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Grade 11 Colonial Period
The passage of British restrictions on trade encouraged colonial merchants to
  1. organize political resistance in the British Parliament.
  2. find ways to smuggle and otherwise evade the law by trading with other countries.
  3. turn to domestic trade within the colonies.
  4. turn from trading to such other enterprises as fishing and manufacturing.
  5. flee from the Americas and venture to other countries.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
In the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692,
  1. An extraordinarily rare event occurred; fewer than 40 people had previously been executed for witchcraft in Europe.
  2. Almost 150 people, mostly women, were accused of witchcraft.
  3. Luckily, no one was put to death for being a witch.
  4. After discerning "which witch was which," three witches were executed.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
German settlement in the colonies was especially heavy in
  1. Massachusetts.
  2. Maryland
  3. New York
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Virginia
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act?
  1. They wanted to buy more sugar from the colonies
  2. They wanted to make it easier for the colonists to buy sugar
  3. The colonists had stopped buying sugar
  4. They wanted to stop the colonists from smuggling sugar
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Florida was one the original 13 colonies.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Which of the following was not a theme of seventeenth-century British mercantilism?
  1. England can raise substantial revenue by placing duties on colonial trade.
  2. It is the place of the colonies to export raw materials to, and import manufactured goods from, the mother country.
  3. Trade should flow freely among all lands, unimpeded by government policy.
  4. Manufacturing and commerce within the empire should be harnessed to promote the interests of England.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Which was not part of the Glorious Revolution?
  1. It established Parliamentary supremacy once and for all.
  2. It secured the Catholic succession to the throne of England.
  3. King James II was replaced by William of Orange.
  4. To justify the ouster of James II, Parliament enacted a Bill of Rights.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Carolina grew slowly until planters discovered what staple crop?
  1. Tobacco
  2. Cotton
  3. Indigo
  4. Rice
Grade 11 Colonial Period
The most honored professional in colonial America was the
  1. lawyer
  2. clergyman
  3. doctor
  4. journalist
  5. teacher
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Prior to being taken over by the English in 1664, New York was
  1. Unsettled by Europeans, and the English bought it from the Indians.
  2. Called New Netherland, and controlled by the Dutch.
  3. Called New France, and controlled by the French king.
  4. Unsettled by Europeans, and first purchased by the French.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
The Colonies wanted from                 Great Britain.
  1. Money
  2. Army Forces
  3. Freedom
  4. Goods
Grade 11 Colonial Period
What was the main pressure leading up to the French and Indian War?
  1. Concern for the Indians
  2. Desire for land
  3. A war in Europe
  4. Different political philosophies
Grade 11 Colonial Period
The two denominations that enjoyed the status of "established" churches in various colonies were the
  1. Quakers and Dutch Reformed.
  2. Baptists and Lutherans.
  3. Anglicans and Congregationalists.
  4. Roman Catholics and Presbyterians.
  5. Methodists and Baptists.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Besides offering rest and refreshment, colonial taverns served an important function as centers of
  1. news and political opinion.
  2. trade and business.
  3. medicine and law.
  4. religious revival.
  5. plays
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Compared with the seventeenth century, American colonial society in the eighteenth century showed
  1. greater domination by small farmers and artisans.
  2. greater equality of wealth and status.
  3. greater gaps in wealth and status between rich and poor.
  4. greater opportunity for convicts and indentured servants to climb to the top.
  5. slaves had more rights.
Grade 11 Colonial Period
The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of goods between
  1. the Americas and Europe and Africa
  2. Europe and Africa
  3. Portugal and Spain
  4. North and South America
Grade 11 Colonial Period
Which of the following was an effect of Bacon’s Rebellion?
  1. The increased use of African slaves
  2. The increased use of indentured servants
  3. The increased use of Native American slaves
  4. The increased use of the Headright System
Grade 11 Colonial Period
The largest group of immigrants from continental Europe were the
  1. Italians
  2. French
  3. German
  4. Dutch
Grade 11 Colonial Period
In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial America's leading commercial port was
  1. Baltimore
  2. New York
  3. Philadelphia
  4. Charleston
Grade 11 Colonial Period
How did women help the colonists protest the taxes that the British made?
  1. They started the Boston Massacre
  2. They petitioned the British government until they got rid of them
  3. They stopped buying British goods, and made their own stuff instead
  4. They didn't help at all
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