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The population of the Chesapeake colonies throughout the first half of the seventeenth century was notable for its |
scarcity of women |
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The "headright" system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of |
Giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America |
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By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was |
Virginia |
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English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return for payment of their passage to American colony were called |
indentured servants |
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Most immigrants to the Chesapeake colonies in the seventeenth century came as |
indentured servants |
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Bacon’s Rebellion was supported mainly by |
Young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land |
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The immediate reason for Bacon’s Rebellion was |
Indian attacks on frontier settlements |
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Many of the slaves who reached North America |
were originally captured by African coastal tribes |
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For those Africans who were sold into Slavery, the "middle Passage" can be best described as |
The gruesome ocean voyage to America |
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The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in |
South Carolina |
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While slavery might have begun in American for economic reasons |
Race was rarely an issue in relations between blacks and whites |
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The slave society that developed in north America was one of the few slave societies in history to |
perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction |
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Compared with indentured servants, African American slaves were |
a more manageable labor force |
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Urban development in the colonial South |
was slow to emerge |
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It was typical of colonial New England adults to |
marry early and have several children |
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Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because |
southern men frequently died young |
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When new towns were established in new England, all of the following were true except |
families did not automatically receive land. |
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The puritan system of congregational church government logically led to |
democracy in political government |
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Thomas Jefferson once observed that "The best school of political liberty the world ever saw" was the |
New England town meeting |
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The Half-Way Covenant |
admitted to baptism but not full membership the unconverted children of existing members |
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The Salem "With hunt" in 1692 |
was opposed by the more responsible members of the clergy. |
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The New England economy depended heavily on |
fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce |
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The combination of Calvinism, soil, and climate in new England resulted in the people there possessing which of the following qualities: |
All of the above |
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Compared with most seventeenth-century Europeans, Americans Lived in |
affluent abundance |
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The late- seventeenth-century rebellion in new York was headed by ____________, whereas that in maryland was led by |
Jacob Leisler, Protestants |
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One feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was their |
Rapidly growing populations |
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The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to |
The natural fertility of all Americans |
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With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists |
Cherished no love for the British or any other government |
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The population of the 13 american colonies was |
perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon |
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The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was ______ wereas _____ was the least ethnically diverse |
the middle colonies, New England |
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During the colonial era, all of the following peoples created new societies out of diverse ethnic groups in American except |
Asians |
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The Scots-Irish can best be described as |
fiercely independent |
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When the Scots-Irish established a new community, one of the first tasks they undertook was to |
erect a church |
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The most honored profession in Early colonial society was |
ministry |
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By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distrinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on____, the chesapeake colonies relied on_____ and the southern colonies relied on _____ |
Cattle and grain, tobacco, rice and indigo |
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The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry |
involved the trading of rum for African slaves |
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The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was |
lumbering |
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Which of the following was not considered to be a naval store |
glass |
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One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britian was the |
growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain |
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American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain |
To make money to buy what they wanted in Britain |
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Colonial American taverns were all of the following except |
Frequented mainly by the lower class |
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English officials tried to "establish" the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because |
the church would act as a major prop for kingly authority |
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In 1775, the ____ churches were the only two established (tax supported) churches in colonial America |
Congregational and Anglican |
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Match each denomination on the left with it’s region where it predominated |
A-2 B-3 C-1 |
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By the early eighteenth century, religion in colonial America was |
less fervid than when the colonies were established |
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Match each individual on the left with his or her talent |
A-3 B-2 C-1 |
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The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening |
delivered intensely emotional sermons |
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The great awakening |
all of the above |
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In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted |
in New England |
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The person most often called the "First civilized American" was |
Benjamin Franklin |
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All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except |
Influential poetry |
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The jury’s decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a Newspaper printer, was significant because |
it pointed the way to open public discussion |
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In colonial elections |
the right to vote was reserved for property holders. |
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By the mid-eighteenth century, North American colonies shared all of the following similarities except |
complete democracy |
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The soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title "Father of New France" was |
Samuel de Champlain |
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The coureurs de bois were |
French fur trappers |
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The French wanted to control Louisiana because they |
would then control the mouth of the Mississippi |
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During a generation of peace following the 1713 Traty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with |
decades of salutary neglect |
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The War of Jenkins Ear was |
confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia |
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The clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of |
The Ohio River Valley |
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In his first military command in the French and Indian War, George Washington |
was defeated at Fort Necessity but was allowed to retreat |
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The Seven Years’ war also known in America as |
The French and Indian War |
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The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to |
keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British |
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Unlike the first 3 anglo-french wars, the seven years’ war |
was fought initially on the North American continent |
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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; (B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; (C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian War; (D) General james Wolfe’s army defeats Montcalm’s on the Plains of Abraham |
A, B, C, D |
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The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to |
achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat |
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As a result of General Braddock’s defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne |
the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian Attack |
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When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years’ War he |
Focused his military strategy on the capture of French Canada |
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The 1759 Battle of Quebec |
Ranks as one of the most significant victories in British and American History |
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In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years’ War |
France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America |
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As a result of the SEven Year’s War, Great Britain |
Became the dominant power in North America |
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For the American colonies, the Seven Years’ War |
ended the myth of british invincibility |
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With the end of the SEven Years’ War, the disunity, jealousy, and suspicion that had long existed in the American colonies |
began to melt somewhat |
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The disunity that existed in the colonies before the seven years war can be attributed to |
all of the above |
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When the acadians left canada they went to |
Louisiana |
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In a sense, the history of the United States began with the |
fall of Quebec and Montreal |
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The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to |
Work out a fair settlement of the Indian Problem |
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