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The Navigation Acts were a part of the English mercantile system.

A) True
B) False

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The European weapon quickly appropriated by Indians was the ________ rifle.

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In the 1640s,during the English Civil War,the Cavaliers were


A) the forces of Parliament, who were largely Puritans.
B) supporters of King Charles I.
C) Scottish and Irish gentry desiring to secede from England.
D) both the forces of Parliament and supporters of King Charles I.
E) neither the forces of Parliament nor supporters of King Charles I.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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By 1670,political representation for colonists in Virginia


A) saw elections take place every two years.
B) was open to all white men over the age of twenty-one.
C) had grown more restrictive.
D) favored western counties over eastern counties.
E) expanded to include landholding black men.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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The first blacks imported to Virginia in 1619


A) may have been considered indentured servants by the colonists.
B) sparked an immediate rapid stream of African slaves to the British colonies.
C) were preferred to European indentured servants.
D) followed Indians into slavery.
E) arrived as independent landowners.

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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In the seventeenth century,English colonists recognized that corn


A) could only be grown in the New World.
B) was their most financially valuable crop.
C) produced yields greater than any of the European grains.
D) was a particularly difficult crop to cultivate.
E) could not be grown in the swampy land around Jamestown.

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689


A) saw an English king, James II, flee to the European continent.
B) enhanced the influence of Catholicism in England.
C) helped put in place the Dominion of New England.
D) kept the English crown among Englishmen.
E) had no effect on colonial governments.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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Which the following statements regarding Sir William Berkeley is FALSE?


A) He was a dominant political figure in Virginia for more than three decades.
B) He encouraged Virginia to develop westward.
C) His relations with Indians were violent and bloody.
D) He extended political representation for frontier settlers.
E) He sent explorers across the Blue Ridge Mountains.

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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In King Philip's War,Indians made effective use of a relatively new weapon,the


A) flintlock rifle.
B) matchlock rifle.
C) repeating revolver.
D) Gatling gun.
E) artillery cannon.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Charles I dissolved Parliament and was later beheaded.

A) True
B) False

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The conflict between tidewater Virginia and a rising elite to its west was called ________.

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Compare the colonization efforts of England and Spain in the New World.

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In colonial North America,the "middle grounds" refers to a region in which


A) no one European or Indian group held a clear dominance.
B) Indian tribes were largely able to keep European colonists out.
C) English colonists quickly became the dominant power.
D) Spanish colonists were long the dominant power.
E) French colonists managed to hold the balance of power.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The Dominion of New England supported the colonists' claims for the "rights of Englishmen."

A) True
B) False

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Like New York,the New Jersey colony


A) quickly developed a strong local government.
B) had few slaves during its early existence.
C) was characterized by a unified and generally peaceful society.
D) had great ethnic and religious diversity.
E) developed an important class of large landowners.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter?


A) Anne Hutchinson
B) John Winthrop
C) Roger Williams
D) John Wheelwright
E) Thomas Hooker

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Anne Hutchinson preached what her critics considered a heresy and referred to it as _______.

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The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean


A) concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.
B) developed their settlements along the same lines as those of the Chesapeake.
C) developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco.
D) had a smaller percentage of slaves than that held by the North American colonies.
E) were forced to deal with larger native populations than settlements on the mainland.

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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James I of England may have believed in the divine right of kings,but he was not particularly harsh in his treatment of Puritans.

A) True
B) False

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Bacon's Rebellion was undertaken to do away with slavery in Virginia.

A) True
B) False

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