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88 Cards in this Set
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During the process of ratifying the Constitution:
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two states, Rhode Island and North Carolina, voted against ratification.
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Which of the following is NOT a check against presidential power in the Constitution?
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The House can remove the president from office after impeaching him.
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What was the annuity system involving the U.S. government and certain Indian tribes?
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a system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians
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During the early years of the republic, African-Americans:
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made up well over 10 percent of the total population.
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Shays’s Rebellion demonstrated to many leading Americans the need for a more central government to ensure private liberty.
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True
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Which of the following is true of the Virginia Plan?
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It proposed a two-house legislature, with population determining representation in each house.
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Who wrote Notes on the State of Virginia?
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Thomas Jefferson
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George Washington made a significant statement about slavery when he freed his slaves before taking the presidential office.
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False
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In the 1780s, settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky:
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believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit.
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Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:
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twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government.
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The New Jersey Plan proposed a single-house legislature, which gave each state one vote.
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True
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Which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years’ War?
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strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire
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The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that:
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France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.
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In the Chesapeake region, slavery:
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rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680.
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In the 1700s, the militarily-strong West African nations of Ashanti and Dahomey refused to participate in the slave trade.
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False
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Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade’s effect in West Africa?
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It helped lead to the rise of militarized states in West Africa, whose large armies preyed upon their neighbors in order to capture slaves.
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Most slaves in eighteenth century British America had been born in the colonies.
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False
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What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
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to bring stability to the colonial frontier
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The most successful colonial governors:
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used their appointive powers and control of land grants to win allies in colonial legislatures.
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Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Awakening?
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Its more subdued style of preaching appealed to a wider audience than the older, bombastic style employed by the Puritans.
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The language of British liberty:
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was used by humble members of society as well as by the elite.
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In the portrait of Olaudah Equiano in his book, Equiano holds a:
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Bible
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Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?
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Jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism.
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Which of the following is NOT true of the presidential election of 1800?
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Thomas Jefferson’s victory in the New England states proved to be key to his election.
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George Washington wore the finest English clothes at his first inauguration.
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False
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What was unusual about the Embargo Act of 1807?
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It stopped all American vessels from sailing to foreign ports—an amazing use of federal power, especially by a president supposedlydedicated to a weak central government.
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The Battle of Washington, D.C., valiantly fought by the Americans, was a much needed victory.
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False
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Acre for acre, the Louisiana Purchase was not a bargain.
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False
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Jay’s Treaty abandoned any American alliance with Britain by positioning the United States close to France.
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False
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Which of the following led directly to the formation of an organized political party opposed to the Federalist Party?
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Jay’s Treaty
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Gabriel’s Rebellion:
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demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else.
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John Adams’s acceptance of defeat in 1800 established the vital precedent of a peaceful transfer of power from a defeated party to its successor.
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True
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When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he:
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recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits
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New Netherland never became an important or sizable colony in the Dutch empire.
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True
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The work of farmers’ wives and daughters often spelled the difference between a family’s self-sufficiency and poverty.
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True
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What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid seventeenth century?
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the restoration of the monarchy in 1660
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William Penn obtained the land for his Pennsylvania colony because:
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the king wanted to cancel his debt to the Penn family and bolster the English presence in North America.
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The cities were the most rapidly growing region in North America by the mid–eighteenth century.
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False
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Slavery flourished in Brazil and the West Indies in the seventeenth century because of tobacco.
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False
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Elizabeth Sprigs, an indentured servant in Maryland, found her experience to be:
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extremely harsh, barely better than that of a slave’s.
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Once Massachusetts became a royal colony in 1691:
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it was required to abide by the English Act of Toleration, which displeased many Puritan leaders.
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What inspired the 1715 uprising by the Yamasee and Creek peoples against English colonists in Carolina?
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high debts incurred by the Yamasee and Creek in trade with the English settlers
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English settlers in New York demanded their rights over their former Dutch rulers through the Charter of Liberties.
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True
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A consequence of Bacon’s Rebellion was a consolidation of power among Virginia’s elite.
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True
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When Europeans arrived, many Native Americans:
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tried to use them to enhance their standing with other Native Americans.
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The transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, and sugar cane is called:
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the Columbian Exchange
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The Spanish justified their claim to land in the New World through all of the following EXCEPT:
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defeating the English fleet in 1588.
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In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded:
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Quebec
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Which one of the following is true of religion in seventeenth-century Europe?
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Religious uniformity was thought to be essential to public order.
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Bartolomé de Las Casas argued that Indians:
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should enjoy “all guarantees of liberty and justice” as subjects of Spain.
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Columbus was Spanish.
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False
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The Columbian Exchange was:
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the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
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Which one of the following is true about Native Americans and material wealth?
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Chiefs were expected to share some of their goods rather than hoard them.
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Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
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large, wealthy, and sophisticated.
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Which one of the following statements about Spanish America is true?
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Over time, Spanish America evolved into a hybrid culture—part Spanish, part Indian, and, in some areas, part African.
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The Olive Branch Petition:
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was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown.
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Violent social turmoil in rural areas during the 1760s:
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involved events in both northern and southern colonies.
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All of the following are true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:
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its arguments made it a uniquely American document with little relevance to other nations.
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During the Revolutionary War, tensions between backcountry farmers and wealthy planters:
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gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists.
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The Sugar Act alarmed colonists, in part because it:
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threatened the profits of colonial merchants already in economic trouble.
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense:
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argued that America would become the home of freedom and “an asylum for mankind.”
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The expulsion of the journalist John Wilkes from his seat in Parliament:
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symbolized the threat to liberty for many in both Britain and America.
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James Chalmers, the Loyalist and member of Maryland’s planter elite, equated independence with slavery.
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True
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American leaders viewed the British Empire as an association of equals.
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True
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Which of the following is TRUE of the soldiers who fought for American independence?
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During the war’s later years, the Continental army relied increasingly on young men with limited economic prospects.
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The Quebec Act:
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granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada.
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In spite of the revolutionary rhetoric of freedom, indentured servitude was still widely practiced in the northern states by 1800.
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False
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What settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?
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Sierra Leone
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Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?
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20 to 25 percent
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As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:
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upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches.
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Who was Phillis Wheatley?
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a poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom
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Thomas Jefferson’s declaration that “all men are created equal” did not radically alter society.
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False
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Republican motherhood encouraged:
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greater educational opportunities for women.
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For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?
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the Declaration of Independence, the University of Virginia, the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom
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Because Americans were preoccupied with war, religious liberty was a rather peripheral issue in the 1770s and 1780s.
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False
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Which state’s constitution granted suffrage to all “inhabitants” who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?
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New Jersey
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Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?
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The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship.
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Opechancanough:
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mounted a surprise attack in 1622 that wiped out one-quarter of Virginia’s settlers.
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Which one of the following is true of poverty in seventeenth-century Great Britain?
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About half of the population lived at or below the poverty line by the end of the seventeenth century.
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In what ways was Puritan church membership a restrictive status?
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Full membership required demonstrating that one had experienced divine grace.
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During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:
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new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church.
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Why did the Pilgrims flee the Netherlands?
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They felt that the surrounding culture was corrupting their children.
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Growing connections with Europeans lessened warfare between Indian tribes.
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False
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Roger Williams imagined Rhode Island as a feudal domain.
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False
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Under English law, married women held many legal rights and privileges.
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False
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How did Richard Hakluyt explain his claim that there was a connection between freedom and colonization?
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English colonization would save the New World from Spanish tyranny.
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In Puritan marriages:
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reciprocal affection and companionship were the ideal.
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Which one of the following lists these colonies in the proper chronological order by the dates they were founded, from the earliest to the latest?
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Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island
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