Creating Anglo America Ch3 – Flashcards
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"Anglicization" meant all of the following EXCEPT:
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colonists imported the latest London fashions and literature.
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What was the Covenant Chain?
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an alliance made by the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy
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Pennsylvania's treatment of Native Americans was unique in what way?
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Pennsylvania purchased Indian land that was then resold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other colonies.
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The biggest reason Jews left Europe was:
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to escape rigid religious restrictions in German-speaking areas of Europe.
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During the colonial era, Philadelphia:
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became home to a varied population of artisans and craftsmen.
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As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects on women?
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Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home.
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Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies because:
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the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time.
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What was the impact of King Philip's War (1675-1676)?
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In the long run the war produced a broadening of freedom for whites in New England.
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Which man was once a slave, only to be freed and own slaves himself?
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Anthony Johnson
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According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:
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the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power.
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The first English Navigation Act, adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:
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aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.
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By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:
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were found in many colonial residents' homes.
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According to New England Puritans, witchcraft:
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resulted from pacts that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes.
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Which of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England?
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a woman beyond childbearing age who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband
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All of the following were factors enticing migration to the British colonies EXCEPT:
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The correct answer is: cheap and safe transatlantic transportation.
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Captain Jacob Leisler, the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689:
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was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years.
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Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692?
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The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others.
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The Glorious Revolution witnessed uprisings in colonial America, including ones in:
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New York and Maryland.
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North American crops and products:
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were part of a commercial trade network that knitted together a far-flung empire.
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William Penn was a member of which religious group?
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Quakers
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"Enumerated" goods:
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were colonial products, such as tobacco and sugar, that first had to be imported to England
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What role did Native Americans play in British imperial wars during the eighteenth century?
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They did much of the fighting in the wars.
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Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?
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They controlled colonial government.
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Bacon's Rebellion was a response to:
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worsening economic conditions in Virginia.
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Once Massachusetts became a royal colony in 1691:
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it was required to abide by the English Act of Toleration, which displeased many Puritan leaders.
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What was William Penn's most fundamental principle?
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religious freedom
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The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina:
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proposed a feudal society in the New World, complete with hereditary nobility.
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As accusations and executions multiplied in Salem, what was the long-term impact of the witchcraft trials there?
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As accusations and executions multiplied in Salem, what was the long-term impact of the witchcraft trials there?
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Who finally ended the Salem witch trials?
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the Massachusetts governor
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The German migration to the English colonies:
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Led to the formation of many farming communities.
