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In discussing the awful decimation of American Indians after 1500, most deaths are attributed to?
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how many Indians perished with European settlement?
A based on the latest scientific studies, at least 12 million Indians died
B relatively few Indians died because there were fewer than one million Indians died
C Millions of Indians probably died although no numerical estimates are reliable
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which of the following was an effort of indentured servitude on southern society
A most indentured servants were unable to become landowners
B those with capital were doubly rewarded with land and labor for the price of labor alone.
C small farms became more prosperous than large plantations
D Headrights given to servants upon indenture servants upon indenture created tremendous prosperity among them |
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In 1619 the first African blacks brought to English North America were probably sold in
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| Beginning in the 1650s parliament tried to prohibit foregin goods and vessels from colonial ports and to channel colonial raw materials to England through the |
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| The Navigation acts system began in the 1650s in response to stiff commercial completion by the |
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| We hold these truths to be self-evident .. the above statement was apart of the |
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| Declaration of independence |
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| Thomas Jeffersons general statement of the right of revolution in the declaration of independence had what at a consequence |
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| intended to influance foregin opinion but had little immedate affect outside of great Britain. only made people angry and determined to subdue the rebels |
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| The british commander who sent his troops to capture patriot supplies in Concord in April 1775 was General |
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| The purpose of the British armys march on Concord Massachusetts in April 1775 was to |
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| Seize war supplies stored there |
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| the model for many of the delegates to the constitutional convention was what government body |
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| The ancient Roman Republic |
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After the revolution, the American balance of exports and imports became
A very unfavorable as british merchants poured low-priced manufactured goods into America
B quite unfavorable due to over-expansion and overproduction by American industry
C distinctly favorable as the British West Indies were opened to American trade
D very favorable as Americans who made low-priced goods flooded the European economy |
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Under the Articles of Confederation there was a failed attempt to raise revenue and pressure the British by an
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| Spanish for explores, adventures and soldiers who crushed the peoples of America |
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| religious belief that god predestined life and good works could do nothing to benefit that. |
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Negotiated by the pope in 1494. the treaty resolved the territorial of Spain and Portugal. Portug
al was granted Brazil, while spain was granted the rest of the land |
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| ended the catholic rule of James II. and accessed William II and protestant queen Mary to the British throne in 1688 ending catholic rule. |
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| an armed uprising in 1676, led by Nathaniel bacon, against Virginia, governor sir William Berkeley. initially the rebels attacked indian settlements but later moved against berkeleys political faction and burned james town. When bacon died his rebellion collapsed. |
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| an armed uprising in 1676, led by Nathaniel bacon, against Virginia, governor sir William Berkeley. initially the rebels attacked indian settlements but later moved against berkeleys political faction and burned james town. When bacon died his rebellion collapsed. |
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| an armed uprising in 1676, led by Nathaniel bacon, against Virginia, governor sir William Berkeley. initially the rebels attacked indian settlements but later moved against berkeleys political faction and burned james town. When bacon died his rebellion collapsed. |
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| An uprising in 1689 led by Jacob leisler that wrested control of New Yorks government following the abduction of king games !!. The rebellion ended when leisler was arrested and executed in 1690 |
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| A proposal drafted in Albany NE in 1754 by Benjamin Franklyn of Pennsylvania for a plan of union fo the collective defense of the British colonies. it held the potential for unifying the colonies against its rule; the British government never adopted the plan |
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| Sometimes called tories the term for American colonists who refused to take up arms against England in the 1770 |
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| Critics of the constitution who initially opposed its ratification by the late 1790s, they funereally endorsed states rights and sought limitations on federal power. |
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| Proposal to create a federal legislature in which each state was represented equally. Each state has two representatives, but not its proportional to its population. |
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True or False
Columbus was unaware of Marco Polo's overland journey to Asia in the 13th century. |
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Spanish explorers used requerimiento to justify their conquest of Native Americans |
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| The only clergyman who effectively opposed the witchcraft trials in salem village was Increase Mather. |
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| Yale was founded to uphold Puritan values that Harvard was apparently abandoning |
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| According to the map Atlantic slave trade the vast majority of enslaved west Africans were brought to brazil. |
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| The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was prepared by Benjamin Franklin. |
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| The French prepared for what became the French and Indian war by building a string of forts south from Lake Erie. |
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| Benjamin Franklins Albany Plan proposed a trans Atlantic society to promote scientific research |
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| The map Proclamation of 1763 shows the british controlled area west of the proclamation line of 1763 was reserved for Native Americans |
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| The Olive Branch Petition was the last plea of the continental Congress to the kind of England |
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| Even after the Battle of Bunker Hill the continental Congress and most Americans were reluctant to declare independence because they doubted the common proples capacity for self reluctant to declare independence because they doubted the common peoples capacity for self government. |
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| Most Anglican clergy backed the patriot cause |
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| At the outset of the Constitutional convention the delegates decided they would follow their original instructions just to revise the Articled of Confederation |
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| James Madison drafted the Virginia plan, which favored the interests of the small states |
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| Businesses in which investors pooled capital for specific purposes such as conducting trade and founding colonies |
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| arrived in Boston in 1631,Believed good deeds would bring about gods salvation. prosecuted and banished. |
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| Stiff excess tax on all printed matter, News papers, pamphlets could not be bought without special stamps. |
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| Founded Savannah, wanted sobriety so alcohol was banned. Silk, wine and olive oil would be main products but couldn't be produced in GA |
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| French & Indian allies, against British & Indian allies fought for territory, French lost and was driven off north America |
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| where the French & the Americans defeated the British led by George Washington |
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| Passed according to the articles of confederation that 5 territories would be governed and would be reserved for the Indians without slavery |
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| Gave the president the power to arrest or expel aliens at the time of war and made it more difficult to gain citizenship |
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| Went against the alien and sedition acts to change and give states the power to arrest or expel as they see fit. |
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