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Virginia Dare of Roanoke Island was the first British child born in the New World

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True

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The original Spanish settlement of New Mexico

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was led by Juan de Oñate

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A major reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was

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storms in the North Sea

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The brutal and exploitative systems that the Spanish implemented in the New World were largely the work of Bartolomé de Las Casas.

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False

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The Aztecs

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had an empire of 371 city-states in thirty-eight provinces.

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Mexica tribes were deeply spiritual and incorporated human sacrifice into their religious worship.

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True

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Ferdinand Magellan's ship was the first to sail around the world

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False

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All of the following was true of Bartolomé de Las Casas, EXCEPT that he

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considered natives to be naturally inferior peoples.

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Which country did Sir Walter Raleigh argue should establish colonies in the New World?

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England

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Pueblos were communities built by the Aztecs on cliffsides

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False

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European exploration of the Americas was greatly assisted by:

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new sailing technologies.

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680

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It led the Spaniards to immediately colonize Texas and California.

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Around 1500 B.C.E., which group in Middle America (Mesoamerica) began developing large cities, including gigantic pyramids?

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Mayas

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The New World was named for the Portuguese-sponsored explorer Amerigo Vespucci

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True

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John Cabot's crossing of the Atlantic in 1497 resulted in his

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making landfall in present-day Canada.

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The first Europeans to sail around Africa and on to India were the

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Portuguese

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The explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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was lost at sea

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The Spanish Empire began a precipitous decline because

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it became overly dependent on extraction of wealth

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Pocahontas

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was the favorite daughter of Powhatan

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Puritans sought to have Indians

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moved to "praying towns

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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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Bacon's Rebellion

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

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Iroquois League?

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They were primarily based along the Mississippi River.

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Nathaniel Bacon was an indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion

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False

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Peter Stuyvesant was the defiant governor of Rhode Island

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False

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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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Due to its harsh winters, New England's death rate was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.

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false

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The Mayflower Compact

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provided the original government for the Plymouth colony

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Metacomet:

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was the Indian principal behind King Philip's War

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The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from

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tobacco.

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Charles I:

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disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640.

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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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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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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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James I:

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confronted a Church of England divided between Puritans and Anglicans

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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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Throughout New England, Congregational churches were

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self-governing

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Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?

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Anglican

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Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England

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region's extensive forest

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Enlightenment thinkers such as Isaac Newton stressed the:

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ability of reason to discover the laws of the universe

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Throughout the colonies, husbands expected what from their wives?

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submission to their authority

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Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived:

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in communities where church and state were not separate

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Benjamin Franklin emphasized the Enlightenment in his:

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passion for science and experimentation

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New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood.

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True

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Eliza Pinckney could be called a modern woman living in the colonial world for the following reasons, EXCEPT that she:

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occupied a supervisory role over her male counterparts.

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One of the most controversial elements of the Great Awakening was:

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women who rose to speak during religious services

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regard to religion, women:

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more likely to be churchgoers than men.

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The best explanation for the Salem witch craze is:

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social division and anxieties within the village.

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Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women.

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True

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The largest number of German immigrants to the colonies settled in:

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Pennsylvania

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Which of the following is NOT true of early colonial slavery?

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All slaves could expect a lifetime in bondage.

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Education in the colonies was:

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usually seen as the responsibility of family and church.

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Which of the following was an advantage for women in North America regarding an expanding population?

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Women often had a child every two or three years before menopause.

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By the end of the colonial period, American cities:

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held no more than 10 percent of the total populati

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The covenant theory from which the Puritans drew their ideas contained:

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certain kernels of democracy in both church and state.

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During the eighteenth century, demand for slaves in the southern colonies declined slightly.

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False

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The events surrounding a suspected slave revolt in New York City in 1741 offer parallels to:

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he Salem witch craze.

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right to vote for members of the colonial assemblies was:

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extended to a greater proportion of the population than anywhere else in the world.

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French colonists in North America:

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established cooperative relations with the Indians

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Mercantilism involved:

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government's attempt to maintain a favorable balance of trade.

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Colonial royal governors:

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had veto power over colonial assemblies.

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The major objective of the Tea Act of 1773 was to

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bail out the East India Company

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As a result of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Britain acquired ________ from Spain.

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Florida

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By 1750, the French population in North America:

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Was vastly outnumbered by the English.

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The purpose of the Coercive Acts was to:

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punish Boston for the Tea Party

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Thomas Jefferson was the chief author (or "draftsman") of the Declaration of Independence.

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True

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The Dominion of New England:

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marked an attempt to bolster the authority of the Crown.

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All of the following are true of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, EXCEPT that it:

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secured American independence.

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When the British ship Gaspee ran aground in Rhode Island, the local population:

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burned it

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Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the power of the colonial assemblies generally declined.

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False

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John Locke's social contract theory of government argued that:

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men have certain rights in the state of nature, including the right to life, liberty, and property.

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John and Sam Adams, the "Patriot brothers of Philadelphia," urged their fellow colonists to reject the arguments of Common Sense.

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False

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All of the following were true of the early Revolution, EXCEPT that:

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Patriots were universally united behind the cause of independence

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As a result of the Boston Massacre:

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all but two of the British defendants were acquitted

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Townshend duties?

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The shipbuilding industry was hurt as imports and exports decreased.

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In 1678, a defiant Massachusetts legislature declared the Navigation Acts:

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as having no legal standing in the colony.

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The triumph of what Britain called the Great War saw Americans:

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celebrating as joyously as Londoners.

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Essay Question How did imperial economic administration and the structure of colonial politics contribute to the revolution?

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Prior to the seven years war colonies were protected from foreign invasion by the British military. They payed taxes but very few and could engage in domestic activity with interference from the British Government. The navigation act was set in place for all trade to go through Britain on British made boats only. As wars started taxation started going up as Britain's debt grew.

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How did the French and Indian War set the stage for revolution?

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The French and Indian War was an essential element to the revolution. Britain's economy was suffering because for the debt caused by the war, which led to higher taxation that angers the colonists from the beginning.

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How did British policy change after 1763?

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After 1763, the British Government began to repay the enormous war debt they incurred after the French and Indian War. Parliament felt that the American Colonies had a responsibility to repay this debt, and they began to tax colonies to pay for national defense.

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What were the main motivations and events that led to a break with the mother country?

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Stamp Act, Tea Act, Quartering Act Angered the colonies to have to keep paying for unnecessary things to pay for Britain's debt. They were so determined to quit paying taxation that the events of the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre happened. In return for those events the colonies were only punished more by the British Government with the Coercive Acts. But even though Britain though the punishment would end the colonies Spurs of independence, it only angered the colonist more.

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