The wealthy class in the Southern Colonies achieved their wealth mostly through:

Question

Question 1 options:

manufacturing goods for Europe

banking and investing

plantation agriculture with slave labor

trade with French and Spanish colonies

Answer 1

plantation agriculture with slave labor

Answer 2

Which colonial region's economy was centered around the activities pictured here?

Question 2 options:

Southern Colonies

Middle Colonies

New England

Answer 3

Southern Colonies

Answer 4

Under the economic principle of mercantilism, European powers wanted colonies in order to gain:

Question 3 options:

a large labor force of indentured and enslaved persons

friendly relations with Natives

a favorable balance of trade with competing nations

greater military power than their enemies

Answer 5

a favorable balance of trade with competing nations

Answer 6

What did the English colonies contribute to the system of Triangular Trade?

Question 5 options:

raw materials and markets for English factory goods

manufactured goods from New England factories

indentured servants to work in English factories

weapons used to kidnap Africans into slavery

Answer 7

raw materials and markets for English factory goods

Answer 8

Which of these was an important factor in the growth of representative government in the English colonies?

Question 6 options:

Salutary neglect of the British government over its colonies

English law and tradition

All of these

Distance and travel time between Europe and North America

Answer 9

All of these