Honors History STUDY

Which best describes the economic purpose of the navigation acts 

To enforce mercantilism by controlling colonial commerce.

what was the primary reason of founding maryland

Religous Refuge for catholics.

the “Headright System” was designed to:

Attract settlers through land grants

Bacons Rebellion revealed

Hostility between frontier farmers and the colonial elite.

The “Halfway Covernant” allowed:

Partial Church membership to uncoverted descendants

Roger Williams is best known for:

Founding Rhoad Island for religous freedom 

The “Holy Experiment” refers to:

Quaker-led pensylvania’s models of religous tolerance.

Which colony was founded as a buffer against spanish floridia

Georgia

The “MIddle Passage” refers to:

Slave voyage from africa to america.

What was a key out come of the great awakening 

New denominations and religous diversty 

Who argued in “Two Treaties of Goverment” for natural rights?

John Locke 

The Zenger trial help establish:

Freedom of the press

Which religon had the most ethnic diversty in 1750?

Middle Colonies

WHat economic feature distinguished the Southern Colonies?

Cash cro plantations using enslaved labor.

Which of the following best describes colonial politics by 1750

Assemblies controlled local taxation and legislation.

The Great Awakening democratic ideas foreshadowed:

The American Revolution.

Which Statement best summarizes colonial social structure?

Economic opportunity and mobility existed for whites

How did Bacon’s rebellion reflect political and social tensions in colonial Virginia?

We know what it is, but it reflected these tensions because of the problems involving class resentment, struggles over land, and the corruption of the Virginia government. The farmers were angry because the social hierarchy of Virginia was split, and the wealthy class was given all the power. 

Compare the economic bases of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies

New England: revolved around natural resources like fishing, whaling, lumbering, shipbuilding, but relied less on farming

Middle: called the breadbasket of colonies because it had a mix of everything, had lumbering, fishing, and farming, like wheat, rye, and corn

Southern: Large-scale plantations and agriculture, involving farming cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo, mainly

How did the Navigation Acts exemplify mercantilism, and what impact did they have on colonial economies?

The navigation acts exemplified mercantilism by regulating colonial trade to benefit England. They restricted colonial trade to English ships so that they would obtain all of the resources in the colonies. This harmed the colonial economies because it forced them to rely on Britain, limiting their growth, raising prices on goods, and resulting in resentment.