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39 Cards in this Set
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During the 17th century, at least three-fourths of the immigrants coming to America's Chesapeake colonies were what?
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Indentured servants
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How did the high mortality rate in the colonies.
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Weakened the traditional patriarchal structure
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In Puritan colonies what was the primary economic and religious unit in the community?
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The Family
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In the mid 1690's what was a turning point in American history that effected the black population?
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The Royal African Company lost its monopoly
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What was one factor that effected if a person was subject to the slave codes in the British American colonies?
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Their African Ancestry
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Historian Edmund S. Morgan said that the institutionalization of African slavery in America reflected what?
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An economic and social needs for an easily recruited and controlled labor force
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What was the most numerous non-English immigrants to America?
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Scotish-Irish
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What were at least three reasons African slaves were valuable to planters along the Carolina and Georgia coasts?
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1)could be forced to do work
2)Came from rice producing regions in Africa 3)Use to the hot and humid weather |
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Why were conditions for agriculture good in Pennsylvania?
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Because the the Germans success use of European methods of intensive cultivation
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What was common problem in American commerce in the 17th. century.
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A lack of a commonly accepted currency
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This was a highly diverse maze of trade routes involving the buying and selling of rum, slaves, and sugar.
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Triangular Trade
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Description of 17th. century plantations.
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Rough and Small
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Did African slaves in the South begin to develop a society and culture of their own?
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YES
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This was the characteristic social unit in New England.
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Towns
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In colonial New England, tensions between cohesion, united community, and reality resulted in what events?
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The Witch Trials
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What were some functions of a colonial American city?
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Trade centers, Centers of Industry, and Intellectual Centers
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In matters of religion, the Americans were MORE or LESS tolerant of their English counterparts?
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MORE
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What are some reasons of the decline of piety in colonial America?
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Denominationalism, Rise of Towns, and Importation of Enlightenment Ideas
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What was the first great American Revival?
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The Great Awakening
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During the first half of the 18th century, colonial legislatures were generally what?
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A Reflection of democracy in their colonies
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(True or False)
After the 1650's natural increase became the most important source of population growth in New England. |
True
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(True or False)
In colonial America few women remained unmarried for long. |
True
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(True or False)
The survival rate of children in the South was greater than other regions. |
False
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(True or False)
Because women were scarce in colonial America, they were not bound to a patriarchal authority. |
False
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The "Middle Passage" was a route taken by settlers moving to the Ohio Valley region.
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False
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Between 1700 and 1775 the colonial population grew from 300,000 to 2 million.
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True
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(True or False)
The earliest non-English speaking immigrants to America were the Hugenots. |
True
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(True or False)
During the colonial era, most colonists were self sufficient farmers. |
False
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(True or False)
The largest industrial enterprise in English North America employed fewer than 100 people. |
False
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(True or False)
Although colonial urban centers were small most of the activities associated with cities were carried on there. |
True
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(True or False)
A great landowner was powerful on this estate, but had little influence beyond his property. |
False
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(True or False)
Southern society was fluid and so not as stratified. |
False
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(True or False)
There were no significant slave rebellions during the colonial period. |
False
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(True or False)
The rigid patriarchal structure of the Puritans made it hard for younger males to strike out on their own. |
True
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(True or False)
The witch trials were unique in New England, because most Puritans did not believe in Witches. |
False
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(True or False)
During the colonial era, there was a preoccupation with the consumption of material goods, and that was directly associated with social status. |
True
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(True or False)
With the access to "dame" schools, women enjoyed a greater rate of literacy than men. |
False
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(True or False)
Most the colleges in America were started for religious reasons. |
True
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(True or False)
In the John Peter Zenger case, the court ruled that criticism of the government was not libelous if factually true. |
True
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