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| Which of the following statements best describes the importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses? |
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| it set the standard for more colonial legislative bodies that would follow. |
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| Mercantilism refers to an economic policy that emphasizes |
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| establishing colonies and a favorable balance of trade fort he mother country |
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| he perceived failure of Virginia’s governor to protect the colony’s frontier area from the depredations of raiding Indians. |
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| The Triangular Trade network of the eighteenth century sought to |
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| circumvent the Navigation Acts by engaging in illegal trade |
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| All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation government except |
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| it lacked the power to borrow money. |
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| a decrease in the reliance on indentured servants for labor |
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| One difference between the Middle Colonies and the other British colonies in North America was that |
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| residents of the Middle Colonies represented more diverse nationalities |
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| The Molasses Act was intended to enforce England’s mercantilist policies by |
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| forcing the colonists to buy sugar from other British colonies rather than from foreign producers. |
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| The intent of British mercantile legislation before 1750 was to |
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| promote favorable trade between Great Britain and its colonies |
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| A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that |
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| nine of thirteen states were needed to pass legislation |
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France had lost most of its territorial possessions in North America by 1763. |
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| During the American War of Independence, the battle of Saratoga was most significant because it |
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| persuaded France to begin supporting the Americans openly. |
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| Hernando Cortes is significant to the history of North America because he |
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| fought and eventually defeated the powerful Aztecs |
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| The purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas was |
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to divide the non-European world between Spain and Portugal. |
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| n the early colonial period a “Separatist” was defined as a person who |
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| wished to break away from the impure Church of England |
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| The majority of people came to America in the colonial period for which of the following reasons? |
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| Which of the following best expresses the outcome of the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763) |
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| It forced Great Britain to reevaluate the administration of its colonial affairs |
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| Reflecting a new focus on individualism, which of the following authors created the character of “Natty Bumppo,” a rugged frontiersman who struggled against the disorders of his soicety? |
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| It splintered existing congregations and churches |
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| The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to |
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protect the colonists from Native Americans in the West |
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granted acreage to any person who paid the passage of servants to the colonies. |
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The cartoon shown above was drawn by Benjamin Franklin in 1756 to gain support for |
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| The case of John Peter Zenger is significant in that it |
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set the standard for future free speech and press rights |
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| The primary motive of those who founded the British colony in Virginia during the seventeenth century was the |
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desire for economic gain. |
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| The Great Awakening had all of the following effects on American colonial society except |
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increased respect for traditional ministers |
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| The treatment of native populations by Spanish explorers in current-day Mexico and the American Southwest is best described as |
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| Which of the following statements is true about John Rolfe and his impact upon the economic development of colonial North America? |
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| He experimented with tobacco cultivation, which soon became a profitable export |
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| The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 were |
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| indicative of social and economic tensions among colonists |
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| Congress’s most successful and effective method of financing the War of Independence was |
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| obtaining grants and loans from France and the Netherlands. |
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| The Republican response to the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts included |
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| he Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. |
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| the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony wanted their settlement to be primarily |
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| an example for the rest of the world |
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| The chief significance of French explorer Samuel de Champlain’s alienation of the Iroquois Indians was |
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| to prevent New France from expanding southward into what is now the United States |
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| The primary issue in Shay’s Rebellion was |
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| the jailing of individuals or seizure of their property for failure to pay taxes during time of economic hardship. |
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| As a result of heavy debts left from the French and Indian War, Parliament decided to |
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force the colonists to pay for the protection they had been provided |
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| The primary American objection to the Stamp Act was that |
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it was a measure for raising revenue from the colonies but it had not been approved by the colonists through their representatives. |
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| The Mayflower Compact could be best described as |
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a foundation for self-government. |
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| Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense |
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| provided intellectual justification for American independence |
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| Which one of the following ideas would the Puritans have rejected? |
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| Education is unimportant. |
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| When colonial Massachusetts’ Governor Thomas Hutchinson attempted to force the sale of taxed tea in Boston in 1773, Bostonians reacted with the |
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| The military turning point in the American Revolution occurred as a result of which of the following battles? |
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| The settlement of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia survived as a result of |
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the planting of tobacco as a cash crop |
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| In founding the colony of Pennsylvania, William Penn’s primary purpose was to |
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| provide a refuge for persecuted English Quakers |
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| American colonists opposed the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) primarily because it |
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| The introduction of the horse to the native tribes of the Great Plains |
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enabled them to leave their villages and follow the buffalo herds |
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| Besides mass production through the use of interchangeable parts, Eli Whitney also influenced the American history by his invention of the |
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| As settlers from various nations arrived in North America, they interacted differently with the native tribes. A major difference between French and British settlers was that |
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the French treated natives with more respect and intermarried with some tribes |
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| Britain’s Proclamation of 1763 |
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prevented the American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| In 1676, Bacon’s Rebellion signaled that |
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| colonial governors struggled to contain domestic unrest |
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| New England’s tightly-knit colonial societies in the seventeenth century began to experience trouble when |
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many began to question the strict adherence to Calvinist doctrine |
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| Public education was most encouraged by which of the following colonies? |
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| Which one of the following was an effect of the Revolutionary War? |
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| the confiscation of Loyalists’ property |
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| The Navigation Laws of 1660 and 1663 |
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| were designed to enhance Britain’s economic position at the expense of the American colonies |
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| In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that |
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government should derive its authority from the consent of those governed |
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| attempted to limit colonial expansion |
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| merican revolutionaries sought the assistance of France in their war against the British. However, France initially refused to recognize the sovereignty of the States and withheld military aid until the American victory at |
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| In seeking diplomatic recognition from foreign powers during the War for Independence, the American government found it necessary to |
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| demonstrate a determination and potential to win independence. |
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save the British East India Company from financial ruin. |
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| Which of the following was a slave revolt during the first half of the 18th century? |
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| New England women were able to |
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own property and enter legal contracts only as a widower or spinster |
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| European contact with Native Americans between 1500 and 1700 did all of the following except |
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| led to the extensive enslavement of the natives for work on plantations |
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| During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was |
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| boycotting British goods. |
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| The circumstances surrounding King Philip’s War (1676) suggest that |
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| New England settlers clashed with the native tribes over territorial expansion |
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| Native American tribes experienced a cultural shift before Columbus landed in the New World when |
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| knowledge of the growing of corn moved up from Mesoamerica |
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wished to separate from the Church of England |
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| The largest group of immigrants outside of England to colonial America by 1775 were |
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| By the end of the seventeenth century, the rise in the African slave trade could be attributed to |
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| the number of indentured servants who had served their contracted time and were now free |
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| In April 1775, “the shot heard round the world” occurred at Lexington when British soldiers clashed with Massachusetts minutemen. The reason that General Gage dispatched troops to Lexington and Concord was to |
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| arrest radical leaders and seize stockpiled weapons |
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| The Maryland Act of Toleration (1639) was passed to |
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| maintain a safe haven for Catholics in the colonies |
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| The pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine aided the cause of American revolutionaries because it |
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| pushed undecided Americans to join the fight for independence |
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“The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow. The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened its moth under them”
- John Edwards, 1741
The quote above embodies the spirit of the Great Awakening in that |
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| the sermon attempts to emote feelings of angst among listeners |
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| The high death rates during travel, the extensive quantity of land, the successive waves of immigrants, the harsh conditions of life, and the hostility of the weather all combined to produce by the end of the period a society that accepted a high degree of personal risk, and glorified youth and vitality over age and wisdom. What era in American history is described? |
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| The British government imposed the Townshend Acts on the American colonies in the belief that |
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the Americans would accept it as external rather than internal taxation. |
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| Adam Smith condemned government regulation and intervention in the economy because |
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| he maintained that government tended to disrupt the competitive forces of the free market. |
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| Many colonial assemblies imposed taxes to support official churches. All of the following colonies had establsihed churches except |
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| The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with which of the following statements? |
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| A government should seek to direct the economy so as to maximize exports. |
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| Shay’s Rebellion worked to convince many Americans that: |
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the central government of the United States should be stronger. |
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| The Puritans believed that their purpose in the colonies was to |
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become an example of faith for the world to see |
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