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Transplantations and Borderlands

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A major conflict that defined Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia, and demonstrate the instability of the free, landless men of the colony   Bacon's Rebellion  
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James II. combined the government of Massachusetts with the government and rest of the New England colonies, and later, also included New York and New Jersey   Dominion of New England  
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Father and son, the first and second Lord Baltimores, who were instrumental in the founding of Maryland   George and Cecillus Calvert  
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A bloodless coup that brought William and Mary to power in England   Glorious Revolution  
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Fifty-acre grants of land that new settlers could acquire in a variety of ways   Headright  
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Man who raised a militia in 1689 and proclaimed himself the head of government in New York   Jacob Leisler  
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Lead of the first colonial expedition to Georgia; had a great vision about how a colony should be organized and governed   James Ogletrope  
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Famous world traveler and writer who arguably saved Jamestown from extinction   John Smith  
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Elected by the new owners of Massachusetts Bay company as governor; went onto dominate colonial politics   John Winthrop  
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The most prolonged and deadly encounter between white and Indians in the seventeenth century, began in 1675   King Philips war  
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A group of the Puritan merchants in England who organized a new colonial venture in America   Massachusetts Bay Company  
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Documents with the Pilgrims signed to establish a government for themselves   Mayflower compact  
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The name by which King Philips was known among his own people   Metacomet  
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A place, so-called by historians, where disparate people encounter and shape one another   Middle ground  
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Three acts that Charles II. adopted to regulate colonial commerce   Navigation Acts  
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An Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia was   John Rolfe  
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Captain John Smith helped Jamestown survive when he   Imposed work and order on the colony  
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In 1619, another crucial element was introduced into the Virginia social order   Africans  
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Which of the following colonies allowed freedom of religion to all Christians?   Maryland  
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Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were LEAST likely to advocate a policy of   tolerance and mutual respect  
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Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against Sir William Berkeley in Virginia in 1675?   He represented Berkeley's growing power and control of the fur trade  
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What did Bacon's Rebellion reveal about the growth of the Virginia colony   That serious social and geographical tension between colonists existed and threatened the colony's stability  
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Which colony founded by Roger Williams in 1644 was the only place in colonial North America that guaranteed freedom of worship regardless of religious faith?   Rhode Island  
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Slavery in English colonies   Main crop worked was tobacco, planters preferred European indentured servants up until the 1670s, and early slaves were treated much like indentured servants  
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Slavery in the Caribbean   Main crop worked was sugarcane, African slaves eventually outnumbered whites, brutal working environment and harsh treatment  
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Slavery in England and Caribbean   Employed indentured servants from England before turning to African slaves, native population was too small provide workforce  
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How did Africans respond to their enslavement and treatment by whites?   By developing patterns of resistance and establishing elaborate cultures of their own  
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Who led the rebellion against the colonial government in New York after the overthrow of James II.?   Jacob Leisler  
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What was the most significant outcome of the Glorious Revolution in the American colonies?   It led to a series of violent revolutions and weakened the crown's authority  
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Seventeenth century English colonial settlements   Was essentially business enterprises  
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The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT   Improved relations with the local Indians  
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The Virginia Company developed the "headright system" to   Attract new settlers to the colony  
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The Powhatan Indian named Pocahontas   Created an interest in England in "civilizing" Indians  
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In which area of technology were Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists?   Agriculture  
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In its beginning, the Maryland colony   Was a refuge for English Catholics  
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During its first year in North America, the Plymouth colony   survived in large part due to assistance from Indians  
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The Massachusetts Bay Puritans   Created a colonial "theocracy"  
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In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she   Challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society  
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In King Philip's war, Indians made effective use a relatively new weapon, the   Flintlock rifle  
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The New York colony   Emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch  
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In the seventeenth century, English Quakers   Had disregarded for class or gender distinctions, had no paid clergy, were pacifists, believe all could attain salvation.  
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Georgia was founded   To create a military barrier against the Spanish.  
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In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region which   No one European or Indian group held a clear dominance  
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The Navigation Acts primarily benefited   British business and merchants  
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Leisler's rebellion took place in   New York  
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The tobacco culture in Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion   True  
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Both the Pequot war and King Philip's war ended disastrously for Indians   True  
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Unlike the colonists of Jamestown, the Puritans in Massachusetts established settlements based on families   True  
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The Pre-Columbian American people in the Pacific Northwest did what?   Fished salmon as their principle occupation  
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The eastern 3rd of what is now the U.S. was inhibited by the?   Woodland Indian  
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Indian Societies in N.America?   Did not allow women to exercise any control over social economic matters  
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Which statement about Spanish settlements in the new world is false?   The first settlers were mostly interested in farming  
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Which statement about the French colonization in the new world is false?   The French, like the English, tried to remain separate from native people  
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One of the biggest problems during the first years of the Jamestown settlement was   The unwillingness of colonists to grow food  
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The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all of the following except   Improved relationships with the local Native Americans  
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The Plymouth colony's relationship with its Indian neighbors was   An integral part of its survival during the formative years of the colony  
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During the seventeenth century, at least 3/4's of the immigrants who came to the Chesapeake colonies came as   Indentured servants  
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In colonial New England Purital Communities, women   Were expected to be major contributors to the family  
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What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is false?   The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them.  
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The first plantations in colonial North American emerged in the tobacco-growing areas of   Virginia and Maryland  
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The Stone Rebellion of 1739   Saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape the colony  
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The Great Awakening was   The first great religious revival in America  
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Each of the following was a reason for the colonists to enjoy their membership in the British Empire in the 1750's Except   British subsidies for colonial industry  
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The British victory in the great war for the Empire   Gave England control of most of the settled regions of North America  
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In an effort to keep peace between frontiersmen and Indians and provide for more orderly settlement of the west, the British government   Forbade settlers from crossing the mountains that divided the Atlantic Coast from the interior  
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The Stamp Act of 1765   Required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents  
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Boston Massacare   Was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression  
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American complaints concerning lack of representation made little sense to the English, who pointed out the   Each member of Parliament represented the interests of the whole empire rather than a particular individual or geographical area  
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The Declaration of Independence   Borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents  
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At the start of the revolution, American advantages over the British included a   Great commitment to the war.  
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In the Battle of Bunker Hill, the   British suffered heavy casualties  
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During the American Revolution, loyalists   Constituted perhaps as many as 1/3 of the white colonial population  
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Under the articles of confederation, in 1977 there was a federal   Congress  
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One effect of Shay's Rebellion was it   Contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform  
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