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James I:

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confronted the church of England that was divided between Puritans and Anglicans

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Charles I:

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disbanded Parliament from 1629 - 1640

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688

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temporarily abolished the monarchy

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For the English preparing to colonize America, one model of settlement was provided by their country's prior experience in:

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Ireland

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Early society in the 1600's

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had a growing population of beggars and vagabonds

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The stockholders who invested in the Virginia Company were motivated primarily by:

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financial profit

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One outstanding characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was:

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the high mortality rate among its settlers

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One of the important factors aiding the survival of the early Jamestown settlers was:

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the assistance they received from the natives

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As Jamestown's leader, John Smith:

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made the colonists work in order to eat

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During the 'Starving time' of 1609-1610, Jamestown settlers:

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ate horse, dog, rats, boots, and mice

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The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from:

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tobacco

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Pocahontas:

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was the favorite daughter of Powhatan

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The man who became the head of the Virginia Company of London in 1618 and instituted a series of reforms to save the colony was:

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Sir Edwin Snadys

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The head right system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:

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giving 50 acres of land to anyone who transported himself to the colony and 50 more for any servants he might bring

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In 1624, a British court dissolved the struggling Virginia Company, and Virginia:

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became a royal colony

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Sir William Berkeley:

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arrived as Virginia's royal governor in 1642

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Nathaniel Bacon did NOT

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have a close relationship with Governor Berkeley

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By the early 1700s, English merchants in the Carolinas established a thriving trade with southern Indians for:

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deerskins

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Bacon's Rebellion

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brought indentured servants and small farmers together against the colony's right planters and political leaders

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Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:

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ex-convicts

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Maryland sought to learn from the mistakes of Jamestown by:

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recruiting a more committed group of colonists

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The early settlers of New England differed from those of the Chesapeake by being primarily:

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middle class

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The English Puritans:

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opposed Catholic elements in the church of England

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Pilgrims were NOT

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a sect of radical Catholics

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The Mayflower Compact

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provided the original government for the plymouth colony

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Throughout New England, Congregational churches were:

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self-governing

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When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill" he was referring to that colony's desire to:

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serve as model Christian community

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Anne Hutchinson was kicked out of Massachusetts for:

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challenging the authority of male ministers

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After 1644, the right to vote in Massachusetts Bay was restricted to those who:

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were members of the Puritan church

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Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after he:

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had been banished from Massachusetts for his religious beliefs

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Roger Williams believed:

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that it was wrong to confiscate indian land

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The English Civil War affected the American colonies by:

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permitting the colonies to essentially govern themselves

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The colonies established after the restoration were all:

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proprietary colonies

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A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:

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barbados

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In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of

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salving activities

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The Dutch Administration of New Netherland did NOT

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encouraged the development of a democratic society

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One of the important reasons why England took New Netherland from the Dutch was because of:

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it's location at the mouth of the Hudson River

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The first Jews in the colonies

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arrived in New Netherland

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English Quakers did NOT

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follow charismatic preachers

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The colony of Pennsylvania was

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open to all religious believers

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Georgia did NOT

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succeed in keeping out slavery

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The first commercially important natural resource in the Indian-English dynamic was

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furs

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Puritans sought to have Indians:

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move to 'prayer towns'

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For the Pequots, the result of the 1637 war that they fought wit their New England settlers was:

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slaughter and enslavement

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A major cause of King Philip's War was:

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Indian Resentment over forced conversions to Christianity

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Metacomet:

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was the indian principal behind King Philip's war

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Iroquois League was NOT

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primarily based along the Mississippi River

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Slavery in America

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"Family slavery" was having slaves and masters living under the same roof

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African slaves did NOT

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have a long history with Christianity in Africa

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By the early 18th century, the English colonies in North America:

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were the most populous and prosperous in the continent

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