Grade 8- Chapter 1 Section 2

1. The Pilgrims were a group of people who...

Sailed to America

Wrote the Mayflower Compact which helped establish the idea of self-government

Faced the death of over half their group within a few months

Were trying to gain religious freedom and separated from the Church of England

All of the above

2. What natural feature impeded westward expansion of the original 13 colonies?

Atlantic Ocean

Appalachian Mountains

Chesapeake Bay

Gulf of Mexico

Rocky Mountains

The colonists found it very difficult to cross the high, snowy Appalachian Mountains with their wagons and horses, so exploration was initially limited to lands east of the mountains.

Explanation

The colonists found it very difficult to cross the high, snowy Appalachian Mountains with their wagons and horses, so exploration was initially limited to lands east of the mountains.

3. Which of the following was an effect of the triangular trade?

The House of Burgesses was established

The Puritans left England

Rum became the most popular drink in England

Slave trade increased

Subsistence farming decreased

The Triangular Trade consisted of goods being traded between Europe, Africa, and America (such as with the Columbian Exchange) or between America, the West Indies, and Africa. The most direct effect of this trade was that Africans were sold into slavery by the kings of warring tribes in exchange for the goods and services of America, especially rum. Those slaves would be sent to the West Indies to work on sugar plantations, and that sugar would be sent to the Americas to make rum (which is made with a lot of sugar). That rum would then be sent to Africa to trade for more slaves, thereby increasing the slave trade.

go to:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Triangular_trade.jpg

to see a map showing the triangular trade

Explanation

The Triangular Trade consisted of goods being traded between Europe, Africa, and America (such as with the Columbian Exchange) or between America, the West Indies, and Africa. The most direct effect of this trade was that Africans were sold into slavery by the kings of warring tribes in exchange for the goods and services of America, especially rum. Those slaves would be sent to the West Indies to work on sugar plantations, and that sugar would be sent to the Americas to make rum (which is made with a lot of sugar). That rum would then be sent to Africa to trade for more slaves, thereby increasing the slave trade.

go to:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Triangular_trade.jpg

to see a map showing the triangular trade

4. Which of the following statements about the French and Indian War is TRUE?

The Iroquois fought with the French

The French and Indians fought each other

We gained Louisiana from France by the Louisiana Purchase because of the Treaty of Paris that ended the war

The English and the French were competing over the rum trade

The colonists at the time were still loyal to England

5. Which of the following was NOT an influential part of the beginning of representative government in the colonies?

French and Indian War

Magna Carta

House of Burgesses

Mayflower Compact

None of the Above

The Magna Carta, House of Burgesses, and Mayflower Compact were all ways through which the colonists began to develop a representative government. The Magna Carta gave Englishmen the rights to elect people to represent them in Parliament (their government). The House of Burgesses was an assembly of people who represented the people of Virginia to the governor who made the laws. The Mayflower Compact was a document that listed the laws and freedoms each colonist should have and set up their government. The French and the Indian war had to do with a fight over land between the French and the British, not with the government of the people.

Explanation

The Magna Carta, House of Burgesses, and Mayflower Compact were all ways through which the colonists began to develop a representative government. The Magna Carta gave Englishmen the rights to elect people to represent them in Parliament (their government). The House of Burgesses was an assembly of people who represented the people of Virginia to the governor who made the laws. The Mayflower Compact was a document that listed the laws and freedoms each colonist should have and set up their government. The French and the Indian war had to do with a fight over land between the French and the British, not with the government of the people.