Ch. 2 and 3 Questions for American History Mid-Term

Mr. Harrison Fall 2009 Mid-Term Review

CHAPTER 2

____ 1. The first English colonies in North America were set up in the hope of achieving

____ 2. Jamestown's most serious problems during its first year were caused by

____ 3. Bacon's Rebellion resulted from Nathaniel Bacon's sympathy with the problems faced by

____ 4. The Puritans' views and attitudes led them to promote the idea of

____ 5. The colony that was founded on principles of social equality and religious tolerance was

CHAPTER 3

____ 11. The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to

____ 12. As a result of England's policy of "salutary neglect," the colonies developed

____ 13. In the late 1600s, the number of enslaved Africans in the South increased dramatically, in part due to a decline in

____ 14. The "middle passage" refers to the part of the transatlantic trade network that carried

____ 15. The Enlightenment was a movement that emphasized the value of

____ 16. The Great Awakening caused some colonists to

____ 17. During the French and Indian War, Native Americans fought on the side of

____ 18. With the Proclamation of 1763, the British government attempted to

____ 19. The Sugar Act was an effort by the British Parliament to