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by the time the Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere in the 1490s, most Native Americans lived in and along which of the following regions?

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Mesoamerica

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Which of the following describes the first ancestors of the Native American peoples?

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migrants who came over land from northeaster Asia

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Which of the following describes the first peoples who migrated to the Americas?

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hunter-gatherers

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What was the foundation for the prosperous Native American societies in Mexico, Peru, and the Mississippi River Valley?

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dense populations; productive agriculture; aggressive bureaucratic state

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Which of the following statements describes the Mayan peoples?

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they devised a calendar system that predicted solar and lunar eclipses accurately

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The Aztecs liver in which of the following present-day locals?

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Mexico

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The Hohokams, Mogollon, and Anasazi peoples who lived in present-day Arizona and New Mexico around A.D. 1000 are all...

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Pueblo people

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Which of the following was a characteristic of both the Mississippian and Pueblo peoples?

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used Maize agriculture

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Which of the Pueblo peoples built hundreds of miles of straight roads across the desert in the American Southwest to facilitate trade?

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Anasazis

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The Native American settlement known as Cahokia was a...

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center for Mississippian culture and had smaller satellite communities

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Which of the following statements describes Native American peoples east of the Mississippi River?

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they had no single style of political organization

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Which of the following was a characteristic of the Aztec, Mayan, and the Iroquois civilizations?

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reliance on agriculture

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which of the following describes trading relationships among Native Americans in the period before European contact?

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there was expansive trading networks that spanned great distances

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Which of the following describes family life among Native Americans?

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they lives in small kingdoms, duchies, and republics

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Which of the following features characterized most Native North Americans' spiritual views and practices?

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animism

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which of the following statements describes the status of European monarchs in 1450?

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authority of monarchs was often challenged by local nobles

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The social order in Europe around 1450 can be described as

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hierarchical and authoritarian

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which or the following characteristics did traditional European, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations of the fifteenth century hold in common?

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each was a hierarchical society in which authority named from above

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Typically, when an English woman of the fifteenth century married, she...

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owned property jointly with her husband

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Which of the following is the name of European practice wherein the eldest son inherited nearly all of his father's estate?

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promogentive

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In 1450, the majority of European men where which of the following?

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peasants

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On the eve of European colonization of the Americans, most Western Europeans lived in...

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small, relatively isolated rural communities

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The European Renaissance began in 1300 in which of the following countries?

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Italy

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Which of the following Renaissance-era ideologies celebrated public virtue and service to the state?

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civic humanism

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Which European nation was the first to involve itself in exploration of the Atlantic as a route to Asia and the African slave trade?

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Portugal

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Merchants from which of the following countries made inroads in the Arab-dominated trade routes of the Mediterranean in the twelfth century?

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Italy

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The rise of commerce in most of Europe in the fifteenth century shifted the balance of power by favoring which of the following groups?

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monarchs

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Which Europeans were represented by guilds in the fifteenth century?

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artisans

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As it gained power in Europe, Roman and medieval Catholicism contended with pre-Christian festivals and agricultural cycle by

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Integrating them into biblical teachings and Christian holy days

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Why were the crusades, which took place between 1096 and 1291 A.D., significant in Europe?

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the expeditions exposed Europeans to Arab trade, goods, and their classical heritage

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Which of the following was a result of the Crusades, which took place between 1096 and 1291 A.D.?

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western European merchants gained awareness of Asian trade routes

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The first phase of the Reformation in the 1500s had its greatest success in which of the following countries?

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Germany

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Martin Luther advocated which of the following ideas?

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the catholic church was corrupt and needed a reform

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John Calvin and Calvinist theologians of the 1500s stressed which of the following ideas?

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the doctrine of predestination

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In West Africa, the Ghana Empire (800 A.D. to 1200 A.D.), the Mali Empire (1200s to the 1400s), and the fifteenth-century Songhai Empire shared which of the following characteristics?

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Use of gold as cornerstone of their power

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Most of the people living in West Africa when European trade Began in the early fifteenth century were

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animists

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Which of the following factors prevented Europeans from seeking to conquer territory in Africa in the 15th century?

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coastal kingdoms were too well defended

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which of the following statements describes a Portuguese connection to African slavery in the 1400s

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Portuguese traders ousted Arab merchants as the prime African slave merchants

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Why was the 15th century marriage of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain significant?

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together they completed Spain's long campaign to oust Muslims

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On October 12, 1492 Columbus, his men, and ships reached...

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an island in the Bahamas

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why Christopher Columbus faded from public view by the time he died in 1506

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he failed to find great treasures or kingdoms

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which of the following factors eased the Spaniards conquest of the Aztecs in the 16th century?

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The internal fighting among workers over succession to the empire's thrown

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which of the following motivations drove the Spanish conquistadors who followed Columbus to the Americas in the early 16th century?

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their thirst for battle and riches as well as land in the conquered territory and titles of nobility

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which of the following statements describes the impact of the Columbian exchange?

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it transported livestock, crops, and diseases among Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas

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why did the number of Indians living in Mesoamerica decline from about 30 million in the 15th century to proximately 3 million by 1560?

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disease carried by europeans decimated most Indian tribes who came into contact with them

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which of the following explores is correctly matched with his area of exploration ?

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Cortés- conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico

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why were modern day country of Mexico and Peru originally Spain's most significant conquests?

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The Inca, Aztecs and Mayans had great wealth, particularly gold.

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which of the following statements characterizes the legacy of the Spanish conquest in the New World in the 16th century?

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The Spanish government and missionaries waged a campaign to suppress indigenous cultures

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during most of the 16th century, which of the following was the wealthiest nation in Europe?

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Spain

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how did the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro conquer the Incans by 1535?

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The Incan had already a weekended military and divided because of rival claimants to the throne

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in the 16th century, the Spanish crown granted ecomiendas to which of the following groups?

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Indians who converted to Catholicism

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The encomienas granted by the Spanish crown in the 16th century consisted of...

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legal control over American land and Incan labor

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by the mid 1500s, Spain's main goal in North America was to

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maintain its dominance and power in the region

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which of the following diseases were introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus's sailors after their journey to the Americas in the 4090s?

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syphilis

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which of the following statements describes the significance of the arrival of new world crops, including Maize and potatoes, and Europe and Asia after the 1500s?

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American crops increased agricultural yield and population growth in the old world

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what causes Spanish Netherlands to revolt against Spanish rule in 1566?

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Dutch protestants desire to protect their faith

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King Henry VIII started the English reformation by

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declaring himself supreme head of the church of England

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which of the following was an outcome of Elizabeth I's compromise on the church of England in the late 1500s?

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Angered the English people that supported radical Protestantism

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The main motive for king Philip II's attack on England and 1588 was to

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eradicate protestantism in England and Holland

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200,000 Spaniards from Castile migrated to America in the 1500s in order to escape

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high taxes on agriculture and military service

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why was the influence of American gold and silver into the English economy during the 16th century significant?

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increase power for nobles and House of Lords

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which of the following is true of the English outwork textile industry that emerged around 1500?

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landless peasants and small cottages spun and a wove wool into cloth

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Portuguese colonists in Brazil in the 16th century created an industry based on which of these resources?

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sugar

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which of the following groups provided the labor for Brazil's profitable plantations in 1620?

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African slaves

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which of the following statements describes the English migrants who initially settled into Jamestown colony in the early 1600s?

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early Jamestown settlers expected to profit from gold and Indian labor

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Powhatan, leader of a confederation of about two dozen tribes in Virginia...

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treated the English as a potential Ally and attempted to integrate them into his chiefdom

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what accounted for the uneasy relations that persisted between Powhatan's people and the Jamestown settlers for more than a decade after 1607?

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both groups cannot reach agreement about who would pay tribute to whom

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The economic likelihood of a Virginia colony in the 1700s depending on which of the following products?

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tobacco

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Which of the following developments foster the flow of migrants into the Virginia colony between 1617 and 1622?

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The Virginia company began to allow individual settlers to own land

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what is that did American tobacco have an England during the early colonial period?

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The English developed a huge appetite for tobacco, which stimulated the English economy and bolstered England's treasury

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which of the following was the outcome of the surprise Indian attack on the Virginia colony in 1622?

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James I revoked the Virginia company's charter and made it a royal colony

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which of the following characteristics was a common feature of royal colonies throughout English America in the 17th century?

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appointed governor's, elected assembly's, and established Anglican church

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Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of Maryland, establish that colony as a haven for

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catholics

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which of the following describes a colony of Maryland, founded in 1632?

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tobacco production shape it's economy and social structures

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which of the following statements accurately characterizes life in the 17th century North American plantation colonies?

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disease took such a toll that most children lost at least one parent before their 13th birthday

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in North America's plantation colonies, most indentured servants

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did not escape from poverty

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in which of the following ways did the plantation colonies of Barbados differ from those in Chesapeake in the 17th century?

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The Chesapeake adopted slavery gradually and the Barbados did so quickly

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in which of the following statements describes Africans in Virginia after the 1660s?

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africans found themselves more entrenched in slavery as a permanent condition

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in contrast to the Spanish missionaries in the 16th century, the 17 century French jesuits

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try to understand the Indians values and worldview

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which of the following factors encourage migrants to New France in the 17th century?

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generous terms for indentured servitude

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how was conization somewhere for the French and Spanish?

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The French and Spanish aimed to Christianize the native peoples

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which of the following describes the Dutch colony of New Netherland and 17 century?

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The venture failed to attract many settlers

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which of the following native groups capitalized on its geographic location in Central New York and remained a significant political force in North America long after colonize Asian?

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Iroquois

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Why did Plymouth begin to thrive after its first year while Jamestown struggled for many years?

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the religious discipline of the Plymouth settlers encouraged their stronger work ethic

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When they settled in the New World in 1630, the Puritans' first priority was to...

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create a reformed society that modeled true Christianity in America

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John Winthrop's phrase \"City upon a Hill\" referred to which of the following colonies?

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Massachusetts Bay

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For which of the following reasons was Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts Bay in 1636?

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The puritan minister condemned the separation of church and state

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Anna Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts Bay for

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teaching that believers did not need to obey church rules

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Which of the following New England colonies required church membership in order to be able to vote?

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Massachusetts

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What caused the Puritans', \" errand into the wilderness\" to become permanent?

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the failure of the English Revolution

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The worldview of devout Puritans such as cotton Mather was based on which of the following?

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supernatural forces

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why did the largest land holdings in the 17 century New England towns usually belong to the wealthier families?

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meant of higher social status tended to receive the largest land grants from the town

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which of the following was characteristic of both Massachusetts Bay in Connecticut colonies?

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their governments or controlled by Len holding aristocracy

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how did the Puritans justify their invasion of the Native Americans land in the 17th century

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they interpreted epidemics that devastated Native American populations as a favorable sign from God

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which of the following statements is true of Metacom's War ( king Phillip's war )which took place in 1675 to 1676?

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The war was the last attempt to save Indian and culture in New England

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which is the following statements describes life in the Chesapeake region after 1660?

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A wealthy, planter - merchant , elite dominated the Chesapeake economy and owned almost half of the land of Virginia

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why was the William Berkeley significant in the Chesapeake region in the 17 century?

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his political favoritism during his government aroused great resentment in Virginia

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which of the following was a consequence of Bacons rebellion of the 1670s?

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slavery began to replace indentured servitude

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how are the Indian uprising in 1622 and the Bacon's rebellion of 1675 to 1676 similar

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The rebellions lead to changes in the structure of the colonies government

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how are the Spanish conquistadors, Nathaniel bacon's frontiersman, and the Puritans similar?

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all treated the Native Americans brutally

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which of the following describes the character of Britain's empire in America before 1660?

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The British ruled in a haphazard and lax manner

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which of the following is true of the restoration colonies in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Carolinas and 1660s?

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they were created by Charles II to expand English power in America

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which of the following statements describes a dominant approach to settlement in North Carolina and it's earlier's?

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The proprietors planned to set up a manorial system, but this plan failed

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where did the first colonists who settled South Carolina and introduce Racial slavery in the 1660s come from?

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Barbados

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which American colony was established in the 1660s as a haven for Quakers?

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Pennsylvania

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which of the following statements is true of the Quaker religion and the 1660s?

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it taught that God inbued man and woman with an \"inner light \" of grace

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The navigation acts, implemented in the American colonies by Britain in the mid-17th century, were originally intended to

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got the French and Dutch out of all the colonial trade

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The navigation acts of the mid-17th century included which of the following stipulations?

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European goods going to colonies had to go through England first

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which of the following was an outcome of the navigation acts in the mid-17th century?

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Colonists were required to export there sugar and tobacco to only England

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which of the following statements describes a change in English economic philosophy for the colonies beginning in the 1650s?

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The English controlled trade with the colonies due to discontent with a favorable balance of trade in Europe

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as part of its mercantilist policy in the late 17 century England committed which of the following actions?

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drove Dutch from new Netherlands

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which of the following events provoked a major crisis for Puritans in Massachusetts in the 17th century

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The Annulment of Massachusetts charter

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for which of the following reasons did Britain's king James II create Dominion of New England in 1686?

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to strengthen royal control over America

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for which of the following reasons did the 1686 Dominion of New England anger American colonists?

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it invalidated the Massachusetts Bay colony's original land titles

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which of the following occurred in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1686?

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Plymouth Maine and Massachusetts Bay were joint together to create a new royal colony

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in Maryland, the aftermath of the glorious Revolution was characterized by

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The establishment of the church of England of the official church

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which of the following describes the significance of the glorious Revolution of 1688 in England and America?

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The change represented a major step toward democracy

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which of the following describes the process of tribalization that occurred in America in the early 18 century

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natives re-organizing themselves into tribes to better deal with constant conflict which made it easier to strike alliances

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why was the Convenant chain between New York and the Iroquois people in the 18 century significant?

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it created a standard for relations between the British Empire and their native allies

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which of the following statements characterizes the impact of War for Spanish Succession (1702 to 1713) in the American Southeast?

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The Creek nation used European war to expand its power into northern Florida and North Carolina

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which of the following is true for Iroquois in New York during the period of imperial warfare in the early 18 century?

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The tribe allied themselves with France and Britain and declared their intention to remain neutral

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when the early 18 century Angelo - French wars temporarily ended with the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Britain had

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won major territorial and commercial gains, including new found land and Hudson Bay Region

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which agricultural product served as the foundation for South Atlantic system and 18 century?

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sugar

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which of the following areas imported the smallest number of slaves in the early 18 century?

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North America

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which of the following statements characterizes the impact of slave trade on Africa?

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slave trade hardened African class divisions and changed gender relations

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which of the following statements characterizes African states' involved in Atlantic slave trade it?

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The Asante Kings used profits from the slave trade it to expand their dominions

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The transatlantic slave trade resulted in which of the following outcomes in the 18 century?

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the emergence of polygamous marriage in many African societies

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The term middle passage refers to which to the following?

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African slave's perilous trans transatlantic journey to the Americas

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which of the following statements characterizes life for slaves in the west Indies in the 1700s?

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because the price of sugar was high and the price of slaves was low, slaves worked to death

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which of the following occurred as a consequence of the tobacco \"revolution\" in Virginia and Maryland in the late 17 century?

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The creation of a slave based plantation economy

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which of the following characterized tobacco ,rice , and sugar production in 18th century America?

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each drove the slave trade for a time

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what method did Chesapeake planters use in the early 18 century to prevent slave revolts?

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they bought slaves of different ethnic backgrounds to make it harder to band together

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which of the following explains why Chesapeake planters treated their slaves less harshly than West Indian planters in the 18th-century?

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profits on sugar were much higher than those made in the tobacco industry

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which of the following statements describes slaves lives in North American colonies in the 18 century?

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slaves continued the ritual scarring practices that originated in many African tribes.

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The extent of violence perpetrated by whites again slaves in any particular geographic area depending on which of the following factors?

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it's population density

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what spurred slaves to organize the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina and 1739?

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The Spanish government in Florida promised freedom to fugitive slaves

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How did South Carolina planters respond in the aftermath of Stono Rebellion in 1739?

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the planters decided to import fewer Africans

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Which of the following was true of slavery in the American colonies in the eighteenth century?

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For some noteworthy rebellions slaves rarely rebelled or even dissented

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Which of the following changes occurred in white society of Chesapeake colonies at the same time that slavery was being forced on Africans?

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a more rigid class structure with a well-defined and highly visible economic and political elite began to emerge

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During the period between 1676 and 1750, how did Virginia gentry try to reduce social discontent?

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urged even small landholders to purchase slaves and thus support slavery

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People from which of the following groups modeled themselves after the English aristocracy in the first half of the eighteenth century?

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New York Yeomen

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by the middle of the 18th century, Chesapeake planters displayed their dominance through

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fertility

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which of the following combinations describes wealthy Chesapeake in southern women in the first half of the 18th century

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deferential

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which of the following statements characterizes the colonial shipbuilding industry during the early 18 century?

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most shipbuilding took place in New Jersey and Connecticut

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in the mid-1700s how were the English colonies throughout the British Atlantic empire primarily linked?

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trade

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The British colonists and 18 century North America enjoyed a significant degree of autonomy over their royal governor is mainly due to

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their control over governor's salaries

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what did the British policy of salutary neglect of the American colonies in the early 18 century mean?

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The British relaxes their supervision of the colonies internal affairs while concentrating on defense and trade policies

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for which of the following reasons did war break out between England and Spain the late 1730s?

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Spain was angry over the English settlement of Georgia

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Americans major objection to the navigation act related to which of the following stipulations?

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The requirement that Americans maintain a fair balance of trade with England

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which of the following statements characterize the currency problems that plagued the American colonies in the early and mid 18th century ?

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The lack of currency in the colonies led new England states to issue paper money which English creditors increasingly refuse to except

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which of the following characterized the new England freehold society of the early 18 century?

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many relatively equal land and families whose livelihoods came from agriculture and trade

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how do you farmwives throughout the colonies and 18 century contribute to their families?

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wives acted as helpmates to their husbands and performed both domestic and agriculture tasks

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which of the following statements describes the relationship of typical New England woman at the church in the 18 century?

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woman and men joint church in equal numbers but men dominated leadership

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which of the following statements best describes women's property rights in the English colonies in the 18th century?

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when they married woman passed legal ownership of all her personal property to her husband's

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which of the following statements best describes inheritance patterns in colonial new England during the mid-1700s?

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well there is had a cultural duty to provide inheritances for their children

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in 18 century new England, the notion that parents will pay grown children for their past labors in exchange for the privilege of choosing the children spouses was known as

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The marriage portion

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which of the following statements describes rural life in the new England colonies during the 18th-century?

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colonists sense of personal worth and dignity in rural New England contrasted sharply with European peasant life

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which of the following developments created a crisis for new England Puritan society in the 18 century?

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population growth made freehold land scarce

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which of the following was a result of long-practice policy of subdividing land in New England for inheritance by the mid-1700s?

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The number of children conceived before marriage row sharply

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which of the following was an outcome of New England families efforts to maintain the freeholder ideal in the late 18th century?

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farmers abandoned traditional grain crops and adopted life stock agriculture instead

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which of the following statements describes the role of money and economic exchange in the 18th century rural New England?

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generally no money was exchanged between relatives and neighbors but debts were maintained and settled every few years by cash transfers.

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in New York during the first half of the 18th century, settlement of the Hudson River Valley showed which of the following patterns?

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The Dutch manorial system largely remained intact with a few wealthy and powerful Dutch and English landlords dominating poor tentant families

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which of the following statements characterizes the nature of colonial Pennsylvania during the 18 century?

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The growing wheat trade in the mid-18 century brought anninfux of poor families which increased social divisions.

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which of the following features characterized the Middle Atlantic colonies of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the 18 century?

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cultural diversity

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which of the following 18th century Pennsylvania immigrants quickly lost its cultural identity by practicing intermarriage with other protestants?

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Dutch Huguenots

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what did the German immigrants known as redemptioners do on their arrival in Pennsylvania in the 18 century?

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they negotiated the terms for a period of servitude through which they would pay for their trip

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The most numerous voluntary non-slave immigrants to British North America in the 18 century came from which of the following groups?

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Scots - Irish

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which of the following statements characterizes 18th century religious practice in Pennsylvania?

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each religious sect enforced moral behavior among its members

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The political conflicts that wracked colonial Pennsylvania in the middle of the 18 century stemmed from which of the following sources?

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rapid immigration and population growth

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why was the print revolution that occurred in the colonies during the early 18 century significant?

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pruning allowed got the broad transmissions of new ideas

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which of the following individuals created the foundation for that Enlightenment thinking?

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Nicholas Copernicus

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The English philosopher John Locke believed the following ideas?

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people have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property

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The power of human reason, a world ordered by natural laws, and the progressive improvement of society are associated with which of the following movements?

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The enlightenment

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puritan minister Cotton Mather's response to which of the following 18th century crisis demonstrated that enlightenment ideas had begun to influence them?

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The Boston smallpox epidemic

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influenced by enlightenment science, which of the following religious movements believed that God had created the world but allowed it to operate in accordance with the laws of nature?

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Deists

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how did the Pietism movement of the 18 century differ from puritanism?

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pietism stressed an individuals relationship with God

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which of these individuals would've most likely preferred Pietism to deism in the 18 century?

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The middle Atlantic colonies because of pietism originated in Germany and there was a lot of German immigrants

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what made George Whitefield such a successful evangelical preacher in new England in the 1740s?

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A reputation for being \"almost angelical\" an appearance

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which of the following statements describes the religious controversy that emerged from the Great Awakening during the 1740s and 1750s?

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The old lights prohibited traveling preachers from speaking to a congregation without its minister permission

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during the great awakening in the 1730s and 1740s which of the following groups challenge that authority of ministers?

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New lights

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which of the following colleges was founded in the mid-18 century out of religious enthusiasm spread by the great awakening?

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Princeton

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The 18 century great awakening was impetuous from which of the following phenomena?

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African-Americans created of a distinctive Protestant Christianity

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which of these religious denominations successfully converted many slaves in the mid-18 century southern colonies?

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baptists

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why did the Virginia gentry fear the rise of Baptists in the mid-18 century?

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they threatened to undermine the gentry's position and privilege

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which of the following consequences of the 18 century great awakening made it historically significant?

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Americans new freedom to challenge authority within and outside the church

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which of the following 18 century movements posed a significant challenge to traditional assumptions about race, gender, and class in the American society?

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The great awakening

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The French and Indian war started as a result of disputed land claims regarding

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Ohio River Valley

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hostilities between French troops and Virginians led by Colonel George Washington began in 1754 in which of the following locations?

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Fort Duquesne

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how did the British government respond to hostilities in America in 1754?

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William Pitt and Lord Halifax persuaded prime minister Pelham to start a war America against the French

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what made the British authorities wary of declaring war against the French and North American 1754?

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they believed American colonists were incapable of cooperating in their own defense

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The 1754 Albany Congress was a significant event because it demonstrated that

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neither the colonies nor the British found the other plans acceptable

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The group that came to be known as the Cajuns after the Great War for Empire were

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French settlers expelled by the British from Nova Scotia and deported to Louisiana

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which of the following was part of William Pitt strategy to mobilize the American colonists for the great war for empire in 1756?

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committing to provide a fleet of British ships and 30,000 soldiers to North America

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which of the following is a provision of the treaty of Paris in 1763?

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France lost all of her mother American territory east of the Mississippi River

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in the mid-1700s which industrializing nation was a dominant commercial power in the Atlantic ocean

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England

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which of the following statements describes the early industrial revolution and it's impact in the American colonies in the 18 century

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Britain's new ability to produce more and cheaper goods than ever before transformed American markets and raised most colonists standard way of living

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what specific purpose did the colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia serve for the British Empire in the 18 century?

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their wheat crops made them the bread basket of the Atlantic ocean

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which of the following developments was an outcome of the 18 century consumer revolution

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The colonies became more dependent on overseas credits and markets

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Pontiac's uprising in Detroit in 1763 was a direct cause of which of the following events?

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The royal proclamation of 1763

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which of the following problems trouble both eastern migrants and Western settlers in the American colonies in the mid-1770s?

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competition for land

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