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James I:

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confronted a Church of England divided between Puritans and Anglicans.

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Charles I:

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disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640.

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

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increased the power of Parliament.

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

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There was an expanding population of beggars and vagabonds.

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

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financial profit.

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One outstanding characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was:

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the high mortality rate among its settlers.

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

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the assistance they received from the Indians.

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As Jamestown's leader, Captain John Smith:

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made the colonists work in order to eat.

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In 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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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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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 affected the American colonies by:

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permitting the colonies to essentially govern themselves.

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The colonies established after the Restoration were all:

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proprietary colonies.

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

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Barbados.

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

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deerskins.

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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 following statements is NOT true of the Dutch administration of New Netherland

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It encouraged the development of a democratic society.

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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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fur

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Puritans sought to have Indians:

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moved to "praying towns."

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For the Pequots, 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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The major cause of King Philip's War was:

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Indian resentment over forced conversions to Christianity.

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Metacomet:

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was the Indian principal behind King Philip's War.

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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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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 with Christianity in Africa.

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By the early eighteenth century, the English colonies in North America:

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were the most populous and prosperous on the continent.

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