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| In founding the colony of Georgia, James Oglethorpe's primary purpose was to? |
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| provide a refuge for English debtors |
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| The mayflower Compact could best be described as?: |
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| A foundation for self-government |
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| Put the following events in Chronological order: A: First slaves brought to colonies, B: Massachusets Bay colony founded, c: Roanoke colony founded, D: Rhode Island established, E: Mayflower compact signed, E : Mayflower compact signed, F: Jamestown founded, G: Maryland founded |
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| Roanoke colony founded, Jamestown founded, First slaves brought to colonies, Mayflower compact signed, Massachusetts Bay colony founded, Maryland founded, Rhode Island established. |
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| Although Maryland was intended as a haven for Catholics |
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| They were often more persecuted there than were Catholics back in England. |
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| The British benefited from their mercantilism relationship with the American colonies primarily by |
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| buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them finished products. |
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| The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with |
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| a government should seek to direct the economy so as to maximize exports. |
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| Which colonies had the most ethnically, religiously, and racially diverse populations in North America? |
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| The Middle Colonies ( New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware) |
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| The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it |
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| Placed restrictions on tradeing. |
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| Anglo-American women in colonial times |
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| Could own property or execute legal documents only if they were widowed or unmarried. |
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| In which region were agriculture and plantation life most prevalent? |
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| Anne Hutchinson's teaching threatened to undermine the spiritual authority of the established clergy because she? |
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| Claimed believers could communicate directly with God. |
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| A man's right to vote for and be elected to the legislative body in the 17th century Massachusetts was based on: |
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| The Salem Village witchcraft crisis occurred for what reason? |
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| Experiencing feelings of powerlessness and insecurity, many Puritans found in witchcraft an explanation for the disorder and change around them. |
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| Court decisions in the trial of John Peter Zenger (1735) and the cas of New York Times Co. v. United States ( 1971) strengthened: |
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| "Direct Democracy" is best illustrated by the: |
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| The middle colonies had more diverse lifestyles than New England or the Southern colonies because they had a greater variety of: |
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| The great majorty of those arriving in Virginia between 1630 and 1700 were: |
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| British indentured servants. |
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| Early European contact devastated Native American populations by introducing |
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| What replaced the system of indentured servitude? |
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| In the early 1600s, migrants to new England differed from those who went to the Chesapeake in that? |
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| New Englanders immigrated in family groups. |
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| In New England, the prevailing type of agriculture was: |
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| The trial for John Peter Zenger in 1735 for seditious libel? |
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| Encouraged editors to be more critical of public officials. |
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| A man's right to vote for governor and members of the General Court inn 17c Massachusetts was based on? |
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| Characteristics of the New England colonies included: |
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| A desire for economic opportunity as well as religious and political freedom. Intolerance of religious beliefs differing from Puritanism, and a formation of covenant communities. |
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| In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy? |
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| Large landowners in the Eastern lowlands of Virginia: |
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| Dominated the colonial government and sociey in their region, mantained a strong allegiance to the Church of England and close social ties to England, and they enjoyed a high social status due to their family heritage and ownership of land. |
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| The greatest extremes of inequality in land ownership in the seventeenth century were found in: |
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| What was a major market for New England goods in the late 17c? |
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| Prior to successfully colonizing the New World, England defeated a major rival, and just prior to losing many of its new World colonies, England defeated another major rival. The rivals were: |
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| Which nation was forced out of its colonial holdings in North America in the 17th century? |
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| What correctly describes the attitude of most English settlers toward the Indians and their way of life? |
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| they assumed the Indians to be their inferiors and showed little respect for Indian society. |
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| The Wool Act of 1699, the Hat Act of 1732, and the Iron Act of 1750 were British attempts to? |
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| limit American manufacturing |
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| What characterized life in the Chesapeake region in the early 17c? |
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| the presence of many more men than women, giving women somewhat greater status because of their scarcity. |
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| The New England colonies were more successful and stable than the Chesapeake Bay colonies because? |
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| The ratio of males to females in Chesapeake Bay was much more imbalanced than in New England, making it more difficult for males in Chesapeake Bay to find wives and start families, the Chesapeake bay region had a much higher death rate among its colonists than did the New England region. The Population increased faster in new England, allowing for the development of stable communities, than it did in the Chesapeake Bay regionm New England colonists tended to arrive in family units while the vast majority of Chesapeake bay colonists were young single males who arrived as indentured servants. |
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| Great Britain sought to control colonial trade because? |
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| It did not want competition with its own manufactures. |
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| The main economic activities of the New England colonies were: |
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| Which resources or commodities contributed the most to economic success of Jamestown colony? |
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| What did the Great Awakening, inter-colonial trade and American attitudes toward English culture and constitutional theory have in common? |
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| They contributed to a growing sense of shared American identity. |
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| The Half-Way Covenant was adopted because? |
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| Too few second- and third-generation Puritans were willing to testify publicly about their conversion experiences. |
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| Most of the thirteen original colonies? |
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| Started as proprietary colonies and became royal colonies b the 1750s. |
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| Colonial cities functioned primarily as? |
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| Mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods. |
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| The first colony in English America that had separation of church and state and practiced religious tolerance was: |
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| The legislative assembly established in the 1640's in Virginia, now known as the General Assembly of Virginia, was the: |
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| What is true of English colonial families in mid-18th century America? |
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| Most families bore children who lived long enough to bear children of their own., More than 90% of families lived in rural areas at about this time. Women lost virtually all of their legal rights as individuals once they married. Physical punishment was the normal method of enforcing unquestioned obedience from the children. |
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| During the first two decades of the 17th century, what aided in the establishment and growth of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia? |
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| Large influxes of supplies and colonists from England. The beginning of tobacco cultivation. The establishment of the ownership of private property. |
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| Which colony requires each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing? |
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| What was a proprietary colony? |
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| A colony like New Jersey that was run as a privately owned estate. |
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| Settlers of Virginia included: |
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| Small farmers and artisans settling in the Shenandoah Valley, English nobility known as "Cavaliers", provided with large land grants. Indentured servants seeking passage to the New World. |
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| Indentured servants were important to the development of the 17c Chesapeake because they? |
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| Provided a relatively cheap and abundant source of labor for Chesapeake tobacco planters. |
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| Roger Williams is best known in American history as?: |
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| An early champion of religious freedom. |
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| Roger Williams is best known in American history as?: |
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| An early champion of religious freedom. |
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| What are the colonies were involved in the Triangle Trade during the colonial period? |
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| Rum, slaves, tobacco, molasses. |
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| What best describes the power generally exercised by British colonial governors in the American colonies? |
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| They exercised less power than they were permitted because of legislative control of taxing and spending. |
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| The primary beneficiaries of the "headright system" were: |
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| The "headright" system was: |
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| The policy of giving 50 acres of land to anyone who brought a indentured servant overseas into America. |
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| The considerable powers that colonial governors possessed included: |
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| The right to veto acts. The power to call or dismiss assemble sessions at will. The authority to schedule elections at any time. |
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| The "middle passage" of the triangular trade involved the transportation of: |
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| Slaves from Africa to the Caribbean islands. |
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