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One outstanding characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was: The high mortality rate among its settlers Complete freedom of religion The influence of women in its government The absence of effective leaders The high percentage of slaves in its population

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The high mortality rate among its settlers

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Maryland sought to learn from the mistakes of Jamestown by: Focusing all of its energies on tobacco Instituting an official religion Promoting unlimited pursuit of wealth Encouraging widespread settlement Recruiting a more comitted group of colonists

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Recruting a more committed group of colonisits

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The Mayflower Compact Completely separated civil and church governments Was developed by settlers in Massachusetts bay Provided the original government for the Plymouth colony Called for total religious toleration Originated in the House of Commons

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Provided the original government for the Plymouth colony

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of Africans as slaves? Once in six died during the Middle Passage They had a long history with Christianity in Africa They spoke many different languages and held complex religious beliefs They were often branded by the company who claimed ownership They had experiences a less brutal form of slavery in Africa

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They had a long history with Christianity in Africa

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The English Puritans Converted James I to their perspective Opposed Catholic elements in the Church of England Rejected the doctrines of Martin Luther Believed in religious freedom Believed people could be saved by their own actions, not just by God's grace

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Opposed Catholic elements in the Church of England

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One of the important factors aiding the survival of the early Jamestown settlers was: The assistance they received from the Indians The large sums of money that were used to bring additional supples to them regularly The willingness to work hard and sacrifice for the good of the whole colony The democratic government established by the Virginia Colonye The lack of the diseases and hardships that affected other colonies

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The assistance they received from the Indians.

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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: John Rolfe Sir Edwin Sandys John Smith Peter Stuyvesant Sir Thomas Gates

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Sir Edwin Sandys

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Sir Edwin Sandys took over the Virginia Company in 1618 and instituted important changed that stabilized the colony True False

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True

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Bacon's Rebellion Brought indentured servants and small farmers together against the colony's rich planters and political leaders. Had the support of nearby Indian tribes Resulted from changes in the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina that discriminated against Puritans Happened in 1645 in Massachusetts. We as rebellion against farmers and servants lead by political leaders

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

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All of the following are true of the English Quakers EXCEPT that they: Opposed salaried ministries Followed charismatic preachers Counted William Penn among their number Refused military service Suffered great persecution

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Followed charismatic preachers

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A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from: Barbados Maryland Jamaica Georgia North Carolina

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Barbados

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In 1624, a British court dissolved the struggling Virginia Company and Virginia: Lost all its funding Became a royal colony As merges with New England No longer existed Was given to the King's brother, the Duke of York

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Became a royal colony

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Metacomet: Was the Indian principal behind King Philip's War Was a devout Christian opposed to the primacy of the Puritan Church Confessed to the murder of John Sassamon Survived the war by escaping west with his true Was the leader of the Pequots

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Was the Indian principal behind King Philip's War

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In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of: Dishonest treating making Missionary activity Slaving activity Conversion to Christianity Raiding Indian villages to capture children

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Slaving activity

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The colonies established after the Restoration were all Royal colonies Joint-stock colonies Proprietary colonies Christian commonwealths west of the Appalachian

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Proprietary colonies

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Nathaniel l Bacon was an indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion. TRUE FALSE

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FALSE

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Anne Hutchinson was kicked out of Massachusetts for: Challenging the authority of male minsters Championing equal rights for women Refusing to uphold the Sabbath Believing good works would earn a place in heaven Insufficient knowledge in the Bible

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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: Owned 100 acres of land Had come in the first voyage from Britain Were literate and had good moral character Had been listed as freeman in the original charter Were members of the Puritan church

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Were members of the Puritan church

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In the 17th century, the cash crop that was the basis of the economy in Virginia and Maryland was: Barley Corn Rice Tobacco Indigo

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Tobacco

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The colony of Pennsylvania was one of the most diverse in English North America, with English, German, Scots-Irish, and a variety of smaller national and ethnic groups represented. TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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By 1700, tobacco, rice and indigo were the most important export crops of Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas. TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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Which of the following terms related to land policy in New York? Royal grants Head right Patroonship Plantation tracts Dutch Estates

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Patroonship

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The middle colonies Included Rhode Island and Maryland Geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern states Were dominated by plantation agriculture For many years had a black-majority population Lacked a suitable base for commerce

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Geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern states

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Which of the following statements about women's labor is NOT true? Unmarried women often worked outside the home Women often did piecemeal work like spinning thread into yarn Women were not expected to work in highly skilled occupations. Farm women had a very diverse realm of responsibilities.

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Women were not expected to work in highly skilled occupations

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New Lights differed from Old Lights by: Their readiness to approach their religious conflict as open warfare Incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith Promising to reinforce traditional Puritanism Discounting the elements of choice in a person's faith Including elements like choir into church services

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Incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith

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The largest city in the colonies at the end of the colonial period: Was Boston Was Philadelphia Had a population of about 1 million Had as many people as London Had a population of about 2,000

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Was Philadelphia

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England transported more than 50,000 convicts to the New American colonies for settlement TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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The witch chase in Salem started when: Adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions A slave names Tituba cursed the village minister Indians attack and looted the village Several people died of a mysterious illness The town minster was caught in a sex scandal

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Adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions

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The events surrounding a suspected slave revolt in New York City in 1741 offer parallels to: Bacon's Rebellion The English Civil War The Salem Witch Craze The American Revolution The Great Awakening

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The Salem Witch Craze

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The Middle Passage refers to: Puritan belief system The transportation of slaves to the West Indes The Anglican belief system Social customs in Pennsylvania Certain features of domestic architecture in the southern colonies

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The transportation of slaves to the West indes

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Which of the following statements about early colonial life in the Chesapeake region is true: Men and women had very large families Indians tended to ignore and avoid English communities Settlers lived in very primitive houses Settlers lived in small but ornate houses Colonists were devoutly religious

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Settlers lived in very primitive houses

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Of the following colonies, which one most embraced religious and ethnic diversity? New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia

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Pennsylvania

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Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco TRUE FALSE

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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: She managed her family affairs in addition to her other responsibilities she occupied a supervisory role over her male counterparts She managed three plantations She was a dedicated wife and mother She was the first woman in the New World to work outside of the home She occupied a supervisory role over her male counterparts

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She occupied a supervisory role over her male counterparts

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The success of rice as a perfect crop for South Carolina was helped by: the creation of irrigation systems that allowed laborers to flood and drain the fields native populations willingness to work in the fields plentiful labor and land in the colony the lack of rain in the region the minimal amount of labor it required

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The creation of irritation systems that allowed laborers to flood and drain the fields

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Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late 17th and 18th centuries TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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Slaves who lived in northern colonies: Usually lived and worked in cities and towns Were agricultural labors like those in the South Enjoyed more humane treatment that those in the Chesapeake Usually possessed a trade or special skill Were forced to become Puritans

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Usually lived and worked in cities and towns

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The colony of Pennsylvania was Based upon lands seized from the Indians Open to all religious believers Populated solely by the English Governed by Quaker ministers Considered part of New England

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Open to all religious believers

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Puritans sought to have Indians Executed when convicted of even minor crimes Move to "praying towns" Move into English Settlements Relocated to Rhode Island with Roger Williams Pushed farther to the north and west

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Move to "praying towns"

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The outstanding characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was: The high mortality rate among its settlers The high percentage of slaves in its population The absence of effective leaders Complete freedom of religion The high percentage of slaves in its population

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The high mortality rate among its settlers

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For the Pequots, the result of the 1637 war that they fought when New England settlers was: A religious crisis Slaughter and enslavement Leadership of all other Indians in the region Retention of most of their traditional lands Revenge for the previous cruelties of the English

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Slaughter and enslavement

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The Mayflower Compact Caked fir total religious toleration Originated in the House of Commons Provided the original government for the Plymouth colony Completely separated civil and church governments Was developed by settlers in Massachusetts Bay

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Provided the original government for the Plymouth colony

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By the early 1700's, English merchants in the Carolinas established a thriving trade with southern Indians for: Deerskins Beaver pelts Fish Rum Barley

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Deerskins

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The Indian war of the mid 1670's cost proportionately more casualties than any other American war TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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Throughout New England, Congregational churches were: Catholic Self-governing Open to everyone Establish by women Financially supported by the king Tolerant of other religions

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Self-governing

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Maryland south to learn from the mistakes of Jamestown by Recruiting a more committed group of colonists Focusing all of its energies on tobacco Instituting an official religion Encouraging widespread settlemetn

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Recruiting a more committed group of colonists

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688 Increased the power of Parlimant Ended with the death of Oliver Cromwell Resulted in the execution of Charles 1 Temporarily abolished the monarchy Delayed the American Revolution

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Increased the power of parliament

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The Virginia company was a joint-stock company TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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As Jamestown's leader, John Smith: Made the colony a democracy Tried to wipe out the Powhatan confederacy Made the colonists work in order to eat Discovered deposits of gold and silver Married Pocahontas's

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Made the colonists work in order to eat

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Pocahontas: Was the favorite daughter of Powhatan Refused to convert to Christianity Married john smith Played virtually no role in the relationship between the natives and the English Like many women of that era, died young and childless

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Was the favorite daughter of Powhatan

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of Africans as slaves: They spoke many different languages and held complex religious beliefs They had a long history with Christianity in Africa One in six died during the middle passage They were often branded by the company who claimed ownership Many had experienced a les brutal from of slavery in Africa

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They had a long history with Christianity in Africa

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Which of the statements is NOT true of the Dutch administration of New Netherlands? Encouraged the development of a democratic society Embraced ethnic and religious diversity Encouraged settlement by granting patroonships to wealthy individuals Created as a profit making enterprise Purchased Manhattan for the modern equivalent of $1,000

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Encouraged the development of a democratic society

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Maryland was established in 1634 as a refute for Slaves English Catholics Anglicans Ex-convicts Puritans

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English Catholics

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In the Southeast, the probability of the Indian captives prompted a frenzy of Slaving activity Missionary activity Dishonest treaty making Conversion to Christianity Raiding Indian villages

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slaving activity

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As a result of the Christianity that was forced upon African slaves, the fundamental theme of slave religion was deliverance: TRUE FALSE

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TRUE

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The original Spanish settlement of New Mexico South to Christian's plans tribes like the Apaches Was led by Juan De Onate Soon had a larger population than Mexico City Was enriched by discoveries of gold and sliver Ended when sat at Fe was abandoned in 1620

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Was led by Juan De Onate

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