FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HISTORY 3

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HISTORY 3

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-Guarantee passing score -74 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation Question 1: In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region which

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No one European or Indian group held a clear dominance

Question 2: The Powhatan Indian named Pocahontas

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Created an interest in England in "civilizing" Indians Question 3: In an effort to keep peace between frontiersmen and Indians and provide for more orderly settlement of the west, the British government

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Forbade settlers from crossing the mountains that divided the Atlantic Coast from the interior

Question 4: The Stone Rebellion of 1739

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Saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape the colony

Question 5: Fifty-acre grants of land that new settlers could acquire in a variety of ways

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Headright Question 6: Each of the following was a reason for the colonists to enjoy their membership in the British Empire in the 1750's Except

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British subsidies for colonial industry Question 7: Which of the following colonies allowed freedom of religion to all Christians?

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Maryland

Question 8: During the American Revolution, loyalists

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Constituted perhaps as many as 1/3 of the white colonial population

Question 9: Boston Massacare

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Was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression

Question 10: Leisler's rebellion took place in

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New York Question 11: The Pre-Columbian American people in the Pacific Northwest did what?

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Fished salmon as their principle occupation

Question 12: Under the articles of confederation, in 1977 there was a federal

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Congress

Question 13: Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were LEAST likely to advocate a policy of

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tolerance and mutual respect Question 14: The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all of the following except

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Improved relationships with the local Native Americans Question 15: Elected by the new owners of Massachusetts Bay company as governor; went onto dominate colonial politics

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John Winthrop

Question 16: The British victory in the great war for the Empire

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Gave England control of most of the settled regions of North America

Question 17: The Virginia Company developed the "headright system" to

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Attract new settlers to the colony

Question 18: In colonial New England Purital Communities, women

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Were expected to be major contributors to the family Question 19: What was the most significant outcome of the Glorious Revolution in the American colonies?

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It led to a series of violent revolutions and weakened the crown's authority Question 20: Documents with the Pilgrims signed to establish a government for themselves

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Mayflower compact

Question 21: Three acts that Charles II. adopted to regulate colonial commerce

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Navigation Acts Question 22: At the start of the revolution, American advantages over the British included a

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Great commitment to the war.Question 23: A place, so-called by historians, where disparate people encounter and shape one another

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Middle ground Question 24: During the seventeenth century, at least 3/4's of the immigrants who came to the Chesapeake colonies came as

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Indentured servants

Question 25: The eastern 3rd of what is now the U.S. was inhibited by the?

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Woodland Indian Question 26: The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT

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Improved relations with the local Indians

Question 27: The Declaration of Independence

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Borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents

Question 28: In its beginning, the Maryland colony

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Was a refuge for English Catholics