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| Which of the following revolutionized early Native American Cultures? |
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| The developement of agriculture. |
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| What Indians desired most, upon encountering Europeans, was |
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| At the time of Columbus's first voyage in 1942 |
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| most educated Europeans did not believe the earth was flat |
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| Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers |
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| generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment |
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| To resolve the problem with the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of |
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| The selection of a site for Jamestown was primarily based on the settlers |
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| fears of surprise attacks |
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| The first three years of Jamestown's history witnessed |
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| terrible hardship and suffering |
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| The most important institution of local government in Colonial Virginia |
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| The document in which the Pilgrims established a civil government for their Plymoth colony has become known as the |
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| Which of the following was not a New England colony? |
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| By 1700, the population of New England had reached ______ people |
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| outnumbered men in church by two to one |
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| Land ownership was widespread |
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| prohibited anyone who was not wealthy and prominemt from wearing fine clothes. |
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| THe intention of the Navigation acts was to |
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| allow England to monopolize American trade. |
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| The best definition of republican, as it was understood in the late 1700's, was |
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| a government without monarchy or aristocracy. |
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| The articles of Confederation |
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| jealously guarded state sovereignty at the expense of national power. |
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| The most brilliant American political theorist of the post revolutionary period was |
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| The Constitutional convention took place in |
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| The Federalist was a sceries of essay's written by |
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| Madison, Hamilton, and Jay |
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| For many Americans, George Washington was |
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| a symbol of the new government |
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| The greatest challenge facing the first Washington administration was |
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| Jefferonians' fear of strong financial institutions was based on |
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| their belief that they were the root of corruption in the British government. |
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| Washington's Farewell address |
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| advised against permanent alliances with nations that weren;t interested in promoting |
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| The twelfth Amendment to the Constitution |
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| changed the process of electing the president and vice president. |
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| Thomas Jefferson's attitude toward Native Americans showed that he |
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| respected them as people, but was not impressed by their culture. |
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| Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa |
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| worked to persuade the Indians of the Indiana Territory to hold onto their tribal lands. |
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| Who first expolored the Louisiana Territory all the way to the Pacific? |
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| Aaron Burr was charged with treason for trying to |
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| seperate the west from the rest of the United States. |
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| On the issue of slavery, Jefferson |
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| wanted the slave trade outlawed. |
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