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According to the economic theory known as mercantilism: |
the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power. |
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As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects on women? |
Women’s work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home. |
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Bacon’s Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia? |
the replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia’s plantations |
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Bacon’s Rebellion was a response to: |
worsening economic conditions in Virginia. |
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By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates: |
were found in many colonial residents’ homes. |
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Carolina grew slowly until: |
rice as a staple crop was discovered to be extremely profitable. |
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During the colonial era, Philadelphia: |
became home to a varied population of artisans and craftsmen. |
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English and Dutch merchants created a well-organized system for “redemptioners.” What was this system for? |
for carrying indentured German families to America where they would work off their transportation debt |
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How did English rule affect the Iroquois Confederacy? |
After a series of complex negotiations, both groups aided each other’s imperial ambitions. |
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How did the colonial elite view their role in society? |
It meant the power to rule—the right of those blessed with wealth and prominence to dominate others. |
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How did the new Massachusetts charter of 1691 change that colony’s government? |
It made Massachusetts a royal colony rather than under the control of Puritan “saints.” |
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In its early years, Carolina was the “colony of a colony” because its original settlers included many: |
landless sons of wealthy planters in Barbados. Correct |
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In which one of the following ways did England reduce colonial autonomy during the 1680s? |
It created the Dominion of New England, run by a royal appointee without benefit of an elected assembly. |
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Nathaniel Bacon: |
actually was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him. |
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North American crops and products: |
were part of a commercial trade network that knitted together a far-flung empire. |
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Of colonists in British North America, which group was the wealthiest? |
South Carolina rice planters |
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Once Massachusetts became a royal colony in 1691: |
it was required to abide by the English Act of Toleration, which displeased many Puritan leaders. |
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Pennsylvania’s treatment of Native Americans was unique in what way? |
Pennsylvania purchased Indian land that was then resold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other colonies. |
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Slave labor in the Chesapeake region increasingly supplanted indentured servitude during the last two decades of the seventeenth century, in part because: |
improving conditions in England reduced the number of transatlantic migrants. |
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Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies because: |
the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time. |
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Spain’s laws touching on slavery: |
gave slaves some opportunities to claim rights under the law in Spain’s American empire. |
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The Charter of Liberties and Privileges in New York: |
created an elected assembly. |
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The first English Navigation Act: |
aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch. |
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The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina: |
proposed a feudal society in the New World, complete with hereditary nobility. |
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The Glorious Revolution witnessed uprisings in colonial America, including ones in: |
New York and Maryland. |
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The separation of church and state: |
existed only in a few colonies. |
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The Virginia slave code of 1705: |
specified that slaves were property and subject to the will of their owner and the community at large. |
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To Quakers, liberty was: |
a universal entitlement. |
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What commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century? |
sugar |
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What form of behavior did William Penn ban in his Pennsylvania colony? |
swearing |
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What ironic consequence did William Penn’s generous policies, such as religious toleration and inexpensive land, have? |
They contributed to the increasing reliance of Virginia and Maryland on African slave labor. |
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What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid-seventeenth century? |
the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 |
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What was one of Pennsylvania’s only restrictions on religious liberty? |
Holding office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews from serving. |
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What was the Covenant Chain? |
an alliance made by the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy |
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What was William Penn’s most fundamental principle? |
religious freedom |
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When England took over the Dutch colony that became New York: |
the English ended the Dutch tradition of allowing married women to conduct business in their own names. |
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When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage: |
it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians. |
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Which one of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England? |
a woman beyond childbearing age who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband |
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Which one of the following is true of slavery? |
The English word “slavery” derives from “Slav,” reflecting the slave trade in Slavic peoples until the fifteenth century. |
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Which one of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century? |
By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands. |
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Which one of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia? |
The lack of good land and corrupt bargains between the governor and the wealthiest tobacco planters made making a living nearly impossible. |
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Which one of the following was true of the colonial elite? |
They controlled colonial government. |
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Who finally ended the Salem Witch trials? |
the Massachusetts governor |
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Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692? |
The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others. |
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William Penn was a member of which religious group? |
Quakers |