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Which of the following was NOT a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?

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Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.

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The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?

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indentured servants

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A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was

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acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence. escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England. the profits to be made in transatlantic commerce.

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Which was NOT a characteristic of "coverture"?

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Children became the property of the state upon a husband's death.

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The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that

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just and equal laws made by male representatives onboard were to rule.

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Which was NOT an aspect of Native American religious beliefs?

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Their written religious text was called the Wicca.

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Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for

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Catholics.

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Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

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high rates of death and disease. overconsumption of hearty English foods. constant attacks by French and Spanish pirates.

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Which was NOT a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?

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It required citizens to attend church.

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In the religious view of the Puritans, you would get to heaven if

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God predestined you to heaven or hell; no earthly act could change that.

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Before 1800, the largest settled community in what is now the United States was

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Cahokia

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Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early New England society?

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equality of the sexes in church affairs, but not in government affairs

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The oldest site in the present-day United States to be continuously inhabited by Europeans is

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St. Augustine, Florida

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The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was

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land ownership.

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Which of the following was NOT a significant trend of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English society?

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the elimination of gender hierarchies

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Which of these crops did not form the basis of Native American agriculture?

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wheat

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Which of the following was NOT a significant motivation behind European colonization in the New World?

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acquisition of profitable lands and precious metals

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In 1600s Virginia, a femme sole could do all of the following EXCEPT

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vote.

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Which was NOT a means by which Cortés conquered the Aztecs?

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He bombarded the Aztec capital from his Spanish galleons.

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Which of the following European countries did NOT have a colonial presence in seventeenth-century North America?

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Germany

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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 necessitate the need for slaves

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Carolina grew slowly until:

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rice as a staple crop was discovered to be extremely profitable.

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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 was NOT an important trend in colonial politics during the first half of the 1700s?

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elimination of property qualifications for voting and officeholding

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By the early eighteenth century, most colonial legislatures enacted laws forbidding slaves the right to

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1) participate in the political process. 2) engage in commercial activity or hold property. 3) congregate in public or travel without permission. 4) enter into legal marriage or parenthood.

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In the northern colonies, slaves

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were a small enough percentage of the population that they faced less harsh laws than in the South.

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By the late 1600's, the majority of enslaved labor in the West Indies worked

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sugar plantations

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Although suffrage requirements varied from colony to colony, the key qualifier of voting laws was

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religious qualification

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Which was NOT an element in the Triangular Trade?

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Tea and luxury goods were shipped to Britain from Asia.

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Which was NOT part of the aftermath of King Philip's War?

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The Iroquois, having attacked the colonists, were destroyed.

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As colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects upon women?

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Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home.

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Which of the following was NOT a significant effect of the Seven Years' War?

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an easing of frontier tensions between British colonists and Indians

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By the mid-1700s, which was NOT one of the distinct, well-established slave systems in Britain's mainland colonies?

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cotton-based slavery in the Black Belt of the Deep South

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As slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?

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They lost many of their rights.

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Slavery never became the foundation of the northern colonial work force because

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labor-intensive crops would not grow in colder climates.

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The social structure of American colonial cities from 1690 to 1770 was influenced by

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an increasing gap between the wealthy and the poor.

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What was the primary purpose of the British when they issued the Proclamation of 1763?

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to open up more land for settlement

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What factors made African slavery appealing to European nations?

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Since slaves' terms of service never expired, unlike indentured servants, Africans would create a permanent labor force. Europeans believed that Africans were more accustomed to hard agricultural labor than were Native Americans, and thus would be better workers. Africans had long since developed a resistance to European diseases, making epidemics less likely than they would be with Native American laborers. As Africans, they could not claim the protection of English common law.

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Which of the following was NOT a defining feature of the Great Awakening?

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an insistence that one's spiritual destiny—be it salvation or damnation—could not be affected by one's actions in life

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Which one of the following best sums up population diversity in colonial British America?

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Great Britain originally promoted emigration to the colonies as a means of ridding itself of excess population but cut back in the eighteenth century, opening the colonies to a more diverse group of settlers.

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on religion in America?

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a marked decline in the influence of religion in American society

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What policy did the new nation pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

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Americans set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward.

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The Sugar Act alarmed colonists, in part because it:

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increased the tax on molasses and made rum more expensive to produce.

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Which one of the following statements about Loyalists is FALSE?

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Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.

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All of the following are true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT that:

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its arguments made it a uniquely American document with little relevance to other nations.

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Which one of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?

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Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to "the free exercise of religion."

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What did Lord Dunmore do that horrified many southerners?

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promised freedom to slaves that joined the British cause

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The free black population after the Revolution

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many times enjoyed the right to vote.

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The Committees of Safety

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were part of a series of efforts by the Continental Congress to promote unity and to take action against enemies of liberty.

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The Stamp Act created such a stir in the colonies because:

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it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies.

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Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

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The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship.

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on the relative status of men and women in America?

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the elimination of legal inequality between husband and wife

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The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

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greatly expanded the right to vote in almost every state.

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The idea that the United States has a special mission to serve as a symbol of freedom, a refuge from tyranny, and a model for the world is called by historians:

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American exceptionalism.

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Washington's defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown

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destroyed British public support for the war.

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What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

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They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did.

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Which one of the following statements about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all encompassing.

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Which one of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation?

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the widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians

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As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution,

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upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches that once had enjoyed more support from the government.

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"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held:

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women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens.

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