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All of the following were orginal territories of North America Indian populations within the current borders of the US

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North east, southeast, great plains, great basin, plateau, California

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The origins of the modern plantation system can be found in the

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Portuguese slave trade

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Spain began to fortify and settle its north American border lands in order to

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Protect its central south American domains from England and France

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Which of the following is the false concept, which held that the Spanish conquerors merely tortured and butchered the Indians, stole their gold, infected them with smallpox, and left little but misery behind?

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Black legend

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The English treatment of the Irish, under the reign of Elizabeth I, can be described as

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violent and unjust

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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Reformation, (B) founding of Jamestown, (C) Restoration, (D) defeat of the Spanish Armada, (E) colony of Georgia founded

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A,D,B,C,E

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The spirit of the English on the eve of colonization included all of the following

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restlessness. self-confidence, curiosity, thirst for adventure

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The Virginia Charter guaranteed that the English settlers in the New World would

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retain the rights of Englishmen

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Chief Powhatan had Captain John Smith kidnapped in order to

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impress Smith with the chief's power

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Despite its problems, Maryland had prospered, and like Virginia it

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depended for labor in its early years mainly on white indentured servants

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All of the English plantation colonies in the south

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slavery

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Puritan religious beliefs allowed all of the following except

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challenging religious authority

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Roger William's beliefs include all of the following except

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demanding oaths regarding religious beliefs

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the headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

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giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America

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Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because

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Southern men frequently died young

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The Salem with trials were

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opposed by the more responsible members of the clergy

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the late seventeenth century rebellion in new york was headed by ______, whereas that in Maryland was led by

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Jacob Leisler, Protestants

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the most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was

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lumbering

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the Molasses Act of 1733 was intended to

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inhibit colonial trade with the french west indies

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When william pitt beacme prime minister during the seven years' war, he

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focused his military strategy on the capture of French Canada

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when colonists shouted "no taxation without representation", they were denying Parliament's power to

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levy revenue raising taxes on the colonies

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Colonists objected to the enactment of the Stamp Act in 1765 because

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Parliament passed the tax, not the colonists

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At the outset of the American War of independence

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Washington and his army escaped New York because of British General Howe's caution

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When the second continental congress met in 1775

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well defined sentiment for independence

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the colonial army eventually lost the battle of bunker hill because its troops were

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short of gunpowder

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in march 1776, this event is still celebrated today and it is known as evacuation day. what happened on this day

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british evacuation of boston

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jefferson was selected to draft the declaration of independence beacuse

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he was already recognized as a brilliant writer

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France came to America's aid in the revolution because

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it wanted revenge against the british

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when the alliance with france was formalized, the americans were able to gain all of the following

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gain access to large sums of money, double the size of their fighting forces, avail themselves of french naval strength, gain immense amounts of equipment

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the new constitution established the idea that the only legitimate government was one based on

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the consent of the governed

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the aspect of hamilton's financial program that received the least support in congress, because of its heavy agricultural and commercial interests, was

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the protective tariff

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Opposition by thomas Jefferson and james madison to the financial plan of alexander hamilton resulted in

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the formation of permanent political parties

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arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) XYZ affair, (B) Neutrality Proclamtion, (C) Jay's Treaty, (D) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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B,C,A,D

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In Jay's Treaty, the British

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promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the old northwest

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one of george washington's most significant contributions as president was

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keeping the nation out of foriegn wars

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jay's treaty contained all of the following provisions

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a british promise to evacuate the northwest, british consent to pay damages to US ships, US pay debts to British

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foreign relations between the US and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over

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French seizure of US merchant ships

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Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less than armies because they

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could not march inland and endanger liberties

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the war of 1812 was notable in the history of american warfare because

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first test of country's strength, navy heavy

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in the 1820s and 1830s, the public's attitude regarding political parties

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accepted the sometimes wild contentiousness of political life

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Black legend

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false notion that spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians and steal their gold in the name of christ

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Pueblo Indians

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were not as developed as Aztecs easily subdued by europeans

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sea dogs

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sir francis drake; plundered spanish ships for elizabeth I

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ireland

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the war strategies used against the revolting Catholic Irish were later used by Lord De La War against the Indians

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jamestown

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first successful attempt at english colonization

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salutary neglect

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relaxed royal control over the colonies, taught the colony how to survive on its own

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conversions

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intense religious experience that made someone a part of the "elect"

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Proclamation of 1763

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prohibited settlement beyond the appalachians

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loyalists

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americans who were loyal to british

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hessians

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german mercenaries hired by british, made americans angrier

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republican motherhood

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elevated women to a higher role by keeping the nation's conscience

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state sovereignty

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established republican views, basis of deomcracy

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