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New England Colonies Test Flashcards

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1
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Who helped the pilgrims survive Plymouth

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The Wampanoag tribe

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Which joint stock company sponsored the Jamestown settlement

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The Virginia company

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3
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Which group was persecuted by their government

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Puritans in England

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4
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Which crop saved Jamestown

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Tobacco

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5
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Where was the first place in America where religious tolerance was practiced

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Rhode Island

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6
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The mayflower compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as a

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Law and order contract

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7
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Protestants who wanted reform the Anglican Church were called

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Puritans

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8
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What was the first written constitution in American

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The fundamental orders of Connecticut

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9
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What was the Europeans powers primary goal in establishing colonies in the americas

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Accumulating wealth

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10
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What cleared the way for England to start colonies in North America

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Defeat of Spanish armada

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11
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Why did king James grant a royal charter to the Virginia company

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He acquired land that the Virginia company explored

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Which quotation from Ignatius of Loyola best explain the Jesuits motivation for missionary work

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Love involves “a mutual sharing of goods…. Hence, if one has knowledge, he shares it with the one who does not possess it.”

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13
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The colony at Roanoke was primarily intended to help England solve what sort of problem

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Military

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14
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How did colonial New England differ from other regions in the colonies

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It developed as thriving ocean-based economy

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What was the results of the attack on Mystic Fort

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The English escaped the conflict until the Pequot people were eventually wiped out

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16
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Who were the first settler of New Hampshire

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English immigrants who desired wealth

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17
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Who has the most power in a town meeting in colonial New England

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A white subsistence farmer

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18
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Thomas Hooker disagreed most strongly with the Puritans

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Religious intolerance

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19
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Which factor contributed most to the tensions between early English settlers in New England and native Americans

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The colonists’ increasing demand for land

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20
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Which factor most limited the productivity of farmers in colonial New England

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A short growing season

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21
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Why were ministers the most powerful people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Puritans cared more about religious rules than civil wars

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22
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Which of these values was most important to William Penn

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Religious tolerance

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23
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In what way was democracy limited in colonial Pennsylvania

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The proprietor chose the governor

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24
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What is the New Jersey document from 1644 New Jersey

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Democratic principles

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25
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Which statement about the middle colonies is most accurate

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Settlements were built around port cities

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26
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Why where the middle colonies differed from the other English colonies because they

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Supported religious diversity

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27
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Why did Penn most likely sign the Walking Purchase document

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To make sure the colonists and the Native American could co-exist peacefully

28
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Which of the following is a physical feature of the middle colonies

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Wide, navigable rivers

29
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Which of these groups were persecuted by their government

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Puritans

30
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Which statement best explains why king James granted a royal charter to the Virginia company

A

He acquired land that the Virginia company explored

31
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Which was the European powers primary goal in establishing colonies in America

A

Accumulating wealth

32
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Which quote from Ignacio’s if Loyola best explains the jesuits motivation for missionary work

A

Love involves “a mutual sharing of goods… hence, if one has knowledge, he shares it with one who does not possess it”

33
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The colony at Roanoke was primarily intended to help England solve which problem

A

Military

34
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Which value was important to William penn

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Religious tolerance

35
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In what way was democracy limited in colonial Pennsylvania

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The proprietor chose the governor

36
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The document about the agreement between the proprietors and settlers of New Jersey is an example of

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Democratic principles

37
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What statement about the middle colonies is most accurate

A

Settlements were built around port cities

38
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Why did the middle colonies differ from the other English colonies

A

Supported religious diversity

39
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Why did penn most likely sign this document

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To make sure the colonists and the Native Americans could co exist peacefully

40
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Which of the following is a physical feature of the middle colonies

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Wide, navigable rivers

41
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What was a typical meal of a family living in the middle colonies

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Vegetables grown in their garden and meat from an animal hunted nearby

42
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Where did most enslaved people live

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On large plantation in the south

43
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Which factor had the greatest impact on the type of education a family’s children received

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The region of the colonies where the family lived

44
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Which occupation were common among the upper class in the northern colonial

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Lawyers and merchants

45
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A woman in colonial America would have had the

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Right to choose her own husband

46
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Which person in colonial America would have most relied on the gentry for the success of their business

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A portrait painter in Boston

47
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In colonial America, African Americans who were not enslaved

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Could often pursue careers of their choosing

48
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Which colony was not a middle colony

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New Hampshire

49
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What was the main reason that people signed up to become indentured servants

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To pay for transportation to the colonies

50
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Who resolved the border dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland

A

Mason and Dixon

51
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Jamestown settler saved their colony by planting

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Tobacco

52
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Which of the following is not a type of American colony

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Compact colony

53
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Which colony was created so debtors and poor people could start over and also as a buffer zone-between South Carolina and Florida

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Georgia

54
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The two main cash crops of South Carolina were

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Rice and indigo

55
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Which group maintained the friendliest relations with native Americans

A

The French

56
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Who attacked Native American villages, set fire to Jamestown, and drive governor William Berkeley into exile

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Nathaniel bacon

57
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Which English colony was the first to allowed religious freedom of all religions

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Rhode Island

58
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The middle colonies differed from the other English colonies because they

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Supported religious diversity

59
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Who founded Pennsylvania

A

William penn

60
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Why was slavery more common in the southern colonies than other regions of North America

A

The climate made it possible to grow valuable but labor-intensive crops

61
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The people who were given huge tracts of land in exchange for bringing at least 50 settler with then to the new Netherlands were called

A

Patroons

62
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The founder of Rhodesia island was

A

Roger Williams

63
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Which colony was led by John Winthrop and based in Boston

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Massachusetts bay company

64
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Who founded the colony Georgia

A

James Oglethorpe

65
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The movement of 15,000 puritans to Massachusetts in the 1630 was called the

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Great migration

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