Question 1
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Captain John Smith helped Jamestown to survive when he
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imposed work and order on the colony
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divided the colony's profits among the stockholders
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entered into a relationship with Pocahontas
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divided the duties and privileges of leadership among several members of a council
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ended raids perpetrated on Indian villages to steal food and kidnap natives
Question 2
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The Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia was
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Lord De La Warr
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Nathaniel Bacon
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John Rolfe
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John Smith
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Walter Raleigh
Question 3
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In 1619, another crucial element was introduced into the Virginia social order:
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Catholics
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Women
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Africans
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Puritans
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Baptists
Question 4
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Which of the following colonies allowed freedom of religion to all Christians?
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Plymouth
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Virginia
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Rhode Island
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
Question 5
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Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were LEAST likely to advocate a policy of
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commerce and trade
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forbidding intermarriage
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tolerance and mutual respect
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treating Indians as heathen savages
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conversion to Christianity
Question 6
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Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against Sir William Berkeley in Virginia in 1675?
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he believed the eastern landowners were underrepresented in the House of Burgesses
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he believed Berkeley would abolish the House of Burgesses
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he hoped to defeat Berkeley and rule the colony himself
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he resented Berkeley's growing power and control of trade
Question 7
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What did Bacon's Rebellion reveal about the growth of the Virginia colony?
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that immigration and oversupply of African slaves could destabilize colonial society
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that landless free men were not a threat to social and political order
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that Indians no longer exerted influence on colonial affairs
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serious social and geographical tensions between colonists that threatened the colony's stability
Question 8
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Roger Williams founded a new colony in the north in 1644 when he split from the Puritans.
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Maine
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Maryland
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New Hampshire
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Rhode Island
Question 9
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How did the majority of Africans respond to their enslavement and treatment by whites?
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by meekly accepting their fate and refusing to resist
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by developing patterns of resistance and establishing elaborate cultures of their own
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by seeking ways to escape from slavery by fleeing to the north
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disassociating themselves from all family and communal relationships
Question 10
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Who led a rebellion against the colonial government of New York after James II was overthrown in England?
Question 11
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What was the most significant outcome of the Glorious Revolution in the American colonies?
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led to series of violent revolts that weakened the crown's authority in the colonies
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it led to increased religious toleration in the colonies
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England's plan of centrally controlled colonies was overturned
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it increased the potential authority of the English King in the colonies
Question 12
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Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements
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maintained the political and social institutions of England
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were essentially business enterprises
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were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start
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were always tightly controlled by the English government
Question 13
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The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of
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sinking of the colonists supply ship in the Atlantic
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an influx of rats from settler's ships ate much of their stored grain
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a drought led to crop failures
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colonists being kept barricaded in their fenced palisade by local Indians
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the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops
Question 14
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The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
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the rapid wearing out of the soil
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rising prosperity of the colony
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improved relations with the local Indians
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the expansion of European settlement farther into the interior of the continent
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the search for new sources of labor
Question 15
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The Virginia Company developed the "headright system" to
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cause conflict among neighboring Indian tribes
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require families to migrate together
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raise revenue from the sale of land
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attract new settlers to the colony
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discourage poor people from moving to the colony
Question 16
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The Powhatan Indian woman named Pocahontas
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married English colonial leader John Smith
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was ransomed by her father after she was kidnapped
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created an interest in "civilizing" Indians when she was taken to England
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was kidnapped by John Rolfe
Question 17
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In which area of technology were the Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists?
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agriculture
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making metal tools
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weaponry
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raising animals for food
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building ships
Question 18
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In its beginning, the Maryland colony
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had conflict with nearby French settlers
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was led by Captain John Smith
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experienced tremendous warfare with local Indians
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was a refuge for English Catholics
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allowed no Puritan settlers
Question 19
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During its first year in North America, the Plymouth colony
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grew rich from the surrounding productive farmland
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carried out warfare that wiped out most of the local Indians
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survived mostly due to assistance from local Indians
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establish critically important trade routes with Jamestown in the south
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saw two-thirds of its population die
Question 20
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The Massachusetts Bay Puritans
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took vows of poverty as evidence of commitment to their faith
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created a Colonial Theocracy
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fought with the surrounding Indians almost immediately
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lived a grim and joyless existence
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introduced freedom of worship in the New World
Question 21
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In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts Bay colony because she
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was accused of practicing witchcraft
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challenged the norms of female behavior in their society
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preached against Catholics and Jews coming to the New World
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was a single mother who refused to marry
Question 22
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In King Philip's War, both colonists and Indians made use of a relatively new and deadly weapon, the ____________.
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matchlock musket
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repeating revolver
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artillery cannon
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Gatling gun
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flintlock rifle
Question 23
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The New York colony
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saw its population grow very slowly for the first 50 years
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banned slavery from its inception
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made a commitment to representative assemblies
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was founded by colonists from the Carolina colony
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emerged as an English colony after a struggle between the English and the Dutch
Question 24
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In the seventeenth century, English Quakers
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had no paid clergy
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were pacifists
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All these answers are correct
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believed all could attain salvation
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had a disregard for class and gender distinctions
Question 25
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Georgia was founded
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as a haven for religious dissenters
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to quickly make money for its investors
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to create a military barrier against the Spanish
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to provide a refuge for Catholics
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by Quaker missionaries
Question 26
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In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region in which
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French colonists manager to hold the balance of power
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Spanish colonists were long the dominant power
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no one group, wither Indian or European, held clear dominance
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English colonists quickly became the dominant power
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Indian tribes were able to keep out European colonists
Question 27
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The Navigation Acts primarily benefitted
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businesses and planters in the British Caribbean
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British businesses and merchants
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New England merchants
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Virginia planters
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colonial American tobacco merchants
Question 28
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Leisler's Rebellion took place in
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New Jersey
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Connecticut
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Rhode Island
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Massachusetts
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New York
Question 29
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The tobacco culture of Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion.
Question 30
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The survival of Jamestown was largely the result of the English colonists borrowing from the agricultural knowledge of the Indians.
Question 31
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Unlike the colonists of Jamestown, the Puritans of Massachusetts established settlements based on families.
Question 32
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The Pequot War and King Philip's War ended disastrously for the Indians.
Question 33
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The site chosen for Jamestown was
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It was far inland and not accessible by ship
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It was low and swampy and subject to outbreaks of malaria
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It was near what is now New York City.
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It was high on a mountaintop
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It was near the colonies of the Puritans and the Pilgrims.
Question 34
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The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
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rising prosperity of the colony
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the expansion of European settlement into the interior
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improved relations with the Indians
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the rapid wearing out of the soil
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the search for new sources of labor
Question 35
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Which of the following is true of Bacon's Rebellion?
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it spelled the demise of the Virginia Company
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It was a consequence of the indentured servant system
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it forced the royal governor of Virginia to resign
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it carried on for several years
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it spread throughout several colonies
Question 36
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The difficulty of supressing Bacon's Rebellion helped cause an increase in
Question 37
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What social institution did Europeans in the Caribbean share with their counterparts in North America?
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Quakerism
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religious tolerance
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town hall meetings
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House of Burgesses
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slavery
Question 38
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Which of the following statements regarding the Navigation Acts (1660s) is FALSE?
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English colonists could only produce products that were already being produced and sold in England
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all Eurioean goods sent to the colonies had to pass through England and were subject to taxes
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certain colonial products could only be exported to England
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English colonies were closed to all trade except that carried by English ships
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Duties (taxes) were imposed on trade among the English colonies in North America
Question 39
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The Caribbean settlements of England were sources of slaves for the English colonies in North America.
Question 40
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Quaker is a term for the English Protestant sect, the Society of Friends.
Question 41
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The term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africans
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from the Caribbean to the mainland colonies
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across the Atlantic, from Africa to New World
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from Africa to Europe
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from the coastal regions of colonies to the interior
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between individual American colonies
Question 42
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In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes (laws) were based on race and ________.
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origin of birth
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economic status
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nothing else
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laboring skills
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religion
Question 43
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In the seventeenth century, most colonial American families had few tools, many owning an axe but no plow.
Question 44
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Which European country had the strongest and wealthiest early empire, focusing on mining and agriculture, with European men marrying Native American women.
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France
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England
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Spain
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Portugal
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Dutch (Netherlands)
Question 45
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Which European country had the smallest and weakest early colonial empire, but grew because they brought women and children for permanent settlement.
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Dutch (Netherlands)
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England
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Spain
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France
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Portugal
Question 46
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Which European country established a fur trading empire in the Mississippi Valley and lived in relative harmony with the Indians?
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England
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France
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Dutch (Netherlands)
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Spain
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Portugal
Question 47
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Which European country were early slave traders, with a settlement in what is now New York City?
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Spain
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England
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Dutch (Netherlands)
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Portugal
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France
Question 48
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Which European country explored Africa, engaged in an extensive slave trade, and founded Brazil in South America.
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Portugal
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Spain
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Dutch (Netherlands)
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England
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France
Question 49
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White people in the North American colonies had a better chance at upward social mobility than did white people in England.
Question 50
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Slaves who worked in the sugarcane fields actually had it the easiest of all the African slaves in North America,