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Opechancanough was unlike his brother because

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he wanted to fight the colonists.

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what caused Jamestown’s near failure?

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the swampy site chosen for its settlement

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William Berkeley was

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the governor of Virginia

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What is a joint-stock company?

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a company run by a group of investors

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What was the name of the Native American leader who hoped to use the Jamestown settlers to fight against his enemies and trade metal weapons?

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Powhatan

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House of Burgesses PEGS

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political

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joint-stock company PEGS

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economic

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tobacco PEGS

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economic

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male colonist PEGS

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social

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10
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swampy land Pegs

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geographical

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Sir Walter Raleigh pegs

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political

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12
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disease pegs

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social

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13
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Virginia pegs

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geographical

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14
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georgia pegs

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geocraphical

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15
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powhatton pegs

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politcal

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16
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Powhatan was

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the leader of the Algonquin people.

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17
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James Oglethorpe was

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a founder of the colony of Georgia.

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18
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Why did England want to create colonies in North America?

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to gain wealth

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19
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Why did the first group of colonists led by Sir Walter Raleigh choose to leave the island?

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They were unable to receive supplies or grow crops.

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20
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John Smith was

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a founder and leader of the Jamestown Colony.

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21
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The House of Burgesses was

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the name of Virginia’s legislature.

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22
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According to British law, to whom did proprietary colonies rightfully belong?

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powerful individuals or companies

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23
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What was the first permanent English colony in America?

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virginia

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23
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Who led frontier settlers in a revolt against Native Americans and attacked and burned Jamestown in frustration from the lack of support by their governor?

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Nathaniel Bacon

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24
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A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company.

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charter

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25
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English colonies that were under direct control of the Crown.

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royal colonies

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26
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Lord Baltimore was

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given permission to found Maryland.

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26
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Bacon’s Rebellion showed that

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farmers would reject a government that catered only to the wealthy.

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27
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As the colonists expanded their tobacco plantations, they took more land from the _______________, who became enraged.

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American Indians

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28
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What saved Jamestown from failing

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tobacco

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29
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Bacon’s Rebellion was

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an armed rebellion against the governor of Virginia

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30
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When English ships returned to ________ in 1590, the settlement was found abandoned and the settlers had disappeared. It remains a mystery today.

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Roanoke

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31
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describe the difficulties of Jamestown.

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lacked safe drinking water

the settlers lacked skills

many settlers died of disease

many settlers died of starvation

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32
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Lord Baltimore hoped more _____________ would live in his colony than _______________.

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Catholics, Protestants

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33
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What is the first permanent colony in New England?

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Plymouth

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34
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They were English Protestants who wanted to “purify” the Church of England and live by a strict moral code:

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Puritans

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35
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Why would you say Rhode Island was different from the Puritan colonies?

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in rhode island you can have any religeous belief

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36
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Why did most Puritans come to North America?

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to set up their own societies

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36
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Most New England colonists viewed American Indians as

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lazy savages.

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37
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What was significant about the Mayflower Compact?

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It was a political agreement based on the principle of self-government.

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38
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This war was fought between the colonists and Native Americans in southeastern New England (namely Massachusetts and Rhode Island

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King Philip’s War

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39
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What caused conflict between the English settlers and the American Indians?

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disagreements over trade and English expansion into American Indian lands

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40
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How did the rapid spread of English settlements affect Native Americans

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threatened their way of life

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41
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This religious group wanted to completely separate from the Church of England and create a new church of their own:

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Separatists

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42
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How many people were killed during the Salem Witch Trials?

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19

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43
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What is the geography of the New England Colonies?

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a land of dense forests, rolling hills, and a short growing season.

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44
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He served as the first governor for Massachusetts Bay Colony and gave the “City upon hill” speech:

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John Winthrop

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45
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An American religious leader who was banished from Massachusetts because she was teaching in her home:

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Anne Hutchinson

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46
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How was Massachusetts politically different compared to the Southern colonies?

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It allowed Puritan men to elect their own governor.

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47
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Who was the leader of Plymouth Colon

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William Bradford

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48
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Why did the Salem Witch Trials end?

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the govenors wife was accused and so the govenor ended it

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49
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What caused the Salem Witch Trials?

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young girls that were believed to be witches and becuse of sickness and death of people and animals

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50
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He was an American Indian leader. The colonists referred to him as “King Philip.”

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Metacom

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51
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The Puritans migrated to New England to

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escape religious persecution.

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52
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This war was fought between the colonists and Native Americans in Connecticut.

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Pequot War

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53
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Which of the following was a driving force in Puritan settlements?

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a passion for social order

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54
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How did Puritans regard different ideas, religions, cultures?

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rejected them

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55
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The cause of King Philip’s War was

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The Algonquins wanted to drive the English out.

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56
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When American Indians moved into “praying towns” established by the Puritans, what happened to the lands they left behind?

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The Puritans took over most of the lands for new settlements.

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57
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The Puritans were persecuted for
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for challenging England’s official church.

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58
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He founded Rhode Island after being banished (or kicked out) from Massachusetts.

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Roger Williams

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59
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common jobs of slaves in the north

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1.dock worker
2 sailor
3 house servant
4 farm hand

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60
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common jobs of slaves in the south

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  1. grew tobacco
  2. grew rice
  3. grew sugar
  4. grew indigo
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61
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Why did most enslaved Africans live in the Southern Colonies?

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The Southern Colonies depended more heavily on labor-intensive agriculture.

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62
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Pennsylvania was an attractive colony for immigrants because it was known for its

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diversity

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63
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Besides Germany, what European country did people emigrate from?

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Scotland

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64
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What is the key difference between an indentured servant and a slave?

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-an indentured servant is a servant who works for no money because he or she has a debt or ows something

  • a slave is owned by someone but they can also buy their freedom
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65
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A former slave who became a famous poet

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Phillis Wheatley

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66
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What were common methods of resistance for enslaved people? (Check all that apply)

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-Running away
-breaking tools
-faking illness

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67
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How did slavery affect families in the English colonies?

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Families were often separated to make escape or rebellion more difficult to plan.

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68
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Use 10 words or phrases to describe what an enslaved person may see, hear, feel, taste, or smell during the Middle Passage. Be very specific.

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They would hear cries,screams, they would see dead people and sick people they would feel tormented they would feel pain and smell the puke and feces and urine and the smell of death

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69
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For German immigrants, the economic pull factor of the colonies was

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the abundance of cheap land.

70
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How did the British policy of salutary neglect benefit England?

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providing Britain with raw materials for manufacture.

71
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Which was NOT a job that colonial women were responsible for doing?

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assisted husband during legislature

72
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What effect did the Great Awakening have on religious life in the colonies?

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It helped make religion in the colonies more democratic.

73
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The key term for a constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without charges being filed.

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habeas corpus

74
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Choose the 4 correct options to complete the statement: Women had no political standing and therefore could not…

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1.vote
2.hold office
3.serve on a jury
4.own property

75
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In their treatment of their American colonies, how did England’s monarchs after the Glorious Revolution differ from those of France and Spain?

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They exercised relatively less control over the colonies.

76
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An eighteenth-century movement inspired by European philosophers who believed that society’s problems could be solved by reason and science

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Enlightenment

77
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What was the name of England’s elected lawmaking body?

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Parliament

78
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Define the British policy of salutary neglect

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the colonial governments were more or less able to self-govern without intervention from Parliament

79
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How did the Great Awakening affect colonial society?

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It helped increase religious diversity and spread ideas about equality.

80
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What is mercantilism?

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A system by which a mother countries gains money and power by exporting more than importing.

81
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How did the British policy of salutary neglect benefit the colonies?

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enabled the American colonies to prospertrading with non-British entities to spend that wealth on British-made goods, while at the same time providing Britain with raw materials for manufacture.

82
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Why was Benjamin Franklin such an important colonist?

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gaining French support for American independence.

83
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What best characterizes John Locke as an Enlightenment thinker?

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He used reason and observation to formulate new ideas.

84
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What are the last names of the leaders of the Great Awakening?

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Edwards and whitefield

85
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The Enlightenment led colonists to question the authority of monarchs and

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the Church.

86
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what were the factors of the New England region

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1.Average Life Expectancy 70 years old
2.fast-flowing rivers
3.abundance of fish
4.boston
5.healthiest colonists
6.people lived in compact settlements

87
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what were the factors of the middle colonial region

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1.known as the bread basket
2.ethnically and cultrally diverse
3.temperate climate
4.philidelphia
5.wheat

88
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what were the factors in the southern region

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1.warmest climate
2.malaria was common
3.majority of enslaved people
4.longest growing season
5.economic equality
6.small amount of churches
7.tobacco
8.indigo

89
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The Great Awakening was a widespread movement during the 1700s that emphasized

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a personal relationship with God

90
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What key purpose did the Navigation Acts serve?

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to reinforce mercantilism

90
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Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?

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The regions had different geographies and resources.

91
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The main objection the Colonists had to British taxation was that
*

A

They were not represented in the British Parliament

91
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The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767 in order to
*

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Increase revenue (money) for British parliament by taxing items such as glass, lead, paper, and tea.

91
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How did the Colonists resist the taxes placed by British Parliament

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Boycotting, protesting, and violent actions against the British.

92
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What does the term boycott mean?

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Refusal to buy goods with the intention of the company losing money.

93
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
*

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Colonists protesting the Tea Act by sneaking onto ships at night and dumping many crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

94
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What was the Boston Massacre?

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An unclear event that resulted in five civilians dead and Paul Revere creating artwork to make the Colonists more angry towards the British.

95
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What were the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

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Acts forcing Colonists to house troops, denied them land claimed by Colonists, closed Boston port for trade, and more.

96
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What did the Colonists want back after British Parliament passed the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

A

Salutary neglect

97
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A meeting held by 12 delegates (or representatives) that organized a boycott of British goods is called the

A

First Continental Congress

98
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True or False: The people in British Parliament and the Colonists did not differ in views of how to run a government

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false they had diffrent views in laws like for example laws were written down but they didnt write them down

99
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True or False: The British felt justified in taxing and passing laws on the Colonists because they were British subjects.

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true

100
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True or False: The Colonists felt comfortable with helping pay war debt that Britain got during the French and Indian war.

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false instead they raised taxes to repay the debt

101
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True or False: Tax collectors stayed and continued to work in Colonial America after colonists burned their houses down, damaged their offices, and treated them poorly.

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false they left and then more laws were placed

102
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Colonists writing letters to each other across colonies to talk about British ruling

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Committees of Correspondence

103
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Raised taxes on printed and legal materials such as deeds, certifications, wills, etc.

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the stamp act

104
Q

Raised taxes on sugar, molasses, coffee, and other imported goods.

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the sugar act

105
Q

Cut taxes on tea to make Colonists buy tea instead of smuggling it.

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the tea act

106
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Underground network of Colonists to undermine British rule

A

sons of liberty

107
Q

if you were a colonists what act would have angered you the most

A

the stamp act

108
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The French and Indian war was a conflict between the __________________ from 1754–1763.

A

British and French

109
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A plan to unify the colonies

A

Albany Plan of Union

110
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The cause of the French and Indian War was
*

A

France and Britain’s competing claims over land.

111
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At the end of the war, the American Indians aided

A

the British.

112
Q

After the fall of Quebec, eastern North America was controlled by

A

the british

113
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One consequence of the French and Indian War was that

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the colonists began to see themselves as different from the British.

114
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What was the greatest advantage the French had over the British in the 1700s in North America?

A

They had support from more American Indian groups..

115
Q

What was the main reason that the French built Fort Duquesne?

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to keep the British away from the Ohio River Valley

116
Q

How did American Indians in the Great Lakes area respond to the British defeat of the French?

A

Many groups formed an alliance and attacked the British.

117
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How did the French and Indian War set up future conflict between the British and their American colonists?

A

The British wanted the colonists to help pay for debt from the war.

118
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The Proclamation of 1763
*

A

forbade the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

119
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Following the French and Indian War, the British controlled all lands
*

A

east of the Mississippi River

120
Q

The French and Indian War led to
*

A

a weakening of colonial loyalty to Britain.

121
Q

The Continental Army was formed to support
*

A

New England’s struggle against British troops.

122
Q

The name given to the colonists who supported Britain in the American Revolution was _______________

A

Loyalists

123
Q

The greatest shift in colonial opinion towards independence and a republican government came after the publication of Common Sense by

A

Thomas Paine.

124
Q

He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

A

Paul Revere.

125
Q

Based on the map, what caught the British so off-guard by the minutemen on their march back to Boston?

A

The minutemen attacked the retreating British all along the route.

126
Q

In the book Common Sense, the author argues that the colonies should

A

break their ties with Britain.

127
Q

The phrase “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” as found in the Declaration of Independence, refers to

A

specific unalienable rights

128
Q

“The shot heard round the world” is a famous quote that describes what?

A

the shot that fired when the colonists defeated british troops when they were walking back to boston

129
Q

How are the words militia and minutemen related?
*

A

Minutemen were militia

130
Q

The May 1775 meeting of delegates who met in Philadelphia to discuss splitting or staying with Britain was called the ____________.

A

second continental congress

131
Q

What is a republic?
*

A

a government for the people run by the people

132
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Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
*

A

thomas jefferson

133
Q

This battle lifted the Patriots’ morale after a series of defeats
*

A

saratoga

134
Q

well-equipped, disciplined, and trained army
*

A

British Strength

135
Q

The Americans won the Revolutionary War mainly because

A

they had the determination to outlast the British.

136
Q

This battle was psychological victory for the Patriots - with more ammunition they may have won

A

Bunker hill

137
Q

Successful tactics and strategy helped win the war
*

A

American Strength

138
Q

lacked a well-supplied, stable, and effective fighting force

A

American Weakness

139
Q

British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown

A

Charles Cornwallis

140
Q

skillful negotiator; his contribution to the founding of the US was significan

A

Benjamin Franklin

141
Q

served as Commander in Chief of British army and resigned after he could not defeat the Patriots

A

William howe

142
Q

French aristocrat who fought on the Patriot side and helped trap the British in the final battle.

A

Marquis de Lafayette

142
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Do you think more African Americans fought for the British or the Patriots? Explain why.

A

Most african Americans supported the British for reasons we know, but many served with the Continental Army because they believed in what the revolution presumably stood for.

143
Q

Explain the following quote: “This country is the scene of the most cruel events. Neighbors are on opposite sides, children are against their fathers.”

A

This quote is stating that this was a horrible war.

144
Q

One of the biggest problems facing Washington and his troops was

A

a lack of food and clothing.

145
Q

had to transport all supplies, troops, etc.
*

A

British Weakness

146
Q

key term for a professional soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army

A

mercenary

147
Q

had money troubles because they were starting from scratch
*

A

American Weakness

148
Q

What was the military tactic used at Yorktown?
*

A

dig trenches through which he could move his heavy guns close enough to Yorktown to pound Cornwallis into surrender.

149
Q

This battle convinced the French to openly side with the Patriots and was the turning point

A

Saratoga

150
Q

finest navy in the world
*

A

British Strength

151
Q

Describe what
conditions were like for soldiers at
Valley Forge by writing a quick letter home.
Refer to what you learned in the… A Soldier’s Life
reading or the America: The Story of US video

A

it was cold, their wasnt much food, they huddled to stay warm in the few tents they did have there was disease and frostbit and bordom

152
Q

What effect did the outcome of the Revolutionary War have on American Indians?

A

Many American Indian groups lost land in treaties with the new United States government.

153
Q

What did France give the Patriot army? (List 3 things)
*

A

supplies soldiers and food

154
Q

Which of the following factors contributed to the Patriots’ success in winning the Revolutionary War?

A

Some British actions, such as hiring Hessian soldiers, cost them support among the colonists.

155
Q

Final battle of the American Revolution
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A

yorktown

156
Q

In which of the following battles did the colonists most benefit from foreign assistance?

A

Yorktown

157
Q

Native Americans helped them - feared their resources would be lost

A

British Strength

158
Q

Define ratify.

A

To approve of something

159
Q

What is The Federalist?

A

1.a series of 85 essays
2. written by Madison, Hamilton, and John Jay 3.published in new york newspapers in 1787 and 1788 4.to convince new york to ratify the constitution

159
Q

What are the differences between the Federalists and the Antifederalists?

A

1.Federalists argued that a strong central government could overcome the difficulties facing the new nation
2.Antifederalists disliked the lack of a bill of rights. They believed that liberty could not survive unless the federal government was weak.

160
Q

How did the Federalists win ratification of the Constitution?

A

They added THE bill of rights(1st ten amendments)

161
Q

what is the first amendment?

A

gaurentess freedom of :
1.religion
2.speech
3.press
4.assembally
5.petition

162
Q

what is the second amendment

A

gaurentess the right to bear arms

163
Q

what is the fifth amendment

A

ensures the protection against self-incrimination

163
Q

what is the 4th amendment

A

protects individuals against unreasonable search and seizures

163
Q

what is the eighth amendment

A

protects against cruel and unusual punishment against excessive bail

164
Q

what is the 6th amendment

A

gaurentess the person caused of a crime the right to a swift and fair trial

165
Q

what was the triangular trade?

A

1.exchange of manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, 2.enslaved people from Africa to the Americas,
3.and raw materials from the Americas back to Europe

166
Q

what states where in the new England colonies

A

New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut.

166
Q

what were the southern colonies

A

Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina
Georgia

167
Q

what were the middle colonies

A

New Jersey
New York,
Pennsylvania
Delaware

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