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After his first voyage Christopher Columbus believed that

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He had discovered India

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Who were the true discoverers of America?

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Vikings

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Columbus called the natives Indians because

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He thought he was in India

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European contact with Native Americans led to

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War death and slavery

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The tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy were distinctive in that they

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Formed the most important Native American political organization to confront colonists.

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What impact did European colonization have in the Western Hemisphere’s native population?

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Natives were often killed or driven away

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The purpose of the treaty of Tordesillas was

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To divide up a America between Spain and Portugal

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England’s defeat if the Spanish Armada did what?

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Led to England becoming the largest power in the world

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What characterized Chesapeake life in the early 17th century?

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More men than women gave women greater status

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Jamestown was founded by

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A joint stock company looking to return profits to investors

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Who are associated with Virginia in 1600s

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John smith
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Anglo-Powhatan war

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First important American cash crop

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Tobacco

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Settlers in British colonies were looking to

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Make a profit

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The early years at Jamestown were characterized by

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Starvation
Disease
Attacks

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Most came to America to get

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Economic gains

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First American slaves was in

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1619 in Jamestown

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First successful American colony

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Jamestown

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The great migration refers to

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All the British coming to America

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Under the Barbados code slaves were

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Denied the most fundamental rights

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Roger William was banished from Massachusetts in 1636 for

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Speaking out against the church

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Why is the mayflower compact important

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People agreed to be bound by will of the people

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The great migration took place mostly in the

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1630s

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After the house of burgesses in 1619 what happened a few months later?

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African slaves first arrived in the colonies

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The Maryland Tolerarion Act of 1649 provided for

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The tolerance of most Christian churches

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Roger Williams believed

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The state should not impose any authority in matters of faith

Colonists had no right to land until it was paid for from Indians

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What describes Puritan attitude toward religious liberty

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They tolerated no one whose religious views varied

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What religion had the most influence on the daily life of the colonists

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Puritans in Massachusetts

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Unlike separatists, puritans

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Remained members of the Church of England

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What colony was a buffer state

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Georgia

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Why did Massachusetts banish Anne Hutchinson

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She challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy

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What is true if South Carolina

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Aristocratic
Close relationship with West Indies
Large number of slaves
Largest city, charleston, busy sea port

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What cause people to migrate to New England

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Political repression
Economic recession
Restriction on Puritan practice

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Why was Maryland founded,

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Have a place for Catholics

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John winthrops a city on a hill means

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Would be holy society that would be a model for human kind

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The mayflower compact foreshadows us constitution because

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It posits that the scource of gov power in the people rather than in god

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What document would be useful to examine to government of colonial America

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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The New England confederation

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Boated colonial defense

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Busiest southern seaport

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Charleston

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Economic differences between Massachusetts and Virginia

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Tobacco primary in Virginia

Mass : trade

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Holy experiment

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Pennsylvania William own

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Puritans in mass wanted their settlement to be

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And example to the rest of the world

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In the first 2 decades all effected the establishment and growth of Jamestown

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Large influx of supplies
House of burgesses
Ownership of property
Tobacco

42
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Why found Pennsylvania

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Provide refugee for Quakers

43
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Middle colonies

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New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania

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Quakers were known for

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Women roles in worship
Against slavery
Freedom of worship
No arms

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Characteristic if Pennsylvania

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No established church

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William penn did what?

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Founded a colony that extended a significantly religious toleration

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Puritan life revolved around

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Family

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Plantation colonies

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Maryland
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia

49
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King Phillip war shows

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Clashes between natives and settlers over expansion

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African contribution to American culture

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Jazz
Banjo
Bongo 
Goober
Voodoo
51
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What colony was most religious tolerant

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Pennsylvania

52
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What events took place in New York

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Island of Manhattan bought by Dutch west India company

Peter Stuyvesant colonial governed

British took control

Leisler rebellion

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New York was English because

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English conquers Dutch

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Puritans were

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Critical of Church of England
Stressed doctrine of predestination
Emphasized hard work ethic
Religion should be applied to daily life

55
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Married women in colonial time

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Lost control of her property

56
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By 1730 blacks were a majority in

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South Carolina

57
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Middle passage can be described as

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Gruesome

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Majority of America bound slaves went to

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South America and I des

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What is true of both American slave systems?

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Salve owners gained increased legal powers over their slaves

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What was true of slavery in British America

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Increased rapidly

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Harvard and take were established to

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Have adequate supply of ministers

62
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Halfway covenant provided for

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Baptism of children of baptized but unconverted puritans

63
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Stono rebellion and 1741 show

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Resistance to slavery

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Bacons rebellion is because of

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Failure to respond to Indian attack a

65
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Slavery worked better in southern colonies than New England because

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New England colonies were smaller and couldn’t afford them

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