Unit #2-Bench 1

Question 1

How many Europeans came to the American Colonies through Indentured Servitude?

Answer 1

300,000 or 2/3 of all European Immigrants.

Question 2

Under mercantilism wealth is finite, because people believed that the only real wealth was:

Answer 2

Gold & Silver

Question 3

I get richer, you get poorer- is an example of this sort of competition.

Answer 3

Zero-Sum

Question 4

What is our Mother Country?

Answer 4

England

Question 5

This European Empire was religiously tolerant and focussed on trade:

Answer 5

Holland (Dutch)

Question 6

Which European Empire wanted to convert people to Catholicism & make money in the fur trade?

Answer 6

France

Question 7

What Colonial Region had a bad climate and practiced Subsistence Agriculture?

Answer 7

New England

Question 8

What Colonial Region had a meh climate and was the Breadbasket of the colonies?

Answer 8

The Middle Colonies

Question 9

What Colonial Region had a great climate and grew Cash Crops?

Answer 9

The Southern Colonies

Question 10

Because wars are _____________. (create debt)- The French and Indian war leads to the Revolutionary War.

Answer 10

Expensive

Question 11

What American became famous during the French and Indian War?

Answer 11

George Washington

Question 12

The Inalienable Rights of: Life, Liberty, & Property:

Answer 12

Natural Rights

Question 13

This theory says that Kings get the right to rule from God. So,… IF you question the King, You Question God.

Answer 13

The Divine Right of Kings

Question 14

This is the first example of democracy in the American Colonies:

Answer 14

The Mayflower Compact

Question 15

The process of European Empires expanding their military, economic, and political power.

Answer 15

Colonialism

Question 16

What Colonial Region had the Highest Population and Largest Economy?

Answer 16

The Southern Colonies

Question 17

Who was supposed to benefit from Mercantilism?

Answer 17

The Mother Country made rules to ensure that they would benefit the most.

Question 18

As Indentured Servitude declined, who replaced them as labor (work)?

Answer 18

Slaves

Question 19

This period of European cultural history strongly influenced the thinking behind the American Revolution?

Answer 19

The Enlightenment

Question 20

What year did the American Colonies declare our independence from Great Britain?

Answer 20

1776