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The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with which of the following statements?
a. Economies will prosper most when trade is restricted as little as possible.
b. A government should seek to direct the economy so as to maximize exports.
c. Colonies are of little economic importance to the mother country.
d. It is vital that a country imports more than it exports.
e. Tariff barriers should be avoided as much as possible.
The immediate issue in dispute in Bacon’s Rebellion was
a. the jailing of individuals or seizure of their property for failure to pay taxes during a time of economic hardship
b. the under-representation of the backcountry in Virginia’s legislature
c. the refusal of large planters to honor the terms of their contracts with former indentured servants
d. the perceived failure of Virginia’s governor to protect the colony’s frontier area from the depredations of raiding Indians
e. the colonial governor’s manipulation of tobacco prices for the benefit of himself and small clique of his friends
The primary motive of those who founded the British colony of Virginia during the seventeenth century was the
a. desire for economic gain
b. desire for religious freedom
c. desire to create a perfect religious commonwealth as an example to the rest of the world
d. desire to recreate in the New World the story of feudalistic society that was fading in the Old
e. desire to increase the power and glory of Great Britain
The purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas was
a. to divide the non-European world between Spain and Portugal
b. to specify which parts of North America should be French and which should be Spanish
c. to create an alliance of France, Holland, and England against Spanish designs in the New World
d. to divide the New World between France and Spain
e. to exclude any Portuguese colonization from the Western Hemisphere
During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was
a. tarring and feathering British tax agents
b. sending petitions to the king and Parliament
c. boycotting British goods
d. destroying private property, such as tea, on which a tax was to be levied
e. using death threats to intimidate British tax agents
The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony wanted their settlement to be primarily
a. a place where they could get away from persecution
b. an example to the rest of the world
c. a place where they would have the opportunity to prosper free from government regulation
d. a society that practiced complete separation of church and state
e. a pluralistic society in which all would be free to practice and teach their beliefs
The Molasses Act was intended to enforce England’s mercantilist policies by
a. forcing the colonies to export solely to Great Britain
b. forcing the colonists to buy sugar from other British colonies rather than from foreign producers
c. forbidding the colonists to engage in manufacturing activity in competition with British industries
d. provided a favorable market for the products of the British East India company
e. creating an economic situation in which gold tended to flow from the colonies to the mother county
Congress’s most successful and effective method of financing the War of Independence was
a. printing large amounts of paper money
b. obtaining grants and loans from France and the Netherlands
c. levying heavy direct taxes
d. issuing paper securities backed by the promise of western land grants
e. appealing to the states for voluntary contributions
The Mayflower Compact could best be described as
a. a detailed frame of government
b. a complete constitution
c. a business contract
d. a foundation for self-government
e. an enumeration of the causes for leaving England and coming to the New World
In founding the colony of Pennsylvania, William Penn’s primary purpose was to
a. provide a refuge for persecuted English Quakers
b. provide a refuge for persecuted Christians of all sects from all parts of Europe
c. demonstrate the possibility and practicality of establishing truly friendly relations with the Indians
d. make a financial profit
e. provide a refuge for English debtors
All of the following were main principles of the Navigation Acts EXCEPT
a. trade in the colonies was limited to only British or colonial merchants
b. it prohibited the colonies from issuing their own paper currencies, greatly limiting their trading capabilities
c. all foreign goods bound for the colonies had to be shipped through England where they were taxed with British import duties
d. the colonists could not build or export goods that directly competed with British export products
e. colonial enumerated goods could only be sold in England
The reason slavery flourished in the Southern English colonies and not in New England is
a. mos
The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with which of the following statements?
a. Economies will prosper most when trade is restricted as little as possible.
b. A government should seek to direct the economy so as to maximize exports.
c. Colonies are of little economic importance to the mother country.
d. It is vital that a country imports more than it exports.
e. Tariff barriers should be avoided as much as possible.
The immediate issue in dispute in Bacon’s Rebellion was
a. the jailing of individuals or seizure of their property for failure to pay taxes during a time of economic hardship
b. the under-representation of the backcountry in Virginia’s legislature
c. the refusal of large planters to honor the terms of their contracts with former indentured servants
d. the perceived failure of Virginia’s governor to protect the colony’s frontier area from the depredations of raiding Indians
e. the colonial governor’s manipulation of tobacco prices for the benefit of himself and small clique of his friends
The primary motive of those who founded the British colony of Virginia during the seventeenth century was the
a. desire for economic gain
b. desire for religious freedom
c. desire to create a perfect religious commonwealth as an example to the rest of the world
d. desire to recreate in the New World the story of feudalistic society that was fading in the Old
e. desire to increase the power and glory of Great Britain
The purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas was
a. to divide the non-European world between Spain and Portugal
b. to specify which parts of North America should be French and which should be Spanish
c. to create an alliance of France, Holland, and England against Spanish designs in the New World
d. to divide the New World between France and Spain
e. to exclude any Portuguese colonization from the Western Hemisphere
During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was
a. tarring and feathering British tax agents
b. sending petitions to the king and Parliament
c. boycotting British goods
d. destroying private property, such as tea, on which a tax was to be levied
e. using death threats to intimidate British tax agents
The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony wanted their settlement to be primarily
a. a place where they could get away from persecution
b. an example to the rest of the world
c. a place where they would have the opportunity to prosper free from government regulation
d. a society that practiced complete separation of church and state
e. a pluralistic society in which all would be free to practice and teach their beliefs
The Molasses Act was intended to enforce England’s mercantilist policies by
a. forcing the colonies to export solely to Great Britain
b. forcing the colonists to buy sugar from other British colonies rather than from foreign producers
c. forbidding the colonists to engage in manufacturing activity in competition with British industries
d. provided a favorable market for the products of the British East India company
e. creating an economic situation in which gold tended to flow from the colonies to the mother county
Congress’s most successful and effective method of financing the War of Independence was
a. printing large amounts of paper money
b. obtaining grants and loans from France and the Netherlands
c. levying heavy direct taxes
d. issuing paper securities backed by the promise of western land grants
e. appealing to the states for voluntary contributions
The Mayflower Compact could best be described as
a. a detailed frame of government
b. a complete constitution
c. a business contract
d. a foundation for self-government
e. an enumeration of the causes for leaving England and coming to the New World
In founding the colony of Pennsylvania, William Penn’s primary purpose was to
a. provide a refuge for persecuted English Quakers
b. provide a refuge for persecuted Christians of all sects from all parts of Europe
c. demonstrate the possibility and practicality of establishing truly friendly relations with the Indians
d. make a financial profit
e. provide a refuge for English debtors
All of the following were main principles of the Navigation Acts EXCEPT
a. trade in the colonies was limited to only British or colonial merchants
b. it prohibited the colonies from issuing their own paper currencies, greatly limiting their trading capabilities
c. all foreign goods bound for the colonies had to be shipped through England where they were taxed with British import duties
d. the colonists could not build or export goods that directly competed with British export products
e. colonial enumerated goods could only be sold in England
The reason slavery flourished in the Southern English colonies and not in New England is
a. mos