North Americathe development of independent colonial trade practices30s
