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Test - December 15th Format - Multiple Choice, DBQ, Fill Ins, Short Answer
Geography
Region Question Answer
New England Colonies
Name the New England Colonies:
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What was the geography like in the New England colonies and
how did it impact the economy? What were the major industries
that developed in this region. Why didn’t farming develop in
this region?
Middle Colonies
Name the Middle Colonies:
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What was the geography like in the Middle colonies and how did
it impact the economy? What were the major exports of this
region? Did this region have any industry?
Southern Colonies
Name the Middle Colonies:
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What was the geography like in the Southern colonies and how
did it impact the economy? What were the major exports of this region? Why did plantations
develop here?
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1. What were the reasons for colonizing Jamestown? Which company founded Jamestown? What is a joint stock company?
2. What was life like in Jamestown during the early years? Provide specific examples.
3. Which cash crop is credited with saving the colony?
1. Who were the separatists? What were the reasons for colonizing Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay?
2. How are these motivations represented in John Winthrop’s A Model of Christian Charity speech when he mentions that he wants the Puritans to be a “city upon a hill”?
Early Settlements
1. What is an economic policy?
2. What is the goal of mercantilism?
3. Describe how mercantilism works.
Term Question Answer
Indentured Servants
Most of the labor force of the Southern colonies consisted of indentured servants. What was
life like for indentured servants?
Middle Passage
Describe the conditions of the middle passage.
Bacon’s Rebellion What led to Bacon’s Rebellion?
What were some of the most significant results of this
rebellion? How did it lead to the shift away from indentured
servitude and towards increased slavery in the colonies?
New York: The Revolt of 1712 & The Stono Rebellion 1739
What were the causes and effects of these early slave
revolts?
Resistance to Slavery
What were some of the other ways people resisted slavery?
How did slaves humanize themselves in an effort to resist
the institution of slavery?
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Governmental Developments
Question Answer
Magna Carta, 1215
Why is the Magna Carta significant? How did it
influence colonial government?
British Parliament
What is a legislature? How did Parliament develop? Why is
this significant?
Mayflower Compact To what extent is the
Mayflower Compact an example of colonial attempts at self-government? Explain.
Virginia House of Burgesses In what way is the Virginia
House of Burgesses an example of representative
government? Explain.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
In what ways is theFundamental Orders of Connecticut democratic?
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Colonial Government
Terms Question Answer
Navigation Acts
What were the Navigation Acts? How did they attempt to enforce mercantilism? How did colonists feel about the Navigation Acts?
Salutary Neglect
What was salutary neglect? How did this policy allow the colonists
a greater degree of self-government?
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British Policies