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US History to 1750 Set 1
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9th Grade
10/14/2010

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between 1650 and 1750, family life in the English colonies changed such that in?
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northern colonies it grew less patriarchal, while in southern colonies it grew more patriarchal
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By the early 1700s, the slave codes of the English colonies in North America established what rules.
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provided that the children of slaves are also slaves, slavery was permanet, and limitad the rights of slave serverly
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One of the reasons for Roger William's banishment from Massachusetts Bay was his belief that?
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the king of england had no right to give away land belonging to the Indians
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The Virginia company attracted new settlers to its colony after 1609 by?
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promising free land at the end of seven years' labor for the company
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The trail of Peter Zenger established the principle that?
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criticism of the government was not libel if factually true.
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Harvard Collage was chartered in 1636 primarily to?
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train learned Puritan ministers
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In New England towns, the "common" was?
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A centrally located shared pasture.
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Bacon's rebellion was supported mainly by?
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young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land.
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The Mayflower compact is significant in American political thought because?
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in it the people agreed to be bound by the will of the majority.
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the headright system adopter in the Virginia colony?
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gave 50 acres of land to anyone who would transport someone to the colony.
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The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 provided for?
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The toleration of most Christian churches.
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the Great Awakening of the 18th Century was a(n)
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religious revival.
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In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th-century mercantilism by?
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limiting the colonies' trade with other nations
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As a result of tobacco in Virgina?
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a scattered pattern of settlement emerged in the colony.
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Colonial law generally defined slaves as chattels. this meant that slaves were considered as?
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pieces of property with no rights
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labor in the Southern colonies was in high demand because?
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agriculture was the main economic activity.
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During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of merchantilism to?
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limit manufacturing in the colonies
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King Philip's War of 1675-1676 was fought to?
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establish English control over the Indians in new england.
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in the 17th century, the Great Migration refers to the?
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settlement of the Puritans in Massachusetts bay and other colonies
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The event that led to the growth of the Methodist and Baptist religions and which challenged the premise of an established church as well as the government order was?
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The Great Awakening
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Jamestown survived as the first British settlement in America because of?
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the emergence of tobacco as a cash crop
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in 1619, African slavery was introduced to the southern colonies and in the Caribbean because of?
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the tobacco plantations required a large labor force
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The early colonists who worked for a specified number of years were called?
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Indentured servants
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The most famous witch craft hysteria in colonial America occurred in?
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Salem
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The right to vote for members of the colonial assemblies was?
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extended to a greater proportion of the population than anywhere else in the world of 18 century
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In what order did the follow events occur?
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
Pope's rebellion takes place
Pizarro defeats Incas
St Augustine Established
Cortes conquers Mexico
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
Columbus discovers America
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Columbus discovers America
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
Cortes conquers Mexico
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
Pizarro defeats Incas
St Augustine Established
Pope's rebellion takes place
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The Pilgrims were also known as Separatists because they?
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broke all ties with the Church of England
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most of the slave who came to the thirteen mainland colonies on British North America?
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were considered to be property and as such could be used as collateral for loans.
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