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32 Cards in this Set
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Early colonists in the Chesapeake did not struggle with what? |
Land that was difficult to farm |
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What were freedom dues? |
Farm implements, clothes, and sometimes land given to former indentured servants. |
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Bacon's Rebellion was triggered by? |
Land shortages and Indian policies |
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What was the middle passage? |
The transatlantic journey that brought slaves to the Americas |
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Where were slave codes implemented? |
The Carolinas |
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What is Gullah? |
A slave language |
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The Stono Rebellion was? |
An example of the slaves' anger at their treatment and permanent servitude |
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What is true about early slaves? |
Slave imports continued to outnumber American-born slaves well into the 1700s |
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The largest group of white Virginians were? |
Small farmers |
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The early Puritans in New England lived... |
almost as long as Americans today. |
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Why did New England leaders block women from retaining separate property and inheriting their husband's states the way the southern women did? |
They feared that the family unity would be undermined |
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How did New England's settlers' ideas about land differ from those of the Indians they encountered? |
The Indians did not believe land could be privately owned. |
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What were the political ramifications of surging population growth in the American colonies from 1700-1775? |
The ratio of American colonists to English subjects dramatically declined. |
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The ethnic diversity of the eighteenth-century American colonies is significant because... |
it paved the way for a new, multicultural American identity. |
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Despite the constant threat of smallpox, American colonists resisted inoculation mainly because.... |
ministers regarded inoculation as tampering with God's will. |
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The term triangular trade describes |
Rum sent from New England to trade for slaves in Africa, who were then exchanged for molasses in the West Indies that could be sold back to New England. |
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The single most important manufacturing activity in the colonies in the 1770s was? |
lumbering |
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What did Parliament hope to accomplish with the Molasses Act (1773)? |
Cut off American trade with the French West Indies |
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Early college education in New England was designed to? |
Prepare young men to become ministers |
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The Zenger case is significant for? |
Establishing freedom of the press |
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Which of the following figures played a crucial role in developing American character? |
Benjamin Franklin |
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Were the Scots-Irish violent to the indians? |
Yes, they were not tolerant to the indians at all. |
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What did NOT contribute to the increasing social stratification and declining opportunities for social mobility in pre-Revolutionary America? |
The rising number of convicts sent to the colonies |
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What was the surest path to quick wealth in the 18th century America? |
Commerce and land speculation |
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What did not cause the Puritan religion to decline? |
Disapproval of its efforts to loosen church membership requirements. |
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What did not result from the Great Awakening? |
The authority of the older clergy was called into question |
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What was not one of Benjamin Franklin's many contributions to America? |
Writing of the Declaration of Independence |
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What is not true about education and religion in the colonies? |
The majority of the faculty at each college comprised church officials |
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How did slaves adapt the Christian religion to make it their own? |
They infused heir worship with singing and dancing. |
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What is not true about the witchcraft hysteria and trials in Salem in the 1690s? |
The witchcraft hysteria was driven by growing social and religious tension |
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What geographic feature contributed to New England settlers' seeking new lad in the West? |
Stony Coastlines |
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What was not a difference between southern and New England society? |
Southerner's devotion to religion decreased over time, while New Englanders remained devout throughout the colonial period. |
