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| When did the Era of European Exploration end? | when Jamestown was settled
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| What was Hernán Cortés sent to Mexico to do? | establish a trading post
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| How did Benjamin Franklin get his brother arrested? | James published Ben’s “Silence Dogood” letters.
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| What is history as defined in lesson 2? | the efforts of historians to interpret sources related to actual events and figure out what happened
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| What did King Philip’s War show about colonial society in the late sixteen hundreds? | Native American relations were still unsettled and dangerous.
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| Because of Puritan influence, New England had | the most public education in the colonies.
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| After which battle were the British most likely to say, “We can’t afford another victory like this!” | Bunker Hill
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| Why did the Puritans want to establish a “city on a hill”? | to show how the Church of England ought to be
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| What did Washington contribute to the victory at Yorktown? | his men to construct a decoy camp in New York
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| Which of these nations was most likely to have a university in the New World by the end of the Era of European Exploration? | Spain
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| What was the main effect of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense? | It convinced many Americans that they should support independence.
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| When was the American Revolution? | 1775–1783
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| Which of these events was a lucky break for Columbus? | He was shipwrecked off the coast of Portugal.
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| Who really got French colonization (not just trading) in Canada started through his tireless efforts, important explorations, relations with the Indians, and many voyages across the Atlantic? | Samuel de Champlain
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| The First Continental Congress met because of what belief? | Colonists need to oppose the Intolerable Acts.
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| Which word best describes how the British enforced its colonial policies during the early seventeen hundreds? | relaxed
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| The colonies revolted because they were most concerned about what? | rights
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| English attempts to start American colonies in the 1500s . . . | generally failed to last for long and sometimes disappeared entirely.
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| Which of these was a major belief most North Americans shared (as illustrated in the story of “Gluscabi and the Game Animals”)? | “All life is sacred.”
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| Which of these was an advantage of the British in the Revolutionary War? | They had a better navy.
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| What was the main purpose of the Navigation Acts? | to get money to England
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| Which had the largest effect on Native American populations during the Era of European Exploration? | the diseases the Europeans brought
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| Which of the following is a primary source for historians studying the journey of the Pilgrims to Plymouth? | a Bible used by one of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower which was later returned to his family home in England.
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| According to the Declaration of Independence, why were the colonies justified in breaking free from the British? | The British government was supposed to exist “to secure these rights,” but it wasn’t doing a very good job of it.
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| Where did settlements stop by the end of the Colonial Era? | the Appalachian Mountains
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| What was the main result of the French and Indian War? | The French lost everything they had in North America.
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| According to most modern-day archeologists, how did the first Native Americans arrive in the Americas? | They traveled across a land bridge.
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| Which of these is true of the Pilgrims? | They wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England.
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| Which of these solutions was used in Jamestown and had a large effect on the southern American colonies the Colonial Era? | tobacco farming
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| Why was Washington’s attack on Trenton important to the American Revolution? | The victory and Washington’s speech after helped inspire men to reenlist, preserving the Continental Army and the Revolution.
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| Which was least helpful to the survival of the Jamestown settlers? | the original instructions from the joint-stock company
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| Which colony was set up as a place where debtors could go to get a new chance in life? | Georgia
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| Which colony was the farthest south? | Georgia
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| Why was Saratoga the turning point of the Revolution? | The French agreed to give military aid to the colonies because of it.
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| What happened on Lexington Green? | Redcoats shot some minutemen and then moved on, thereby starting the Revolutionary War.
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| Which New World food is responsible for America’s large Irish population? | potatoes
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| What was Columbus trying to accomplish by sailing west? | find a quicker way to the Orient
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| Which of these conclusions can be reached when applying the “Golden Rule of Historical Judgment” to the Puritans? | By their own standards, the Puritans acted logically.
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| Who started the fighting in the French and Indian War? | George Washington
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| Which incident was the first to alarm the colonists after the French and Indian War? | the Proclamation Line
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