History Test I-Quiz Questions – Flashcards
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Jamestown was ensured by?
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Tobacco Cultivation
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Which of the following statements best characterize the Jamestown colony in 1607?
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Many of the settlers were gentleman and adventurers
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The first three years of Jamestown history witnessed?
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Terrible hardships and sufferings
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Unlike Virgina, Maryland was established as?
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Religious sanctuary for persecuted English Catholics
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What was NOT common to both Virginia and Maryland?
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Both granted religious toleration to all Christian Sects.
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During the 1760s, 1770s, most members of Parliament?
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Had little understanding of the knowledge of colonial affairs
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A major consideration in the passage of the Stamp Act was?
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Sovreignty of Parliament
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From the rationalist philosophies of the Enlightenment, American rebels derived?
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The belief that individuals had certain natural rights
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What were the responses to the Boston Tea Party?
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Closing of the port of Boston outlawing of Mass. Colonial Assembly; restriction of town meetings; quatering of soldiers wherever the British allowed
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The hostilities between Britain and colonies came to a head at this battle, also known as 'Shots heard round the world?
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Unlike its southern counterparts, the majority of Englishmen that came to New England were?
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religious refugees
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Puritanas believed that an individual's salvation depended on?
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Predestination.
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Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson established what colony?
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Rhode Island
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In the massachusetts bay colony, freeman status was given to males who were?
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Church members
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Salem Witch Trials occured in what colony?
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
