History quiz im doing most the questions but for the real difficult ones im posting them here
1.) Which of the following is NOT TRUE? Or another way is telling me what is true.
The primary economy of the Middle Colonies was cash crop farming and the most profitable industry in New England was fishing and shipping.
In the 1640, Massachusetts Bay required all towns with at least 50 families to establish an elementary school.
The triangle trade involved the trade between New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.
The suppression of Bacon's Rebellion encouraged the importation of enslaved Africans.
2.) Which if the following is TRUE about the founding of Britan's colonies in America? Answer all that apply
The purpose of Maryland's founder in establishing the colony was to offer English Catholics a refuge from persecution
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia to be to be a religious haven
Rhode Island was founded on the principle that all people should have the freedom to practice their own religion
In 1630, John Winthrop and a group of Puritans set out to establish the Massachusetts Bay colony, which was to be a haven for Puritans.
3.) Which of the following is TRUE about the Enlightenment philosophers that were important to the founding of the United States? Mark all answers that apply
Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau proposed the idea that people do not need a government that interferes with their lives
Enlightenment thinker John Locke proposed the theory that people were born with natural rights
Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau proposed the theory that that government is formed by the consent of the governed
Enlightenment thinker John Locke proposed the idea that authority is a divine right
4.)Which of the following precursors to the American Revolution is INACCURATE?
The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians
When the British issued the Sugar tax in the colonies, some colonists argued that they were being taxed without representation in Parliament.
When colonists began boycotting British goods in response to the Stamp Act, The British traded with France and Spain instead.
As a result of the French and Indian war between Britain & France, Britain tried to raise money from colonists to pay for that war, increasing colonial resentment towards Britain
