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20 Cards in this Set
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Advantages of being an apprentice:
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1. learning a valuable skill
2. training with an experienced person 3. becoming an artisan |
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triangular trade route:
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a voyage with two stops before returning home
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the most important building in a colonial New England town:
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the meeting house
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crops grown on southern plantations:
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1. rice
2. tobacco 3. indigo |
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Why did many colonists want to leave Europe?
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They wanted to escape religious persecution.
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The Spanish wanted to find gold in New Mexico, but found mostly...
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grassland.
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What was the result of the Pueblo Revolt?
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The Spanish were driven out of New Mexico.
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The French explored the Mississippi because they were looking for...
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new lands to build trading posts.
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New Orleans was a successful trading center because...
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it was located near the mouth of a river.
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When the English settlers moved west, the Indians...
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resisted their settlements.
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What effect did the French and Indian War have on New France?
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Most of New France was taken over by the British.
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Why did Britain impose the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts on the colonists?
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Britain needed money.
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What effect did British taxation have on the colonies?
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The colonies began to unite as Americans.
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How did the Daughters of Liberty support the boycott of British goods?
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The women learned to make tea and weave cloth.
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The British passed the Intolerable Acts after the colonists...
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dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
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Which colonial leader offered to be in charge of men going to Boston to relieve the citizens?
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George Washington
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Which Patriot warned neighboring militia about a British attack?
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Paul Revere
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Name three effects of the colonists' protest of British taxes:
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1. Patrick Henry spoke out.
2. The Sons of Liberty formed. 3. Colonists boycotted. |
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Who was the organizer of the Sons of Liberty?
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Samuel Adams
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Why were the Committees of Correspondence formed?
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They wanted to share news among the colonies.
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