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American History Chapter 3 Test Review

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According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when
the value of exports is greater than the value of imports.
The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to
restrict colonial trade.
As a result of England's policy of "salutary neglect," the colonies developed
a desire for self-government.
Under the policy of mercantilism, England relaxed its enforcement of trade regulations in the colonies in return for their continued economic loyalty.
False
The goal of the Navigation Acts was to ban all settlement west of the Appalachians
False
What was the main purpose of the Navigation Acts passed by Parliament in 1651?
to control colonial trade
Which of the following was considered the largest city in America in the mid-1700s?
Philadelphia
Which detail about King James II made him unpopular in England?
He was a Roman Catholic.
According to the theory of ___, a nation could increase its wealth and power by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible, and by establishing a favorable balance of trade, in which it sold more goods than it bought.
Mercantilism
Beginning in 1651, England's ___, the country's legislative body, moved to tighten control of colonial trade by passing a series of measures known as the Navigation Acts.
Parliament
Seeking to make colonial government more obedient, King James II disbanded the local assemblies of the northern colonies, united the area from southern Maine to New Jersey under the Dominion of New England, and chose ___ to rule over it.
Sir Edmund Andros
After the overthrow of James II, a series of laws was passed by ___ that disbanded the ___ and returned the colonies to their previous status.
Navigation acts
Explain how the English colonies were affected by any two of the following: the passage of the Navigation Acts, the establishment of the Dominion of New England, the Glorious Revolution, or the period of salutary neglect.
Navigation Acts-This spurred a boom in the ship-building industry. led England to support the development of numerous colonial industries, and restricted freedom of trade. Establishment of the Dominion of New England-Massachusetts became a royal colony; local assemblies were disbanded; northern colonies were consolidated and placed under a single ruler with a hard-line attitude toward colonial disobedience of English policies and laws; Navigation Acts were strictly enforced and smugglers prosecuted vigorously. The Glorious Revolution-the Dominion of New England was disbanded and the colonies' original charters were restored; greater religious freedom was established in Massachusetts. The period of salutary neglect-The enforcement of the Navigation Acts and other English colonial laws was relaxed, giving the colonists more economic and political freedom; the seeds of self-government were planted in the colonies.
In the late 1600s, the number of enslaved Africans in the South increased dramatically, in part due to a decline in
the availability of indentured servants from Europe.
The "middle passage" refers to the part of the transatlantic trade network that carried
Africans from Africa to the West Indies and North America.
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