US History EOC Milestone Review
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER - British colonies give raw materials to GB. GB
sells the finished product back.
Trans-Atlantic Trade - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as Triangular Trade. First,
English ships loaded with rum, cloth, and other manufactured goods were traded for Africans as
part of the slave trade. Then got the colonies and raw materials were sent to England again
Southern Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER - Virginia, Maryland, Carolina's, and Georgia.
The location helped with rich soil and long growing season which made easily the growth of
tobacco, indigo, corn and rice which was their economy. Relations with Native Americans started
peaceful, but the relationship turned more violent as more people came due to the need of land
for crops.
New England Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER - Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut and New Hampshire. Colonized due to Puritans conflict with the Anglican Church
Relationship with Native Americans were based on trade and diplomacy, however as more
people came to the colonies the conflict with the Natives increased.
Relied on trade, forestry, fishing, and shipbuilding.
Mid-Atlantic Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Delaware.
Originally established by the Dutch
Known for being religiously free.
The Hudson and Delaware rivers helped with trade within the colonies and American Natives.
Oats (wheat)
,Middle Passage - CORRECT ANSWER - portion of the Trans Atlantic Trade. Many slaves
were packed in the cargo. Sickness, fear, and brutality were a common experience. About 2 of 10
slaves died in the Passage.
African Slaves - CORRECT ANSWER - people brought from Africa that were treated as
property and sold to the colonists
African Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - owners attempted to strip down but led to a new
blended culture
Creole - Geechee, Gullah people, mixing British and African Culture (Fried chicken, okra)
Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER - Protestant religious revival that swept
Protestant Europe and British America in the I730s and I740s.
Salutary Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER - refers to the seventeenth and eighteenth-
century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep
American colonies obedient to England.
Self-Government - CORRECT ANSWER - government of a country by its own people,
especially after having been a colony. (town meetings, house of burgesses)
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER - a series of military engagements between
Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. Debt, which leads to increased
taxes.
Treaty of Paris 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - ended the French and Indian War/Seven
Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - prohibited the colonists from going past
the Appalachian mountains to avoid further conflicts with the Native Americans
, Stamp Act Tax - CORRECT ANSWER - imposed on colonists that forced them to pay a
tax on all paper products they purchased (Taxation without representation)
Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER - harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in
1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other
protests.
Committee of Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER - rallied colonial opposition
against British Policies. Established a political union between the 13 colonies
Sons of Liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - secret organization made to protect the rights of
the colonist and fight British government taxation (violent protesting)
Daughters of Liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - An organization of women who
participated in the war by boycotting British goods and help make food and clothing for the men
and women
Common Sense/Thomas Paine - CORRECT ANSWER - It was a pamphlet that inspired
American independence
Committee of Five - CORRECT ANSWER - Met to draft the Declaration of
Independence:
John Adams of MA
Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Robert Livingston of NY
Benjamin Franklin of PA
Thomas Jefferson of Virginia
Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER - A document written by T. Jefferson
declaring independence from Britain.
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER - British colonies give raw materials to GB. GB
sells the finished product back.
Trans-Atlantic Trade - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as Triangular Trade. First,
English ships loaded with rum, cloth, and other manufactured goods were traded for Africans as
part of the slave trade. Then got the colonies and raw materials were sent to England again
Southern Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER - Virginia, Maryland, Carolina's, and Georgia.
The location helped with rich soil and long growing season which made easily the growth of
tobacco, indigo, corn and rice which was their economy. Relations with Native Americans started
peaceful, but the relationship turned more violent as more people came due to the need of land
for crops.
New England Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER - Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut and New Hampshire. Colonized due to Puritans conflict with the Anglican Church
Relationship with Native Americans were based on trade and diplomacy, however as more
people came to the colonies the conflict with the Natives increased.
Relied on trade, forestry, fishing, and shipbuilding.
Mid-Atlantic Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Delaware.
Originally established by the Dutch
Known for being religiously free.
The Hudson and Delaware rivers helped with trade within the colonies and American Natives.
Oats (wheat)
,Middle Passage - CORRECT ANSWER - portion of the Trans Atlantic Trade. Many slaves
were packed in the cargo. Sickness, fear, and brutality were a common experience. About 2 of 10
slaves died in the Passage.
African Slaves - CORRECT ANSWER - people brought from Africa that were treated as
property and sold to the colonists
African Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - owners attempted to strip down but led to a new
blended culture
Creole - Geechee, Gullah people, mixing British and African Culture (Fried chicken, okra)
Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER - Protestant religious revival that swept
Protestant Europe and British America in the I730s and I740s.
Salutary Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER - refers to the seventeenth and eighteenth-
century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep
American colonies obedient to England.
Self-Government - CORRECT ANSWER - government of a country by its own people,
especially after having been a colony. (town meetings, house of burgesses)
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER - a series of military engagements between
Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. Debt, which leads to increased
taxes.
Treaty of Paris 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - ended the French and Indian War/Seven
Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER - prohibited the colonists from going past
the Appalachian mountains to avoid further conflicts with the Native Americans
, Stamp Act Tax - CORRECT ANSWER - imposed on colonists that forced them to pay a
tax on all paper products they purchased (Taxation without representation)
Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER - harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in
1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other
protests.
Committee of Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER - rallied colonial opposition
against British Policies. Established a political union between the 13 colonies
Sons of Liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - secret organization made to protect the rights of
the colonist and fight British government taxation (violent protesting)
Daughters of Liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - An organization of women who
participated in the war by boycotting British goods and help make food and clothing for the men
and women
Common Sense/Thomas Paine - CORRECT ANSWER - It was a pamphlet that inspired
American independence
Committee of Five - CORRECT ANSWER - Met to draft the Declaration of
Independence:
John Adams of MA
Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Robert Livingston of NY
Benjamin Franklin of PA
Thomas Jefferson of Virginia
Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER - A document written by T. Jefferson
declaring independence from Britain.
