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| between 1650 and 1750, family life in the English colonies changed such that in? |
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| northern colonies it grew less patriarchal, while in southern colonies it grew more patriarchal |
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| By the early 1700s, the slave codes of the English colonies in North America established what rules. |
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| provided that the children of slaves are also slaves, slavery was permanet, and limitad the rights of slave serverly |
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| One of the reasons for Roger William's banishment from Massachusetts Bay was his belief that? |
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| the king of england had no right to give away land belonging to the Indians |
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| The Virginia company attracted new settlers to its colony after 1609 by? |
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| promising free land at the end of seven years' labor for the company |
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| The trail of Peter Zenger established the principle that? |
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| criticism of the government was not libel if factually true. |
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| Harvard Collage was chartered in 1636 primarily to? |
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| train learned Puritan ministers |
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| In New England towns, the "common" was? |
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| A centrally located shared pasture. |
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| Bacon's rebellion was supported mainly by? |
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| young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land. |
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| The Mayflower compact is significant in American political thought because? |
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| in it the people agreed to be bound by the will of the majority. |
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| the headright system adopter in the Virginia colony? |
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| gave 50 acres of land to anyone who would transport someone to the colony. |
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| The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 provided for? |
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| The toleration of most Christian churches. |
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| the Great Awakening of the 18th Century was a(n) |
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| In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th-century mercantilism by? |
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| limiting the colonies' trade with other nations |
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| As a result of tobacco in Virgina? |
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| a scattered pattern of settlement emerged in the colony. |
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| Colonial law generally defined slaves as chattels. this meant that slaves were considered as? |
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| pieces of property with no rights |
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| labor in the Southern colonies was in high demand because? |
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| agriculture was the main economic activity. |
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| During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of merchantilism to? |
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| limit manufacturing in the colonies |
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| King Philip's War of 1675-1676 was fought to? |
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| establish English control over the Indians in new england. |
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| in the 17th century, the Great Migration refers to the? |
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| settlement of the Puritans in Massachusetts bay and other colonies |
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| The event that led to the growth of the Methodist and Baptist religions and which challenged the premise of an established church as well as the government order was? |
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| Jamestown survived as the first British settlement in America because of? |
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| the emergence of tobacco as a cash crop |
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| in 1619, African slavery was introduced to the southern colonies and in the Caribbean because of? |
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| the tobacco plantations required a large labor force |
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| The early colonists who worked for a specified number of years were called? |
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| The most famous witch craft hysteria in colonial America occurred in? |
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| The right to vote for members of the colonial assemblies was? |
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| extended to a greater proportion of the population than anywhere else in the world of 18 century |
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In what order did the follow events occur?
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
Pope's rebellion takes place
Pizarro defeats Incas
St Augustine Established
Cortes conquers Mexico
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
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Columbus discovers America
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
Cortes conquers Mexico
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
Pizarro defeats Incas
St Augustine Established
Pope's rebellion takes place |
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| The Pilgrims were also known as Separatists because they? |
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| broke all ties with the Church of England |
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| most of the slave who came to the thirteen mainland colonies on British North America? |
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| were considered to be property and as such could be used as collateral for loans. |
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