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show The society in the Middle Colonies was formed from a variety of different cultures, religions, and nationalities.  
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hy were there were more schools in New England than in the Southern Colonies? A) Southern colonists were afraid the slave population would revolt if they could not be educated too. B) New England colonists often lived close together in towns and could support schools. C) Southern colonists were often too poor to support schools. D) Southern colonists did not believe in the importance of education.   show
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What colony developed the first system of free public schools? A) Pennsylvania B) New York C) Massachusetts D) Maryland   show
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show Harvard  
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show the division of labor  
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show Women worked hard but were dominated by men.  
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show the continuation of European traditional attitudes  
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show wealthy  
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The aristocracy in what colonial region designed their homes and society after the lifestyle of English country gentlemen? A) Western frontier B) Southern colonies C) New England colonies D) Middle colonies   show
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show Southern colonies  
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Why could workers in the colonies demand higher wages and better treatment than workers in Europe? A) Most colonial workers were well educated. B) Colonists knew that the European economy needed American goods in order to survive. C) European workers were unskilled. D) There was a labor shortage in colonial America.   show
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show indentured servants  
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People who signed agreements to work for a period of 3 to 7 years in return for their passage to America were called A) patroons B) slaves C) pioneers D) indentured servant   show
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What did immigrants become after they signed an indenture? A) a tenant farmer B) a slave C) a servant D) a proprietor   show
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How were indentured servants different from free workers? A) They could not leave their job freely. B) They were bound to their masters for life. C) They could not go to church. D) They could learn a trade.   show
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How were indentured servants different from slaves? A) They were able to learn a trade. B) They were able to freely move from colony to colony. C) They would become free in the future. D) They could leave their masters at any time.   show
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show Owners feared that indentured servants could later become competitors.  
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During the colonial period, in which one of the following regions was social class lines most rigid? A) frontier B) tidewater C) Bread Colonies D) backcountry   show
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In the 18th century, an important difference between the migrations of Africans and Europeans to the United States was that A) Africans came against their will and Europeans did not B) Africans were permitted to settle in the North and Europeans were not C) Africans were admitted under a national quota system and Europeans were not D) Africans' transportation costs were paid by the federal government and Europeans paid for their own transportation   show
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20) Which one of the following best describes the infamous trip of slaves from Africa to the East Coast of the Western Hemisphere? A) Lewis and Clark Expedition B) Crusades C) Middle Passage D) Great Migration   show
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show Middle Passage  
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The expansion of slavery in colonial America was in part due to the demand for which one of the following items? A) rice and furs B) sugar and tobacco C) grain and timber D) corn and indigo   show
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show a need for a steady supply of cheap labor  
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show It contributed to the growth of slavery.  
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Where did most slaves work during the colonial period? A) trading ships B) Southern plantations C) port cities D) factories   show
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Why did slave owners often refuse to allow their slaves to learn to read and write? A) Most slaves believed that knowing how to read and write was a waste of time. B) By law, literate slaves were automatically allowed to become freemen. C) Uneducated slaves were often more loyal to their masters than educated slaves. D) Educated slaves often became less willing to work than illiterate slaves.   show
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What was the difference between the percent of blacks in the Southern Colonies in 1650 and in 1750? A) 33% B) 23% C) 12% D) 39%   show
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30) By 1750, what percent of the population of the Southern Colonies was composed of people who were not black? A) 32% B) 64% C) 66% D) 36%   show
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show New England Colonies  
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show Southern Colonies  
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show 73%  
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What might have been the reason for the drastic increase in the black population in the Southern Colonies between 1650 and 1790? A) The Southern Colonies promised the black population complete freedom from slavery. B) Education in the Southern Colonies was made more readily available to the black population. C) The economy of the Southern Colonies became increasingly more dependent upon slave labor. D) The black population favored the warmer climate of the Southern Colonies.   show
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show The Southern economy became increasingly dependent on large-scale farming.  
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What term is defined as the "belief that one race is superior to another?" A) racism B) isolationism C) mercantilism D) containment   show
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What was the Great Awakening? A) a Puritan movement to simplify the practices of the Church of England B) the period after the French and Indian War C) a new time of religious devotion in the colonies D) the period before the Glorious Revolution   show
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show New England colonies  
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show to learn to read the Bible  
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40) Why did Puritan Massachusetts require a public school in every town? A) to teach children career skills B) to teach children how to read the Bible C) to stop crime through education D) to prepare students for college   show
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Which one of the following women was put on trial for speaking out against the Puritans? A) Queen Mary B) Mary Musgrove C) Margaret Brent D) Anne Hutchinson   show
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show strictly religious  
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show People should work hard and be thrifty.  
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show all people were equal in God's sight  
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Which Quaker colony allowed freedom of worship to those who believed in God? A) Georgia B) New York C) Virginia D) Pennsylvania   show
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Most colonial clothing was made of homespun linen and A) rayon B) cotton C) wool D) silk   show
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show the frontier  
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show selling firearms to the Indians  
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What characteristic did the early settlers of the frontier become known for due to their desire for freedom and their diverse backgrounds? A) independence B) reliance upon others C) opposition to expansion D) rigid class system   show
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show raise surplus crops  
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Which document was written by the settlers of the Plymouth colony? A) Mayflower Compact B) Magna Carta C) Fundamental Orders D) Charter of the London Company   show
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show 1620  
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The Mayflower Compact was written to establish a government for the A) Huguenots of South Carolina B) Quakers of Pennsylvania C) Dutch patroons D) Pilgrims   show
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What document recorded the Pilgrims' plan for governing their colony? A) London Company Charter B) Mayflower Compact C) Toleration Act D) Constitution   show
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show It planted the idea of self-government and majority rule in America.  
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What did the Puritans agree to do by signing the Mayflower Compact? A) give everyone religious freedom B) hold elections every two years C) grant the King of England complete power over the colonies D) govern themselves by majority rule   show
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show Massachusetts  
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60) Where was the first representative colonial assembly established? A) Virginia B) Massachusetts C) New York D) Rhode Island   show
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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses? A) the gathering place for the Sons of Liberty B) the lower house of the British Parliament C) the first representative legislature in the colonies D) the meeting place for the local assembly   show
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show Jamestown  
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Why was the establishment of the House of Burgesses in Jamestown important? A) It helped establish the idea of the right to a fair trial. B) It helped to establish the idea of a representative assembly. C) It created a bill of rights for all people. D) It gave colonists the right to freedom of religion.   show
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show It was an early form of representative government that helped to shape democracy.  
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show It allowed elected representatives to make public laws.  
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Why were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut written? A) to limit white settlement B) to guarantee religious freedom C) to end conflict between North and South Carolina D) to restrain government power   show
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What was the name of the first written colonial constitution in America? A) Mayflower Compact B) Articles of Confederation C) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut D) Magna Carta   show
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What did Thomas Hooker believe about government? A) The government should control the people. B) People should set limits on the power of the government. C) People should have little say in the government. D) A democratic government would be dangerous.   show
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show Roger Williams  
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70) John Peter Zenger was known for helping to establish A) freedom of the press B) lower taxes C) better conditions in colonial prisons D) voting rights for women   show
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Which person was known for establishing freedom of the press in the thirteen English colonies? A) Nathan Hale B) Gerrit Smith C) Andrew Hamilton D) John Peter Zenger   show
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show Nathaniel Bacon  
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show Bacon's Rebellion  
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What was the cause of Bacon's Rebellion? A) Farmers in Massachusetts were not able to pay taxes. B) European settlers were acquiring Native-American lands and displacing them. C) Colonists in Pennsylvania refused to pay the tax on whiskey. D) Native Americans and settlers wanted to live side by side.   show
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Bacon's Rebellion was an example of the arguments that sometimes happened between A) farmers and the colonial government B) the Northern and Southern Colonies C) settled areas and the frontier region D) owners and slaves   show
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What term is best described as "allowing others to freely practice religions of their own choice?" A) racism B) toleration C) discrimination D) intolerance   show
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show Act of Toleration  
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show Maryland  
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show Voting required property ownership.  
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80) After 1644, the right to vote in Massachusetts Bay was restricted to which one of the following groups? A) all males over the age of 21 B) people who owned 100 acres of land C) anyone listed as freemen in the original charter D) members of the Puritan church   show
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What was the main occupation in colonial America? A) mining B) shipbuilding C) manufacturing D) farming   show
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What were the main economic activities of the Spanish colonies? A) manufacturing and shipbuilding B) slave trading and hunting C) farming and mining D) fishing and trapping   show
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Due to the conditions of the geograpical area, many of the people of the Southern Colonies became A) miners B) farmers C) shipbuilders D) fishermen   show
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show Southern colonies  
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show a high demand for tobacco, rice, and indigo  
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Why was the cotton grown on the Southern plantations referred to as cash crops? A) In the pre-Civil War South, it required large amounts of money to produce cotton. B) Before the Civil War, money was often printed on paper made from cotton fibers. C) Cotton was the main medium of exchange in Southern states. D) Plantation owners grew large amounts of cotton and sold the cotton for money.   show
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show Southern Colonies  
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Which one of the following was not a major cash crop of the Southern Colonies? A) tobacco B) wheat C) rice D) indigo   show
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show Middle Colonies  
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show The grain grown in the Middle Colonies was used to make bread.  
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show subsistence farming  
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Near what geographic feature did the people in the Southern Colonies tend to settle? A) the coast B) rivers C) mountains D) mesas   show
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Early colonists in North America tended to settle near rivers mainly because these areas provided A) popular camping sites B) protection from enemies C) water power for factories D) resources suitable for agriculture   show
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Colonists in what colonial region relied on fish, oysters, and whales to make up for the short growing season and rocky soil? A) Western frontier B) Middle colonies C) Southern colonies D) New England colonies   show
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Shipbuilding was an important commercial activity in what colonial region? A) Southern colonies B) Western frontier C) New England colonies D) Middle colonies   show
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show They all had accessible harbors.  
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Which one of the following was not considered an important colonial port? A) New York City B) Boston C) Philadelphia D) Trenton   show
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show trade  
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According to the passage, what two geographic resources led to the development of the shipping industry? A) forests and rich soil B) rocky soil and whale beds C) harbors and forests D) fishing beds and coastal plains   show
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100) According to the passage, why were slaves needed on Southern plantations? A) It was a cultural tradition borrowed from England. B) Grain farmers needed extra workers. C) Fewer colonists settled in the South. D) Cotton crops required much labor.   show
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Which one of the following would be the best title for the reading passage? A) " The Issues That Brought About the Civil War" B) " The Influence of Geography on Colonial Economics" C) " Colonial Lifestyles and Politics" D) " The Impact of Labor in Colonial America"   show
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show Triangular Trade  
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show The lumber, fish, and wheat produced by the New England colonies was not in high demand in England.  
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What was the strongest motivation for the colonial Americans who participated in the triangular trade? A) possibilities of mining gold in Latin America B) exchange of cultural ideas C) hopes to establish colonies in Africa D) desire to make a profit   show
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New England merchants were involved in trading what goods in the triangular trade? A) molasses, rum, and slaves B) rum, gold, and silver C) sugar, indigo, and slaves D) slaves, tobacco, and rum   show
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Triangular trade" sent A) rum to the Caribbean B) manufactured goods to England C) slaves to North America D) sugar to the West Indies   show
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show food in exchange for slaves  
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According to the map, what nations participated in triangular trade with England and its North American colonies? A) France and Africa B) South America and the West Indies C) Europe and Asia D) the West Indies and Africa   show
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According to the map, what products did the New England colonies trade to Africa? A) rum and guns B) slaves C) sugar and molasses D) flour and cattle   show
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show flour and cattle  
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show slaves, sugar, and molasses  
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According to the map, what products did Africa trade to the West Indies? A) flour and cattle B) sugar and molasses C) rum, guns, and iron D) slaves   show
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