U.S. History chapter 1-4 – Flashcards
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What was the puritans goal for the Anglican Church?
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They want to purify the church and get rid of all the catholic
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The first New England settlement, founded in 1620, was:
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The Plymouth colony
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The first document to establish self- government- and the decisions of the majority in North America was:
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Mayflower compact
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The Wampanoag leader was:
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Massasoit
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The Pequot war began primarily along the:
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Connecticut valley
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Freemen in the general court in Massachusetts were those male property holders who:
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Church members
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The settlers in which area adopted the fundamental orders?
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Connecticut
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Roger Williams founded:
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Rhode Island
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Who argued for a separation of church and state ?
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Pilgrims
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An antinomian is someone who:
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Someone who claimed to be free from obedience of moral law
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Anne Hutchinson held religious meetings in:
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Her house
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What was governor winthrops opinion of Anne Hutchinson?
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He would have been against her ideas
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What happened in 1642 that slowed the number of settlers in New England?
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English civil war
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Unlike the Virginia settlers, most New Englanders settled in America with:
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Their families
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Compared to families in the Chesapeake region, New England families:
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Clustered into communities
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In early New England, women's economic contributions:
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Mostly household stuff
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Those who oversaw the day to day affairs of most Massachusetts towns were called:
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Selectmen
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Relative to Virginia's economy, New England's economy was:
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Diversified economy
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London merchants generally--------- New England trade.
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Complained
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New England merchants focused on trade with:
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West Indies
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The first Europeans in the Caribbean concentrated on what economic activity?
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Sugar
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By the 1640's the principle crop grown in Barbados went from tobacco to:
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Sugar
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The switch to sugar as the primary crop in the West Indies led to:
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Slavery
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How did slaves manage to preserve some elements of normal life under the brutal conditions of slavery and the slave codes?
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Married African women, gave African names
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Which colonies were founded during the region of Charles II
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Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York
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Who devised the "fundamental constitution of Carolina"?
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Anthony cooper and John Locke
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This crop, introduced in the 1690s became a staple for the Carolina economy:
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Rice
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The profits earned from rice persuaded Carolina planters to do what?
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Invest more heavily in slave labor
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By 1708 in Carolina, what was the ratio of slaves to white settlers?
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2 slaves per settler
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William Penn belonged to which religious sect?
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Quacker
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Which area separated itself from Pennsylvania to effectively form its own colony?
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Delaware
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The Dutch colony of New Netherlands split to become the two proprietary colonies of:
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New York & New Jersey
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New York City had formerly been called:
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New Amsterdam
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What situation interrupted France's efforts to establish a foothold in North America?
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Religious warfare between Catholics and Protestants
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Who founded a permanent settlement in Quebec in 1608?
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Samuel de Chaplain
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Which product fueled the demand for furs in Europe in the early 1600s ?
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Beaver fur hats
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What was the first permanent French settlement in Canada?
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Quebec
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What is the meaning of the term filles du Roi?
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Kings daughters French sent 700 women to marry men and have a family in Canada.
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The total number of French settlers in Canada:
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15,000
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The Dutch won their independence from:
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Spain
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The Dutch republic was:
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Intent on challenging catholic Spain's power in the new world as well as old
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By 1600, which group had become the leading economic power in Europe?
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Dutch
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Which of the following regions had the greatest population in 1700?
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New England
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The instrument of colonial dominance for the Dutch was the?
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The Dutch east India company
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The Virginia company was composed primarily of merchants from:
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London, England
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What was the first settlement established by the Virginia company?
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Jamestown
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Who was the leader of the James town settlement?
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Captain John Smith
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What was the house of burgesses?
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Legislature of colonial Virginia 1st organized in 1619 1st institution of rep government
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Who was Pocahontas' husband?
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John Rolfe
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Who was Pocahontas' father?
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Powhatan
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What were the greatest causes of death in the Virginia company's settlements?
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Disease
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Falling tobacco prices led the colonist to:
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Produce more tobacco
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Indentured servants received what for labor?
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Food, clothing, shelter
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Calvert intended for Maryland to be a:
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Refuge for others of his faith (catholic)
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The figure ruled the England as a protectorate for nearly a decade:
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Oliver Cromwell
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Which law passed in 1649, called for freedom of worship for all Christians?
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Act of religious toleration
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Widows in the English colonies could control their husbands property until when?
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They got remarried or their son was old enough
