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Life in the American Colonies *Vocab Words* **Life in the American Colonies** **Vocab Definitions** 1. **[Subsistence Farming:]** producing just enough to meet immediate needs. 2. **[Cash Crop:]** A crop grown specifically to be sold. 3. **[Diversity:]** variety, such as of ethnic or na...

Life in the American Colonies *Vocab Words* **Life in the American Colonies** **Vocab Definitions** 1. **[Subsistence Farming:]** producing just enough to meet immediate needs. 2. **[Cash Crop:]** A crop grown specifically to be sold. 3. **[Diversity:]** variety, such as of ethnic or national groups. 4. **[Triangular Trade:]** trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and West Indies 5. **[Mercantilism:]** An economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return. 6. **[Export:]** to sell abroad (overseas) 7. **[Import:]** to bring in from foreign markets (overseas) 8. **[Immigration:]** the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations. 9. **[Civic Virtue:]** the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society. 10. **[Iroquois Confederacy:]** a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government. **[Adapt:]** to change in response to a new set of conditions. 11. **[Convert:]** to change the religious beliefs of someone. Life in the American Colonies Vocabulary Quiz 12. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ To sell abroad (overseas) 13. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ An economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return. 14. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ A crop grown specifically to be sold. 15. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ The permanent movement of people into one country from other nations. 16. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ A group of Native American nations in eastern North America that joined 17. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ To change in response to a new set of conditions. 18. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ To change the religious beliefs of someone. 19. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Variety, such as of ethnic or national groups. 20. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Trade route between three destinations. 21. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Producing just enough to meet immediate needs. 26.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ The democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society. 22. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ To bring in from foreign markets. A\) Subsistence Farming G) Civic Virtue B\) Cash-Crop H) Import C\) Diversity I) Iroquois Confederacy D\) Triangular Trade J) Immigration E\) Mercantilism K) Adapt F\) Export L) Convert Life in the American Colonies Vocabulary Quiz F 2. To sell abroad (overseas) E 8. An economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return. B 9. A crop grown specifically to be sold. J 12. The permanent movement of people into one country from other nations. O 13. A group of Native American nations in eastern North America that joined together under one general government. R 14. To depend on. K 15. To change in response to a new set of conditions. L 17. To change the religious beliefs of someone. C 19. Variety, such as of ethnic or national groups. D 20. Trade route between three destinations. A 21. Producing just enough to meet immediate needs. G 22. The democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society. I 24. To bring in from foreign markets. A\) Subsistence Farming G) Civic Virtue B\) Cash-Crop H) Import C\) Diversity I) Iroquois Confederacy D\) Triangular Trade J) Immigration E\) Mercantilism K) Adapt F\) Export L) Convert **Life in the American Colonies PowerPoint** **\*Click "Life in the American Colonies" icon below to open PDF PowerPoint slides** ***\*Students will fill in the blanks on the "Guided Notes" with the red words on the slides.*** ***\*The Unit Test is based directly on the Guided Notes.*** **Enlightenment Ideas** - **Thomas Hobbes:** Stated that all human beings are capable of evil, so a monarch is necessary to keep them in line. - **John Locke:** Stated that all human beings are born with three natural, God given rights: life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. Believed that to achieve happiness, people should use their life and liberty (freedom) to make virtuous (good) choices. - **Baron de Montesquieu:** Stated that government should have three separate but equal branches, who can check and balance one another to ensure government does not overreach and take people's natural rights away. - **Jean Jacques Rosseau:** Stated that government is a "social contract" between it and the people, and if the government does not hold up its end of the contract by protecting the people's natural rights, the people have the right to abolish it and establish a new one that will. - **Francois Marie aka Voltaire:** Stated that there should be a separation of Church and State, because when a government forces their citizens to be a specific religion by law it violates their natural right to liberty. *\*Note: Voltaire did not believe the people in government should not hold religious values, he simply believed that forcing people to believe a certain way was a violation of their natural right to liberty. His logic was that it would be better if people [chose] a religion based on its merits.* **Life in the American Colonies** **Guided Notes** **Directions: Fill in the blank with the red words on the PowerPoint slides.** **The 13 British Colonies** 1\. List the 13 British Colonies: 1. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 2. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 3. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 4. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 5. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 6. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 7. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 8. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 9. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 10. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 11. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 12. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 13. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **The 3 Colonial Regions** 2\. The British 13 Colonies were divided into \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ geographic regions. 3\. List the three Colonial Regions: 1. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 2. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 3. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **Why three geographic regions?** 4\. The three colonial regions were grouped by their \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ activities. **New England Colonies** 5\. The New England Colonies economy was based on subsistence farming, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, logging, whaling, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and trade. 6\. The New England Colonies had to rely on small business and industry and NOT \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ because their hard rocky soil and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ climate were not good for farming. **Middle Colonies** 7\. The Middle Colonies economy was based on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, trade, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and small business. 8\. The Middle Colonies were known as "\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_" because they grew grain and wheat. **Southern Colonies** 9\. The Southern Colonies economy was based on farming \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, such as rice, tobacco, and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 10\. The Southern Colonies economy was dependent on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, whom southern plantation owners did not have to pay, to help farm the land and produce the crops to be sold. **Who did the 13 Colonies trade with?** 11\. All 13 colonies were required to trade \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ with Great Britain. 12\. In the 1650's the British Parliament and King of England made new laws called the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 13\. The Navigation Acts did the following: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 14\. The colonists rebelled against the Navigation Acts and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ their materials to other countries to make more money for themselves. **How the Triangular Trade Route worked for the Colonies** 15\. The colonies sent \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ like tobacco, cotton, indigo, lumber, furs, fish, rice, sugar, and meat to Great Britain in exchange for finished goods and money. 16\. Great Britain used the raw materials from the Colonies to make \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to send back to the Colonies in exchange for other raw materials or money, OR sent them to Africa in exchange for gold, ivory, or slaves. 17\. In the Middle Passage, Great Britain shipped the finished goods, slaves, gold, and ivory from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and exchanged them for money or raw materials to take back to Great Britain. **The Middle Passage** 18\. The Middle Passage was the trade route in which slaves were shipped from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (South America, West Indies, Colonies) 19\. It is estimated that over \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas from the 1500's to the 1800's. 20\. What percentage of African slaves were sent to Brazil? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 21\. What percentage of African slaves were sent to the Caribbean? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 22\. What percentage of African slaves were sent to the American Colonies? \_\_\_\_\_\_ **Colonial Government Systems** 23\. List the three types of colonial government systems: 1. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 2. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 3. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **Royal Colonial Government** 24\. Royal colonies were under the direct control of the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, who usually appointed a Royal Governor. 25\. How many of the 13 Colonies were Royal Colonies? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **Proprietary Colonial Government** 26\. Proprietary colonies were owned by a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, who were allowed to make laws and appoint officials as he or they pleased. **Corporate Colonial Government** 27\. By 1750 all the colonies were either \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **Who Made the laws for the 13 Colonies?** 28\. All 13 Colonies were required to follow laws made by the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, especially when it came to trade and taxes. 29\. Depending on their form of government, colonies could elect a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government to make \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ laws and settle \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ matters. **Population in the 13 Colonies Grows** 30\. The total population in the 13 colonies grew from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in 1650 to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in 1770. **A New "American" Culture Emerges** 31\. The new \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ culture and different way of doing things eventually led many Americans to believe that they should be a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ country from Great Britain. **Family Life in the Colonies** 32\. In the colonial family, the men were seen as the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 33\. In the colonial family, the boys learned a skill or trade by being an \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **Education in the Colonies** 34\. It was the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ job to teach their children how to read and write. 35\. In school houses colonial children learned reading, writing, simple math, and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **College in the Colonies** 36\. The first college in Colonial America was New College, known today as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **Religion in the Colonies** 37\. Eight colonies required their citizens to attend their official established Church, dissenters were \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **The Great Awakening** 38\. The era of religious revival in the colonies from the 1730's to the 1750's is called the "\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_." **The Enlightenment (Age of Reason)** 39\. The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a period in history from 1685 to 1815 in which philosophers and scientists in Great Britain, France, and throughout Europe questioned traditional views of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **Enlightenment Ideas** 40\. All human beings are born with the natural rights of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and Property. 41\. Governments are created by citizens to protect their \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and for no other purpose. **13 Colonies vs. Native Americans** 42\. The most powerful Native American tribe in eastern North America was the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **Life in the American Colonies Guided Notes** *Answers* **The 13 British Colonies** 1\. List the 13 British Colonies: 1\. Virginia 2\. New York 3\. Massachusetts 4\. Maryland 5\. Rhode Island 6\. Connecticut 7\. New Hampshire 8\. Delaware 9\. North Carolina 10\. South Carolina 11\. New Jersey 12\. Pennsylvania 13\. Georgia **The 3 Colonial Regions** 2\. The British 13 Colonies were divided into three geographic regions. 3\. List the three Colonial Regions: 4. New England Colonies 5. Middle Colonies 6. Southern Colonies **Why three geographic regions?** 4\. The three colonial regions were grouped by their economic activities. **New England Colonies** 5\. The New England Colonies economy was based on subsistence farming, small business, fishing, furs, logging, whaling, shipbuilding, and trade. 6\. The New England Colonies had to rely on small business and industry and NOT farming because their hard rocky soil and cold climate were not good for farming. **Middle Colonies** 7\. The Middle Colonies economy was based on cash crops, trade, manufacturing, and small business. 8\. The Middle Colonies were known as "the bread basket" because they grew grain and wheat. **Southern Colonies** 9\. The Southern Colonies economy was based on farming cash crops, such as rice, tobacco, and cotton. 10\. The Southern Colonies economy was dependent on slaves, whom southern plantation owners did not have to pay, to help farm the land and produce the crops to be sold. **Who did the 13 Colonies trade with?** 11\. All 13 colonies were required to trade ONLY with Great Britain. 12\. In the 1650's the British Parliament and King of England made new laws called the Navigation Acts. 13\. The Navigation Acts did the following: Forced the 13 colonies to sell their raw materials and goods ONLY to England, even if they could get a better price in another country. 14\. The colonists rebelled against the Navigation Acts and smuggled their materials to other countries to make more money for themselves. **How the Triangular Trade Route worked for the Colonies** 15\. The colonies sent raw materials like tobacco, cotton, indigo, lumber, furs, fish, rice, sugar, and meat to Great Britain in exchange for finished goods and money. 16\. Great Britain used the raw materials from the Colonies to make finished goods to send back to the Colonies in exchange for other raw materials or money, OR sent them to Africa in exchange for gold, ivory, or slaves. 17\. In the Middle Passage, Great Britain shipped the finished goods, slaves, gold, and ivory from Africa to the colonies and exchanged them for money or raw materials to take back to Great Britain. **The Middle Passage** 18\. The Middle Passage was the trade route in which slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas (South America, West Indies, Colonies) 19\. It is estimated that over 12.5 million slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas from the 1500's to the 1800's. 20\. What percentage of African slaves were sent to Brazil? 48% 21\. What percentage of African slaves were sent to the Caribbean? 41% 22\. What percentage of African slaves were sent to the American Colonies? 5% **Colonial Government Systems** 23\. List the three types of colonial government systems: 4. Royal Colonies (King ruled) 5. Propriety Colonies (Ruled by a family or one person) 6. Charter Colonies (Ruled by a joint-stock company) **Royal Colonial Government** 24\. Royal colonies were under the direct control of the King of England who usually appointed a Royal Governor. 25\. How many of the 13 Colonies were Royal Colonies? The majority (10 of 13) **Proprietary Colonial Government** 26\. Proprietary colonies were owned by a person or family, who were allowed to make laws and appoint officials as he or they pleased. **Corporate Colonial Government** 27\. By 1750 all the colonies were either Royal or Proprietary **Who Made the laws for the 13 Colonies?** 28\. All 13 Colonies were required to follow laws made by the King of England and Parliament, especially when it came to trade and taxes. 29\. Depending on their form of government, colonies could elect a representative government government to make local laws and settle local matters. **Population in the 13 Colonies Grows** 30\. The total population in the 13 colonies grew from 50,368 in 1650 to 2,148,076 in 1770. **A New "American" Culture Emerges** 31\. The new American culture and different way of doing things eventually led many Americans to believe that they should be a separate country from Great Britain. **Family Life in the Colonies** 32\. In the colonial family, the men were seen as the leader of the household. 33\. In the colonial family, the boys learned a skill or trade by being an apprentice. **Education in the Colonies** 34\. It was the parents job to teach their children how to read and write. 35\. In school houses colonial children learned reading, writing, simple math, and prayers. **College in the Colonies** 36\. The first college in Colonial America was New College, known today as Harvard University. **Religion in the Colonies** 37\. Eight colonies required their citizens to attend their official established Church, dissenters were persecuted. **The Great Awakening** 38\. The era of religious revival in the colonies from the 1730's to the 1750's is called the "The Great Awakening." **The Enlightenment (Age of Reason)** 39\. The Enlightenment is a period in history from 1685 to 1815 in which philosophers and scientists in Great Britain, France, and throughout Europe questioned traditional views of authority. **Enlightenment Ideas** 40\. All human beings are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and Property. 41\. Governments are created by citizens to protect their natural rights, and for no other purpose. **13 Colonies vs. Native Americans** 42\. The most powerful Native American tribe in eastern North America was the Iroquois Confederacy. **Life in the American Colonies Test** ***Directions: Select the BEST answer choice for each question.*** **1. The 13 British colonies were divided into how many economic regions?** A\) Two C) Four B\) Three D) Thirteen **2. Which of the following were among the economic regions in the 13 British colonies?** A\) New England Colonies B\) Middle Colonies C\) Southern Colonies D\) All of the Above E\) Only B and C **3. The northernmost region of the 13 British colonies was based on which economic activities?** A\) Farming tobacco, cotton, and other cash crops B\) Fishing and furs C\) Small business, shipbuilding D\) All of the above E\) Only B and C **4. The southernmost region of the 13 British colonies was based on which economic activities?** A\) Farming cash crops B\) Farming tobacco C\) Farming cotton D\) All of the above E\) Only B and C **5. Which economic region of the 13 British colonies was known as "the Bread Basket"?** A\) New England Colonies B\) New France C\) Southern Colonies D\) Middle Colonies E\) New Britain Colonies F\) Newfoundland **6. Who were the 13 British colonies allowed to trade with?** A\) France B\) New France C\) Great Britain D\) Spain E\) Any country they wanted to, as long as the profits went back to Great Britain to be taxed F\) All of the above **7. What did the Navigation Acts say?** A\) The 13 British colonies could only sell their raw materials and goods to Great Britain, unless they could find a better price somewhere else in the world B\) The 13 British colonies could only sell their raw materials and goods to Great Britain, even if they could find a better price somewhere else in the world C\) The 13 British colonies could sell their raw materials and goods to any country they wanted to, as long as the profits went back to Great Britain to be taxed **8. How did the colonists in the 13 British colonies react to the Navigation Acts?** A\) They rebelled and smuggled raw materials and goods in and out of their colonies B\) They believed they were fair, since the 13 colonies were in fact colonies of Great Britain C\) They did not like them, but all the colonists followed them **9. Which of the following best describes how the Triangular Trade Route worked?** A\) Great Britain sent the 13 British colonies raw materials, the colonies made finished goods form the raw materials, then either sent them back to Great Britain or to Africa for slaves B\) Great Britain made finished goods from raw materials in Europe, sent the finished goods to the colonies in exchange for money, and then used that money to purchase slaves in Africa C\) The 13 British colonies sent raw materials to Great Britain. Great Britain then made finished goods and products from the raw materials. Great Britain then sent them directly back to the 13 British colonies or to the Caribbean, or sent them to Africa for slaves before sending them to the 13 British colonies or the Caribbean **10. The trade route in which slaves were shipped from Africa to either South America, the Caribbean, or to North America was called what?** A\) The 3^rd^ route B\) The Middle Route C\) The Columbian Exchange D\) The Middle Passage E\) The Atlantic Passage **11. How many slaves are estimated to have survived the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the 1500's to the 1800's?** A\) 12,500 B\) 120,500 C\) 1.25 million D\) 12.5 million **12. Where did the majority of the slaves shipped across the Atlantic Ocean end up?** A\) South America and the Caribbean B\) American Colonies **13. What were the three types of colonial government systems?** A\) Southern, Middle, Northern B\) Royal, Proprietary, Charter C\) Representative, Parliament, Royal D\) Southern, Middle, New England **14. Which type of colonial government system were the majority of the colonies by 1770?** A\) Proprietary B\) Representative C\) Royal D\) New England **15. Royal Colonies were under the direct control of who?** A\) The King B\) A joint-stock company C\) A person or family who received a charter from the King of England 16\. **Proprietary colonies were under the control of who?** A\) The King B\) A joint-stock company C\) A person or family who received a charter from the King of England **17. Who made the federal government laws for the 13 British Colonies?** A\) King of England B\) Parliament C\) Local House of Burgesses D\) Both A and B **18. What did colonists in the 13 British Colonies do to make local laws and settle local matters?** A\) Ask the King of England B\) Elect a representative to Parliament C\) Elect a House of Burgesses D\) Both A and B **19. How much did the 13 British colonies population grow from 1650 to 1770?** A\) Approximately 50,000 to over 2 million B\) Approximately 5,000 to over 5 million C\) Approximately 500,000 to 10 million D\) Approximately 5 million to 10 million **20. How did an increase in population affect culture in the 13 British Colonies?** A\) The culture stayed the same, with most people identifying with British culture B\) The culture changed, with a new and unique American culture emerging **21. Whose job was it to teach children how to read in the colonies?** A\) Public school teachers B\) The parents **22. Which of the following is an example of something a child in the 13 British colonies would have learned at school in 1750?** A\) Advanced mathematics B\) Advanced science C\) The theory of evolution D\) The bible and their prayers **23. What was the first college in Colonial America called?** A\) Ohio State B\) Harvard University C\) The University of Virginia D\) King's College **24. True/False: Every colony embraced the revolutionary idea of freedom of religion, and provided that basic right to all of their citizens.** A\) True B\) False **25. The era of religious revival in the colonies from the 1730's to the 1750's is called the what?** A\) The Enlightenment B\) The Great Awakening **26. The period of history from 1685 to 1815 in which philosophers and scientists across Europe questioned traditional views of authority is called the what?** A\) The Enlightenment B\) The Great Awakening **27. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that all humans are capable of evil, so a monarch is necessary to keep them in line?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **28. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that all humans are born with three natural, God given rights: life, liberty, and property?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **29. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that government should have three separate but equal branches, who can check and balance one another to ensure government does not overreach and take people's natural rights away?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **30. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that government is a "social contract" between it and the people, and if the government does not hold up its end of the contract by protecting the people's natural rights, the people have the right to abolish it and establish a new one that will?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **31. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that there should be a separation of Church and State, because when a government forces their citizens to be a specific religion by law it violates their natural rights?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **32. Which tribe was the most powerful in eastern North America?** A\) The Seneca B\) The Seminole C\) The Monongahela D\) The Iroquois Confederacy **Life in the American Colonies Test** *\*Answer Key* ***Directions: Select the BEST answer choice for each question.*** **1. The 13 British colonies were divided into how many economic regions?** A\) Two C) Four B\) Three D) Thirteen **2. Which of the following were among the economic regions in the 13 British colonies?** A\) New England Colonies B\) Middle Colonies C\) Southern Colonies D\) All of the Above E\) Only B and C **3. The northernmost region of the 13 British colonies was based on which economic activities?** A\) Farming tobacco, cotton, and other cash crops B\) Fishing and furs C\) Small business, shipbuilding D\) All of the above E\) Only B and C **4. The southernmost region of the 13 British colonies was based on which economic activities?** A\) Farming cash crops B\) Farming tobacco C\) Farming cotton D\) All of the above E\) Only B and C **5. Which economic region of the 13 British colonies was known as "the Bread Basket"?** A\) New England Colonies B\) New France C\) Southern Colonies D\) Middle Colonies E\) New Britain Colonies F\) Newfoundland **6. Who were the 13 British colonies allowed to trade with?** A\) France B\) New France C\) Great Britain D\) Spain E\) Any country they wanted to, as long as the profits went back to Great Britain to be taxed F\) All of the above **7. What did the Navigation Acts say?** A\) The 13 British colonies could only sell their raw materials and goods to Great Britain, unless they could find a better price somewhere else in the world B\) The 13 British colonies could only sell their raw materials and goods to Great Britain, even if they could find a better price somewhere else in the world C\) The 13 British colonies could sell their raw materials and goods to any country they wanted to, as long as the profits went back to Great Britain to be taxed **8. How did the colonists in the 13 British colonies react to the Navigation Acts?** A\) They rebelled and smuggled raw materials and goods in and out of their colonies B\) They believed they were fair, since the 13 colonies were in fact colonies of Great Britain C\) They did not like them, but all the colonists followed them **9. Which of the following best describes how the Triangular Trade Route worked?** A\) Great Britain sent the 13 British colonies raw materials, the colonies made finished goods form the raw materials, then either sent them back to Great Britain or to Africa for slaves B\) Great Britain made finished goods from raw materials in Europe, sent the finished goods to the colonies in exchange for money, and then used that money to purchase slaves in Africa C\) The 13 British colonies sent raw materials to Great Britain. Great Britain then made finished goods and products from the raw materials. Great Britain then sent them directly back to the 13 British colonies or to the Caribbean, or sent them to Africa for slaves before sending them to the 13 British colonies or the Caribbean **10. The trade route in which slaves were shipped from Africa to either South America, the Caribbean, or to North America was called what?** A\) The 3^rd^ route B\) The Middle Route C\) The Columbian Exchange D\) The Middle Passage E\) The Atlantic Passage **11. How many slaves are estimated to have survived the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the 1500's to the 1800's?** A\) 12,500 B\) 120,500 C\) 1.25 million D\) 12.5 million **12. Where did the majority of the slaves shipped across the Atlantic Ocean end up?** A\) South America and the Caribbean B\) American Colonies **13. What were the three types of colonial government systems?** A\) Southern, Middle, Northern B\) Royal, Proprietary, Charter C\) Representative, Parliament, Royal D\) Southern, Middle, New England **14. Which type of colonial government system were the majority of the colonies by 1770?** A\) Proprietary B\) Representative C\) Royal D\) New England **15. Royal Colonies were under the direct control of who?** A\) The King B\) A joint-stock company C\) A person or family who received a charter from the King of England 16\. **Proprietary colonies were under the control of who?** A\) The King B\) A joint-stock company C\) A person or family who received a charter from the King of England **17. Who made the federal government laws for the 13 British Colonies?** A\) King of England B\) Parliament C\) Local House of Burgesses D\) Both A and B **18. What did colonists in the 13 British Colonies do to make local laws and settle local matters?** A\) Ask the King of England B\) Elect a representative to Parliament C\) Elect a House of Burgesses D\) Both A and B **19. How much did the 13 British colonies population grow from 1650 to 1770?** A\) Approximately 50,000 to over 2 million B\) Approximately 5,000 to over 5 million C\) Approximately 500,000 to 10 million D\) Approximately 5 million to 10 million **20. How did an increase in population affect culture in the 13 British Colonies?** A\) The culture stayed the same, with most people identifying with British culture B\) The culture changed, with a new and unique American culture emerging **21. Whose job was it to teach children how to read in the colonies?** A\) Public school teachers B\) The parents **22. Which of the following is an example of something a child in the 13 British colonies would have learned at school in 1750?** A\) Advanced mathematics B\) Advanced science C\) The theory of evolution D\) The bible and their prayers **23. What was the first college in Colonial America called?** A\) Ohio State B\) Harvard University C\) The University of Virginia D\) King's College **24. True/False: Every colony embraced the revolutionary idea of freedom of religion, and provided that basic right to all of their citizens.** A\) True B\) False **25. The era of religious revival in the colonies from the 1730's to the 1750's is called the what?** A\) The Enlightenment B\) The Great Awakening **26. The period of history from 1685 to 1815 in which philosophers and scientists across Europe questioned traditional views of authority is called the what?** A\) The Enlightenment B\) The Great Awakening **27. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that all humans are capable of evil, so a monarch is necessary to keep them in line?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **28. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that all humans are born with three natural, God given rights: life, liberty, and property?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **29. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that government should have three separate but equal branches, who can check and balance one another to ensure government does not overreach and take people's natural rights away?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **30. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that government is a "social contract" between it and the people, and if the government does not hold up its end of the contract by protecting the people's natural rights, the people have the right to abolish it and establish a new one that will?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **31. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that there should be a separation of Church and State, because when a government forces their citizens to be a specific religion by law it violates their natural rights?** A\) Thomas Hobbes B\) John Locke C\) Jean Jacques Rousseau D\) Baron de Montesquieu E\) Francois Marie, also known as "Voltaire" **32. Which tribe was the most powerful in eastern North America?** A\) The Seneca B\) The Seminole C\) The Monongahela D\) The Iroquois Confederacy