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| For the early European explorers, the myth of a distant land of great agricultural abundance was known as? |
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| Many of the original English colonies in North America was established by groups of private investigators....they pool their resources...they hire a ship...they get a land grant from the government...and off to America they go. These groups were known as? |
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| Written by the Pilgrims during their voyage to the New World, it provided guidelines for the establishment of their colony. |
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| The first permanent English colony in the New World was located at? |
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| An intense pride in one's own country in known as? |
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| The organization of private surplus wealth into economic ventures which are designed to make a private profit is called? |
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| It is now a well-accepted scientific fact that the native populations of the Western Hemisphere originally migrated to the Americas from? |
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| The Use and the Ownership of the land |
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| The greatest source of conflict between Europeans and New World native people was over the issue of? |
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| Jamestown, Virginia was founded primarily to serve as? |
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| Located in London, this served as the final "Court-of-Appeals" in the British Empire. |
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| The Period of Salutary Neglect |
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| The period of time from the 1670's to the 1760's, when profound changes occurred in Great Britain's North American Colonies, was known as? |
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| An economic doctrine which was used in the British Empire, and which stated that colonies exist as places for the mother country to acquire raw materials and sell manufactured goods was called? |
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| At the end of their period of contractual obligation, indentured servants were entitled to receive? |
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| Established in 1629 in the area of present-day Boston, this was one of the important Puritan colonies in the New World. |
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| Religious leaders in Native American societies were often known as? |
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| A belief in more then one god? |
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| Passed by the British government during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, these restrictive measures covered all aspects of colonial trade and econimics. |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| This was the first government of the United States of America. |
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| The author of the pamphlet "Common Sense", which contained lengthy arguments for independence was named? |
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| The man who is recognized as the author of the "Declaration of Independence" |
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| Formed Groups called the sons of liberty |
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| In response to Great Britain's passage of the "Stamp Act" in 1765, the American's? |
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| The man who is recognized as the author of "The Star Spangled Banner"? |
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| The man who is recognized as the author of "The Star Spangled Banner"? |
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| This battle was extremely important for the American patriots, because it led to a military alliance with France against Great Britain. |
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| This battle was the real conclusion of hostilities in America during the American Revolution. Great Britain realized that it would be too expensive to continue the war. |
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