FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH

EARLY COLONIES EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Who is associated with the "Noble Experiment"?

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William Penn

Question 2: The region that attracted the most diverse colonists was?

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Middle Colonies Question 3: New England town meetings and the House of Burgesses in colonial America were

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Steps in the development of democracy for the colonies Question 4: The Puritans believed that the freedom to practice religion should be extended to

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Puritans only

Question 5: What was true of the Northeast American Indians at the time European first began colonization?

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Their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans.

Question 6: After bacon's rebellion, what did southern labor do?

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It moved away from indentured servants and began to rely more on African Slaves.Question 7: What most accurately describes the system of indentured service in the Chesapeake settlement during the seventeenth century?

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Most indentured servants were lured by the promise of freedom upon the completion of their service

Question 8: What was a result of Bacon's rebellion in 1676?

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Tensions between back-country farmers and the tidewater gentry were exposed

Question 9: French immigrants to the new world tended to inhabit

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Canada

Question 10: William Penn

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Founded a colony that extended a significant degree of religious toleration Question 11: Liberty of conscience was defended by Roger Williams on the grounds of what?

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The state was an improper and ineffectual agency in matters of the spirit.Question 12: Which North American colony was intended to serve a penal colony for debtors?

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Georgia

Question 13: Which one of the three colonial regions was most supportive of public education and why?

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The New England colonies because they thought that the ability to read and understand the teachings in the Bible were a personal responsibility Question 14: By the end of the seventeenth century what was true of women in New England?

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They were a majority in church congregations Question 15: John Winthrop's vision of Massachusetts as the "city upon the hill" was his hope that the colony

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Would serve as a model society that combined the religious tenets of Calvinism in guiding government Question 16: Which of the following imperial powers originally settled the Hudson River Valley?

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Holland (Dutch) Question 17: Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the seventeenth century were primarily seeking to?

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Profit economically

Question 18: In the seventeenth century, the Great Migration refers to the...

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Settlement of the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Question 19: Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 because she did what?

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Challenged the religious beliefs of the colony's leaders

Question 20: What were the major staple crops in the southern colonies during the late 17th century?

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Tobacco, rice, and indigo Question 21: Colleges and universities during the colonial period were dedicated primarily to the training of?

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Ministers

Question 22: Indentured Servants were usually

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Persons who voluntarily bound themselves to labor for a set number of years in return for transportation to the colonies

Question 23: What was a colony that was founded as a haven for Catholics?

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Maryland

Question 24: The headright system....

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gave 50 scres of land to anyone who would pay passage to Virginia

Question 25: John Winthrop is associated with which colony?

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Question 26: The biggest reason that Europeans were able to overpower inhabitants in the New World was the

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Lack of healthy tribal populations Question 27: In the seventeenth century, what was true of slavery in British North America?

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The number of slaves increased rapidly in the last quarter of the century.