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Food crops exported from the Americas:

allowed a population explosion

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European exploration of the Americas was greatly assisted by:

the Reformation

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Columbus succeeded in:

inspiring subsequent European explorations

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After the arrival of Europeans, the greatest number of Indians died as a result of:

disease

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The first Europeans to sail around Africa and on to India were the:

English

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"Right of Discorvery":

gave the explorers the right to keep the land for themselves because they had discovered it

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"Matrilineal" means:

you trace your heritage through the mother's blood line

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The Protestant Reformation in England:

was led by John Calvin

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A central element of John Calvin's theology was his belief in:

predestination

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Martin Luther translated the Bible to:

German

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By the early 18th Century, the English colonies in North America:

had eliminated their French and Spanish rivals

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The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity form:

tobacco

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The first commercially important natural resource in the Indian-English dynamic was:

furs

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the headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:

giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and fifty more for any servants he might bring

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The Mayflower Compact:

provided the original government for the Plymouth colony

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Which of the following is NOT true of Georgia

it succeeded in keeping out slavery

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The colony of Pennsylvania was:

open to all religious believers

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Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:

English Catholics

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One outstand characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was:

the high mortality rate among its settlers

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A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:

Barbados

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Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived:

in communities where church and state were not separate

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Of the following colonies, which one most embraced religious and ethnic diversity?

Pennsylvania

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In regard to religion, women:

were more likely to be churchgoers than men

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Legally speaking , slaves were:

property

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New England's most important commodity was:

fish

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The Stono Rebellion:

tightened controls on slaves

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Although diseases were widespread in North America, colonists were less susceptible because:

Americas had been exposed to most diseases in Europe and had build immunity

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The witch craze in Salem started when:

adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions

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Slave codes:

outlined the local laws that governed slave life and ownership

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Education in the colonies was:

usually seen as the responsibility of family and church

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The French and Indian War was triggered by:

conflicting French and English claims to the Ohio Valley

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The Royal Proclamation of 1763:

prohibited American settlement west of the Appalachians

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All of the following were true of the early Revolution EXCEPT:

Patriots were universally united behind the cause of independence

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The purpose of the Coercive Acts was to:

punish Boston for the Tea Party

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Perhaps the most radical of the American rebels was Bostonian:

Samuel Adams

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Colonial royal governors:

had veto power over colonial assemblies

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At the end of the war, New Orleans and all of the French lands west of the Mississippi:

went to Spain

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One of the chief objectives of policy under George Grenville was to:

reduce Britain's enormous debt

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The major object of the Tea Act of 1773 was to:

bail out the East India Company

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Which is true of the Boston Tea Party?

Americans destroyed forty-six tons of tea.

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The American victory at Saratoga resulted in:

France's entry on the American side.

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On Christmas night 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware to defeat the:

Hessians

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The war in the South was characterized by"

killing of prisoners by both sides

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Benedict Arnold became notorious late in the war by:

defecting to the British

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Abigail Adams's appeal to her husband, John, to "Remember the Ladies":

was basically ignored

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which of the following statements was NOT true of women during the Revolutionary era?

on at least one occasion, commanded an artillery company in Washington's army

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Because of associations with the British, the Revolution was especially detrimental to the status of the:

Anglicans

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The colonists who wanted to remain part of the British Kingdom were:

loyalists

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In an effort to grow enlistment in the Continental Army, men were

encouraged by an enlistment of $20

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In its winter camp at Valley Forge, Washington's army was decimated by all of the following EXCEPT:

enemy attack

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The Constitution was to be considered ratified as soon as it had been approved by:

nine of the states

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In regard to religion, the Constitution:

prevents Congress from establishing an official religion

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

banned slavery in the Northwest

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Shay's Rebellion was led by:

Indebted farmers

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On the question of women's rights, the proposed Constitution:

said nothing

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The Great compromise:

settled the question of congressional representation

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When Britain and France went to war in 1793, the United States:

expressed neutrality, warning Americans not to aid either side

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One key element of Hamilton's program to encourage manufacturing was his proposal for:

high protective tariffs

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The convention, which assembled in May 1787, was supposed to:

revise the Articles of Confederation

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Which one of the following gave the Confederation government the most trouble?

finances

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