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The English Colonies

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What colony was originally founded by the Dutch, but later taken over the English?   show
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show Headright System  
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What countries had an important trade relationship with the Middle Colonies?   show
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show Pilgrims  
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Why did William Penn create the colony of Pennsylvania?   show
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show Jamestown  
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What group wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican church?   show
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The newspaper headline of the Boston Gazette this morning (1770) reads: "The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street." What event is the headline referring to?   show
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show John Smith  
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show Olaudah Equiano  
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What document was written by Thomas Hooker to make the government in one New England colony more democratic?   show
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What was one of the jobs done by women in the Middle Colonies?   show
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show Indentured servants  
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show Quakers  
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What government body was used in the colonies to control local affairs and protect individual freedoms?   show
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show Slaves  
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You were captured in West Africa and became a slave. Your two-month long hard journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World was known as what?   show
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show Pontiac's Rebellion  
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Why was the colony of New Jersey established by the Duke of York in 1664?   show
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What was the secret group that used violence to frighten tax collectors?   show
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show Boston  
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You own a farm in Pennsylvania that grows oats, wheat, and barley. What type of crops are these?   show
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What was the New England economy based on?   show
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In response to the Tea Act, how did the Sons of Liberty choose to protest the British law?   show
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show Enlightenment  
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Your plantation grows large quantities of tobacco and uses slave labor to work the land. Every harvest, you ship your tobacco to England to sell. What type of crop do you grow?   show
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show Great Awakening  
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Who led Puritan colonists to Massachusetts to seek religious freedom?   show
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You would like to go to America, but you don't have the money to pay for your passage. A landowner in America agree to pay your passage as long as you will work for free for seven years. You have become _____.   show
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show English Bill of Rights  
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Who helped create the Committees of Correspondence to share ideas about the new British laws?   show
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show Peter Stuyvesant  
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show Representative government  
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What did colonists believe English trade laws limited?   show
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What law was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, that closed Boston Harbor, cancelled Massachusetts's charter, and forced colonists to house and supply British troops?   show
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show Boycott  
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show Sugar Act  
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What woman disagreed wit the Puritan leaders who believed that women should not play an active role in the church?   show
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show To help pay for a standing army  
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What Maryland law was the first attempt in the English colonies to support religious freedom?   show
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Your family wants to completely separate from the Church of England and is being persecuted for their beliefs. You move to the colonies in search of religious freedom. You would be called ___________.   show
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You and your family leave the country you were born in and move to a new country. You are considered to be __________.   show
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show James Oglethorpe  
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show Education  
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What group of Native Americans helped the Jamestown colony?   show
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As a result of what war did Great Britain gain Canada from the French?   show
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What colonists did American Indians trust more because they were less of a danger to the American Indians' way of life than other colonists?   show
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What did many colonists believe that Great Britain had no right to do in the colonies?   show
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What organizations were created in come colonies to pass laws?   show
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show Stamp Act  
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