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15 Cards in this Set
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The methods used in which one of the following countries anticipated policies England would undertake in America?
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Ireland
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Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?
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because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic
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Which one of the following is true about the early history of Jamestown?
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The death rate was extraordinarily high.
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Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high?
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There was disease and a lack of food.
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How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony’s development?
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It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another’s passage.
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To entice settlers to Virginia, the Virginia Company established the headright system, which:
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provided land to settlers who paid their own passage
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What was Virginia’s “gold,” which ensured its survival and prosperity?
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tobacco
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Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:
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tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society.
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In contrast to life in the Chesapeake region, life in New England:
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was more family oriented.
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Puritans viewed individual and personal freedom as:
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dangerous to the individual but good for the community.
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Nearly two-thirds of English settlers arrived as indentured servants.
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True
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English settlers believed land was the basis of liberty.
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Ture
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The Virginia Company accomplished its goals for the company and for its settlers.
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False
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Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.
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True
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After the English Civil War, it was generally believed that freedom was the common heritage of all Englishmen.
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True
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