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True or False: Englishman had a very well-developed sense of liberty as a result of the Magna Carta and the establishment of Parliament.

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True

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True or False: As a result of the Glorious Revolution, England abolished the monarchy and became a republic.

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False

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True or False: The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company.

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True

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True or False: Sir Edwin Sandys took over the Virginia Company in 1618 and instituted important changes that stabilized the colony.

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True

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True or False: By the mid-1670s, many of Virginia's free white adult males owned no land, and squatting became a significant problem.

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True

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True or False: Nathaniel Bacon was an indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion.

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False

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True or False: Because of its harsh winters, New England had a death rate that was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.

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False

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True or False: After being banished from Massachusetts because of his strict interpretation of the Puritan faith, Roger Williams founded Rhode Island.

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True

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True or False: The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina established a formal nobility and provided for religious toleration.

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True

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True or False: Peter Stuyvent was the defiant governor of Rhode Island.

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False

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True or False: New Netherland became one of the most ethically diverse American colonies.

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True

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True or False: Delaware was originally part of Pennsylvania.

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True

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True or False: The Indian wars of the mid-1670s cost proportionally more casualties than any other American war.

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True

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True or False: One in six captives died during the Middle Passage.

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True

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True or False: As a result of the Christianity that was forced upon African slaves, the fundamental theme of slave religion was deliverance.

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True

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James 1:

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

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Charles 1:

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Disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640

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The Glorious Revolution:

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increased the power of Parliament

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

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Ireland

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Which is true of the English society by the early 1600s?

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There was 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 morality 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 Indians

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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 horses, dogs, 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 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 Sandys

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The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:

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giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and fifty 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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Which of the following was NOT true of Nathaniel Bacon:

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he had 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 colonies' rich planters and political leaders

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Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:

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English Catholics

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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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All of the following are true of the Pilgrims EXCEPT that they:

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were 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 a 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 a 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 opinions

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Roger Williams believed:

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that it was wrong to confiscate Indian lands

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The English Civil War effected 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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slaving activity

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Which of the statements is NOT true of the Dutch administration of New Netherland:

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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:

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of its 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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All of the following are true of the English Quakers EXCEPT that they:

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followed charismatic preachers

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The colony of Pennsylvania was:

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open to all religious believers

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Which of the following is NOT true of Georgia:

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it succeeded 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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moved to praying towns

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For the Pecos, the result of the 1637 war that they fought with 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 principle behind King Philip's War

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Iroquois league:

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was primarily based on the Mississippi River

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Which of the following statements is true of the Institution of slavery in the American colonies:

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family slavery was having slaves and masters living under the same roof

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of Africans as slaves:

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they had a long history of 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 on the continent

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William Bradford- what colony

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Plymouth

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Cecilius Calvert- what colony

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Maryland

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eight lords proprietors- what colony

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Carolina

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George Carteret- what colony

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New Jersey

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Peter Stuyvent- what colony

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New Netherland

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James Oglethorpe- what colony

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Georgia

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William Penn- what colony

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Pennsylvania

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John Smith- what colony

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Virginia

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Roger Williams- what colony

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Rhode Island

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John Winthrop- what colony

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Massachusetts Bay

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