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40 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following revoluntionized early Native American cultures?
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the development of agriculture
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What Indians desired most, upon encountering Europeans, was
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peaceful trade.
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At the time of Columbus' first voyage in 1492,
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most educated Europeans did not believe that the earth was flat.
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Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers
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generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment.
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To resolve the problem of the vast expense New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of
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the join-stock company.
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The selection of a site for Jamestown was primarily based on the settlers'
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fear of surprise attacks.
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The first three years of Jamestown's history witnessed
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terrible hardships and suffering.
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The most important institution of local goverment in colonial Virginia was the
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county court.
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The document in which the Pilgrims established a civil government for their Plymouth colony has become known as
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Mayflower Compact.
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Which of the following was a New England colony?
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Connecticut
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BY 1700, the population of New England had reached (blank) people.
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120,000
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In New England, women
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outnumbered men in church by two to one.
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In New England,
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land ownership was widespread.
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Sumptuary laws
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prohibited anyone who was not wealthy and prominent from wearing fine clothes.
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The intention of the Navigation Acts was to
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allow England to monopolize American trade.
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The factor most responsible for the growth in the colonial population between 1700 and 1770 was the
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natural reproduction of colonial families.
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The largest group of white, non-English immigrants to the colonies were
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the Scots-Irish.
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Which one of the following regions was not considered part of the Spanish borderlands in the 18th century?
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Minnesota
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The one American who, more than anyone else, symbolized the spirit of the Enlightenment was
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Benjamin Franklin.
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A major source of political information in the colonies came in the form of
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weekly journals.
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The English political philosopher most often cited by American rebels was
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John Locke.
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A major source of information for the colonists was
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newspapers.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 affected
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the lives of ordinary people, as well as those of the elite.
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England passed the Coercive Acts in response to
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the Boston Tea Party.
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The author of the Declaration of Independence was
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Thomas Jefferson.
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The best definition of republican, as it was understood in the late 1700s, was
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a government without monarchy or aristocracy.
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The Articles of Confederation
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jealously guarded state sovereignty at the expense of national power.
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The most brilliant American political theorist of the post-revoluntionary period was
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James Madison.
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The Constitutional Convention took place in
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1787.
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The Federalist was a series of essays written by
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Madison, Hamiliton, and Jay.
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For many Americans, George Washington was
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a symbol of the new government.
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The greatest challenge facing the first Washington administration was
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financial.
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Jeffersonians' fear of strong finiancial institutions was based on
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their belief that they were the root of corruption in the British goverment.
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Washington's Farewell Address
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advised against permanent alliances with nations that weren't interested in promoting.
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The 12th amendment to the Constitution
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changed the process of electing the president and vice president.
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Thomas Jefferson's attitude toward Native Americans showed that he
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respected them as people, but was not impressed by their culture.
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Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa
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worked to persuade the Indians of the Indiana Territory to hold onto their tribal.
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Who first explored the Louisiana Territory all the way to the Pacific?
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Lewis and Clark
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Aaron Burr was charged with treason for trying to
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seperate the West from the rest of the United States.
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On the issue of slavery, Jefferson
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wanted the slave trade outlawed.
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