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What 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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In the economic exchanges between the English colonists and eastern Native Americans

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Native Americans initially welcomed the colonists' goods

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What was true of warfare between colonists and Native Americans during the seventeenth century?

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among the colonists, it generated a strong sense of superiority

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When Columbus reached the new world what name did he give to the people he encountered because he thought he had reached the outskirts of Asia?

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Indians

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In the 1650's, who pushed England toward a policy of expanding territory and commercialism?

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Oliver Cromwell

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The transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, and sugarcane is called

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The Columbian Exchange

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Most 17th century migrants to North America from England

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were lower-class men

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According to Bartolome de Las Casas

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Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World

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Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

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the southwestern United States

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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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the Task System:

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assigned slaves daily jobs and allowed them free time upon completion of those jobs.

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How did John Locke reconcile his belief in natural rights and his support for slavery?

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He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man.

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Olaudah Equiano:

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wrote the 18th century's most widely read account by a slave of a slave's own experiences.

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When the Virginia Company gave control of the Virginia colony to the king in 1624:

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Virginia became the first royal colony

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Georgia was established by James Oglethorpe, whose causes included improved conditions for imprisoned debtors and the abolition of:

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slavery.

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All of the following were nations that led in explorations to the New World except: a. Spain; b. England; c. Italy; d. France; e. Portugal

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c. Italy

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The first center of the Spanish empire in America was:

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the island of Hispaniola

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The terms God, Glory, and Gold apply most readily to the explorations to the New World in what country?

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Spain

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All of the following contributed to the English social crisis of the late sixteenth century except: a. the enclosure movement b. the invasion of the cities by vagrants c. a lower birth rate d. increased prices buoyed by the influx of gold and silver from Latin America e. decreased wages in the cities

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c. A lower birth rate

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John Locke's political philosophy stressed:

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A contract system between the people and the government

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What was true of the Puritans of the 17th century?

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they agreed that the Church of England retained too many elements of Catholicism in its rituals and doctrines

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What did English settlers in North America believe was the basis of liberty?

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land

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PA's treatment of Native Americans was unique in what way?

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PA purchased Indian land that was then resold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other countries.

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the assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence entitled leaders to public office was called:

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deference

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the city situated along the Mississippi River with between 10,000 and 30,000 residents in the year 1200 is today known as:

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Cahokia

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Anglicization did not mean:

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colonists were determined to speak English as perfectly as those who lived in England.

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Slave resistance in the 18th century:

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included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies.

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John Peter Zenger's libel trial:

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probably would not have ended in his acquittal if he had attacked someone other than the colonial governor.

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The participant's in South Carolina's Stono Rebellion:

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included some who apparently had been soldiers in Africa

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As English colonial society became more structured in the 18th 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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The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:

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George Whitefield

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Europeans-- particularly the English, French, and Dutch-- generally claimed North American Indian land as their own based on:

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Their view that Indians did not use the land properly

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What role did Native Americans play in British imperial wars during the 18th century?

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they did much of the fighting in the wars.

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What was Virginia's \"gold\", which ensured its survival and prosperity?

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tobacco

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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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The powerful Native American Confederation in the Northeast was the

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Iriquois

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which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?

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strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British Empire.

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Neolin, a Delaware Indian and religious prophet, helped inspire _______ Rebellion in 1763.

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Pontiac's

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Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?

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Because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic.

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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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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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Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

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he wanted a divorce, and the Pope refused to grant it.

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The Magna Carta:

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granted many liberties, but mainly to lords and barons

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What was true about the early history of Jamestown?

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the death rate was extraordinarily high

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The first European country to reach India by an all water route and gain riches was

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Portugal

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For most New Englanders, Indians represented:

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savagery

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The government of the Spanish empire in America:

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included local officals who held a great deal of control

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Slavery in Africa:

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involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives.

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The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that:

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Franc was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company

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Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?

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the small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves

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What was not a factor enticing migration to the British coloneis?

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cheap and safe transatlantic transportation

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The Black Legend described:

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Spain as a uniquely brutal colonizer.

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What was William Penn's most fundamental principle?

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religious freedom

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What geographic error did Columbus make?

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he grossly underestimated the size of the earth.

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\"Enumerated\" goods:

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were colonial products, such as tobacco and sugar, taht first had to be imported to England.

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\"Republicanism\" in the 18th century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of _______ as the essence of liberty.

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active participation in public life by property-owning citizens

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The German migration to the English colonies:

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led to the formation of many farming communities.

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In contrast to life in the Chesapeake region, life in New England:

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was more family-oriented.

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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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