Question 1
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What did most of the Jamestown colonists expect to do for a living?.
Question 2
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The Separatists were people who
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split off from the Jamestown colony.
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separated from the Church of England.
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required men and women to live separately.
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separated from the Roman Catholic Church.
Question 3
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Who helped the Plymouth colonists learn how to survive in their new colony?
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Squanto
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Metacom
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John Smith
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Sacajawea
Question 4
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What form of government did England have during the age of exploration?
Question 5
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What source of income did the Jamestown settlers come to depend on?
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fur-bearing animals
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corn and squash
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fishing
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tobacco
Question 6
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Why is farming difficult in New England?
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Summers are long and cool.
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The Connecticut River is surrounded by a plain.
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Winters are short and dry.
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The soil is thin and rocky.
Question 7
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What did William Penn consider his colony to be?
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a "personal estate"
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a "holy experiment"
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a "royal church"
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a "fundamental order"
Question 8
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Before Delaware became a separate colony it was part of the colony of
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Pennsylvania
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Maryland
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New Jersey
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Virginia
Question 9
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Which of these was renamed New York in 1664?
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the backcountry
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Massachusetts Bay
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New Netherland
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the Middle Colonies
Question 10
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Why did Virginia's governor hesitate to start an all-out war against the Native Americans?
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The Virginia colonists were allied with the local Native Americans.
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He benefited from his fur trade with them.
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He did not think the colonists could defeat them.
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He did not want to pay for extra British troops.
Question 11
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How did people in the backcountry feel about colonial government?
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They felt that English rule would be more just.
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They felt that the government did not care about them.
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They were devoted to participating in the government.
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They formed their own local governments and fought the colonial government.
Question 12
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Who became the proprietor of Maryland after George Calvert died?
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his son, Cecil Calvert
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King Charles I
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the Church of England
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the Catholic Church
Question 13
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What helped spur the early development of slavery in the South?
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The crops grown in the South required many field workers.
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African American colonists had difficulty finding work.
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A survey establishing the Mason-Dixon line.
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Many workers were needed to drain the swamps of the tidewater.
Question 14
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Which English colony was the last one founded?
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Tidewater
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Virginia
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Georgia
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Delaware
Question 15
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What did Anne Hutchinson and Thomas Hooker have in common?
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Both disagreed with Puritan leaders and left Massachusetts.
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Both became leaders of the Puritans in Massachusetts.
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Together, they founded Hartford, Connecticut.
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They established new churches in Rhode Island.
Question 16
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Why did the Puritans leave England?
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to freely practice their Catholic faith
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to escape those engaged in witchcraft against them
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to show their devotion to the Church of England
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to escape persecution by England's king
Question 17
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Why did Bacon's Rebellion collapse?
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The English stopped consuming tobacco.
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The Virginia governor declared Bacon and his men rebels.
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Its leader, Nathaniel Bacon, became sick and died.
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Bacon was defeated at Jamestown.
Question 18
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What does the holiday of Thanksgiving commemorate?
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Squanto's birthday
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the founding of the House of Burgesses
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the Pilgrims' 1621 celebration of their good fortune
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the anniversary of the signing of the Mayflower Compact
Question 19
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In 1619, a Dutch ship arrived in Virginia carrying
Question 20
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What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony?
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The first is run by a king, the second by a king's family.
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A royal colony is larger.
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The first is run by a king, the second by an individual.
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The first is run by an individual or family, the second by the king.
Question 21
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The Tidewater is
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a mountainous area along the Mason-Dixon line.
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a flat, often swampy, lowland area along the southern coast.
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a flat, often swampy, portion of New England.
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another name for the Georgia coastline.
Question 22
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What was England's first PERMANENT settlement in North America?
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Salem
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Jamestown
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Plymouth
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Roanoke
Question 23
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Who was NOT protected by Maryland's 1649 Act of Toleration?
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Catholics
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non-Catholic Christians
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Protestants
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non-Christians
Question 24
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The winter following John Smith's departure from Jamestown is called the
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peaceful time
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freezing time
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starving time
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prosperous time
Question 25
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Which four states made up the Middle Colonies?
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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
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New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Connecticut
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New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
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Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey
Question 26
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Which four states made up the New England Colonies?
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Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Georgia
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Delaware
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
Question 27
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Which of the following best describes New England's climate?
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long mild winters and long mild summers
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short mild winters and long hot summers
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short mild winters and short mild summers
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short warm summers and long snowy winters
Question 28
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During the Colonial Era, a person who worked in exchange for the ship fare to North America was called
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a burgess
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Nobleman
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a freed slave
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indentured servant
Question 29
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What year did the Salem Witch Trial take place?
Question 30
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How many people were killed during the Salem Witch Trials?
Question 31
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One of the theories about what started the witch craze in Salem was ergot, is ___________
Question 32
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Approximately how many accused "witches" were arrested in Salem during the witch trial?