Mr. Levine’s Big Daddy Review

1. Mr. Levine’s Big Daddy Review Part One The Seventh Grade

2. Question 1 • Which geographic feature contributed most to the development of commerce throughout North America? • Mountains • Grasslands • Natural harbors • Interior lakes

3. Answer The answer is C-natural harbors. Notice how the colonies are located by the Atlantic Ocean. Location by the Atlantic Ocean allowed for the colonies to trade with England and France. Cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore all became wealthy due to their location on the Atlantic Ocean. Their harbors allowed for their citizens to get things that they needed for survival.

4. Question 2 • Which heading best completes the partial outline below? • ________________________ • Villages with town meetings • Small farms and commercial fishing • First American college-Harvard University Choices are on the next slide…….

5. New England Colonies • Spanish Colonies • Middle Colonies • Southern Colonies

6. Answer The answer is choice A.

7. The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island was to: • Seek religious freedom • Purchase cheap inexpensive farmland • Profit from trade • Obtain better jobs

8. Lumber, dried fish and rum were products of the: • New England colonies • Northwest Territory • Middle Atlantic colonies • Southern colonies

9. The main reason for the variety of products in the different regions of the nation was the differences in: • Family structure and education • Geography and climate • Political and social systems • National origin and culture

10. Why did colonial farmers settle near oceans or colonial waterways? • Fewer Native Americans lived there • Local governments paid farmers to do so • There were fewer problems with the land • Transportation of products were easier

11. The need for agricultural workers in the early southern colonies led to the: • Formation of labor unions • Decision to industrialize • Improvement of farming • Use of enslaved persons from Africa

12. What were the most profitable ways of making a living in New France? • Fishing and fur trading • Mining for gold and silver • Commercial farming of tobacco • Milling and manufacturing

13. Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I._________________________________ • Europeans establish colonies in North America • Millions of Native Americans die from diseases • Enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas • Foods from the Americas are introduced in Europe Choices are on the next slide….

14. Causes of Colonization • Effects of Exploration by Europe • Cultural Contributions of Indians • Discovery of the Northwest Passage

15. Jamestown founded in 1607 • Plymouth colony founded in 1620 • New Amsterdam founded in 1625 • These early colonial settlements were similar in that each was located: • At the base of a mountain range • Near the coastline • In an arid climate • On offshore islands

16. What was the major reason the original settlers of Plymouth, Maryland and Pennsylvania came to America? • To secure freedom from religious persecution • To look for gold and silver • To convert Indians to Christianity • To bring spices to the New World

17. Question 4 • According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen colonies was to provide Great Britain with: • Naval bases • Raw materials • Workers • Soldiers

18. Answer Under the economics of mercantilism, the English colonists were forced to trade EXCLUSIVELY with England. Under mercantilism, the United States could not produce their own goods, but buy goods from Great Britain. For England, the 13 Colonies, under the policy of mercantilism, were expected to provide the raw materials for the English factories. The answer to question 4 is (3) raw materials.

19. Question 3 • In the publication Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that the American colonies should: • Approve the Treaty of Paris • Ratify the Constitution • End their political relationship with Great Britain • Support the policies of King George III.

20. Answer Written in 1775, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense wanted colonists to end their Political relationship with Great Britain. The answer is choice (3)

21. Same Question • In the pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged the American colonists to: • Oppose French colonization of North America • Compromise with the British • Reaffirm their loyalty to King George III • Declare their independence from Britain

22. Answer The answer to this question is choice (4) declare their independence from Britain.

23. Same Question • Thomas Paine’s publication Common Sense was most influential in persuading American colonists to support: • The Whiskey Rebellion • Colonial independence • Continued ties with England • Additional British taxes

24. Answer The answer to the question is choice (2) colonial independence.

25. Same Question • In its economic relations with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th century mercantilism to: • Outlaw the African slave trade • Limiting the colonists trade with other nations of Europe • Encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies • Establishing laws against business monopolies

26. Answer The answer is choice (2) Limiting the Colonists trade with other nations of Europe. Under the policy of mercantilism, the English forced the 13 Colonies to exclusively trade with England. This led to bad feelings between the 13 Colonies and England and would be a factor in starting the Revolution.

27. Same Question • During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of mercantilism to: • Force colonists to worship in the Church of England • Limit manufacturing in America • Prevent criticism of royal policies • Deny representation to the colonists

28. Question 5 • The colonists slogan, “No taxation without representations” expresses a belief in: • The consent for the governed • The supremacy of Parliament • Economic interdependence • Free trade

29. Answer The colonists did not like to be taxed ESPECIALLY when they were NOT REPRESENTED in English government. When they were taxed unfairly, this shows the English government not respecting choice (1) consent for the governed. Quite simply, the English cared little about the colonists in North America,

30. Question 6 • Which document included John Locke’s idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government? • Bill of Rights • Mayflower Compact • Northwest Ordinance • Declaration of Independence

31. Answer Thomas Jefferson read a lot of the works by John Locke when he was a student in Virginia. Many of the ideas of John Locke were written in Jefferson’s greatest piece of American history…..

32. The answer to this question is choice (4) the Declaration of Independence.

33. Same Question • According to the Declaration of Independence, the fundamental purpose of government is to: • Protect the natural rights of the people • Equalize opportunities for all citizens • Provide for the defense of the nation • Establish a system of free public education

34. Answer • The answer is (1) Protect the natural rights of the people. John Locke used this to protect the English people from the English government. • Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, stated that the government has to protect the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (the natural rights of people)

35. Same Question • In the Declaration of Independence, the argument for freedom from British rule is used primarily on the: • Theory of divine right expressed by King James I • Economic principles of Adam Smith • Social contract form of government by John Locke • Belief in a strong central government as illustrated by Alexander Hamilton

36. Answer • - The answer is choice (3) Social • Contract form of government by • John Locke. • To the left is the document written • John Locke called Two Treatises • Of Government, or basically, a • Social contract of government. • Jefferson believed in the statements of Locke, so much that this document to the right, is a major social contract.

37. Same Question • One of the principles of the Declaration of Independence is that government should: • Guarantee economic equality among citizens • Have unlimited power to rule the people • Be based on the consent of the governed • Be led by educated citizens

38. Answer The answer to the last question is (3) Be based on the consent of the governed. Jefferson believed that people should have the right to get rid of the government if they did not do as they say. Today, we have this process called elections. However, sometimes the American people have made mistakes

39. Like these choices….. No matter your party, Americans are known for making some mistakes, but we’ve survived for 232 years.

40. Many colonies objected to the Albany Plan of Union mainly because: • The colonies had just been given representation in Parliament • The plan of government gave too much power to Native American Indians • Threats to colonial safety ended • Colonial assemblies did not wish to give up their individual power

41. The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses are examples of: • Equal opportunities for women during the colonial period • Steps toward representative government • Economic agreements between for colonists and Native Americans • Limitations placed on colonial Americans by the British government

42. During the early to mid 1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect towards the colonies contributed to: • A decline in colonial manufacturing • The decline of slavery • A decrease in French and Spanish influence • The development of independent colonial trade policies

43. Which statement is most accurate about the movement for independence in the 13 Colonies? • The independence movement began soon after the founding of Plymouth • Protests against British policies gradually led to trade demands for independence • The King of England required the colonies to become economically self-sufficient • The movement for independence was strong in all 13 colonies

44. Because of fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the 13 colonies developed in: • New England • Middle Atlantic • The South • The upper Mississippi River Valley

45. A major argument for American independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British: • Stopped participating in the slave trade • Refused to sell products to Americas • Deprived Americans of natural rights • Censored American representatives in Parliament

46. The principles of government that Thomas Jefferson included in the Declaration of Independence were most influenced by: • John Locke • Adam Smith • Louis XIV • William Penn

47. In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was most influenced by John Locke’s idea of: • The right to privacy • Natural rights • Due process of law • The rights of the accused

48. I. ________________________ • Committees of correspondence • Nonimportation Agreements • Boston Tea Party • First Continental Congress Choices are on the next slide…..

49. Protests against slavery in the colonies • British Parliament’s Actions to Colonial Americans • Colonial Responses to British Mercantilism Policies • Colonial Attempts to End the British Policy of Salutary Neglect

50. The Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses were important to the development of democracy in colonial America because they: • Expanded freedom of religion • Promoted self-government • Protected private ownership of property • Granted voting rights to all white males