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1
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How did Jamestown start to thrive

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Colonist began to grow tobacco

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Why did conflict occur between the Powhatan and the Jamestown settlers in 1622

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The colonist continued to take Powhatan land to grow tobacco

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3
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Which of the following was a grievance of Bacons army

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The lack of representations for frontier settlers

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(+ or o) the early settlers of Jamestown, could not have survived without the leadership of Nathan bacon

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O

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5
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The early tobacco industry was largely founded by

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John Rolfe

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The house of burgesses was the

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First rep representative government, and colonial America

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Pocahontas was the

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Daughter of chief Powhatan, who was kidnapped, and they married John Rolfe

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(+ or o) indentured servants were generally African slaves

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O

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9
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(+ or o) English settlers, were encouraged to mingle with and marry native American women

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O

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(+ or o) a proprietary colony refers to a colony that is under direct control of the king

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+

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11
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Altogether, how many English colonies were established in the New World

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13

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12
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The founder of the colony of Georgia was

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James Oglethorpe

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13
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The founder of the colony of Rhode Island was

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Roger Williams

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14
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The founder of the colony of Maryland was

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George Calvert

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15
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The founder of the colony of Pennsylvania was

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William Penn

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16
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Massachusetts Bay colony was settled by

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The Puritans

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An outspoken women who was banished from Massachusetts Bay colony for her belief that church members need did neither the church no ministers to interpret the Bible for them was

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Anne Hutchinson

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18
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(+ or o) puritans were famous for their religious toleration

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O

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19
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(+ or o) king Phillips war was fought between the English and the Dutch

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O

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(+ or o) the term salutary neglect refers to the English policy of refusing to listen to the colonist complaints

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O

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(+ or o) in the colonist daily lives, local governments were more influential than far away English officials

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(+ or o) each colony had a governor

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+

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23
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The colonial system, also known as a system of merchantilism was intended to

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Enrich the mother country

24
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The system that promotes the idea that private individuals and companies can control their own production and trade of goods and keep their profits is called

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Capitalism

25
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In the glorious revolution England’s parliament made the next ruler of England

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William of Orange

26
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A series of laws restricting colonial trade to include only England were known as

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Navigation acts

27
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To punish the obstinate disobedience of the people of Massachusetts King James II placed the northern colonies, under a single royal governor to rule over what became known as the

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Dominion of New England

28
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Sir Edmund Andros was the

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Royal governor of the dominion of New England

29
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(+ or o) James II was unpopular king of England, due to the fact that he was Roman Catholic, and that he had a little respect for the parliament

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+

30
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In 1688 the colonist of Massachusetts sent their most prominent minister to London to try to get their old charter restored his name was

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Increase Mather


31
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Of the following, which was not one of the four largest cities of colonial America

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Wilmington, Delaware

32
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The only major port city in the southern colonies was

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Charlestown South Carolina

33
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The idea that the colony existed for the benefit of the mother country is summed up in the economic theory of

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Mercantilism

34
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(+ or o) Unlike like farms of the south, those in New England and the middle colonies usually produce several crops instead of a single one

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+

35
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The voyage that brought Africans to the west Indies, and later to North America, was known as

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The middle passage

36
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Of the following, which was not a common crop of the colonial south

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Cotton

37
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(+ or o) a single crop one grown, primarily for sale, rather than for the farmers own use, was known as the merchantile crop

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O

38
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Of the following which crop helped save the colony of Jamestown

A

Tobacco

39
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Throughout the south, which of these was more commonly seen

A

Large plantations

40
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(+ or o) in the early colonial period of the south indentured servants did much of the work

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O

41
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(+ or o) the English colonist developed friendlier relations with the native Americans then did French

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O

42
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(+ or o) when Virginia’s governor sent George Washington to expel the French from Fort Duquesne, and he, Washington, was immediately successful

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O

43
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(+ or o) the population of new France, was far lower than that of the English colonies

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+

44
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(+ or o) the sugar act strengthen the enforcement of the law, allowing prosecutor to try smuggling cases in English courts, rather than in more sympathetic, colonial courts

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+

45
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(+ or o) The French began the north American empire in 1534 when Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle explored the St. Lawrence river

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O

46
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Hoping to lower the huge debt incurred by the French and India war, King George chose as his Prime Minister, a financial expert named

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George Grenville

47
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Pontiac was in Ottawa chief, who let his tribe in a war against the

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English colonist

48
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(+ or o) The French and Indian war was won by England

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+

49
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The proclamation of 1763

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Forbid colonist to claim land west of the Appalachian mountains

50
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Found it in 1608 the first permanent settlement in new France was

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Quebec

51
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The French built Fort Duquesne as a point also claimed by England at

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The Ohio River Valley

52
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(+ or o) from the outset of the French and Indian war the English had great success

A

O

53
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During the French and Indian war, King George III appointed a new more effective Prime Minister named

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William Pitt

54
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In 1683 what French adventure explored and claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for his nation?

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Sierra de La Salle


55
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As a result of the treaty of Paris, the English

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Received all of Canada from the French

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