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During the middle of the seventeenth century,the right to vote in Virginia was becoming more restricted.

A) True
B) False

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Both the Pequot War and King Philip's War ended disastrously for the Indians.

A) True
B) False

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William Penn


A) was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism.
B) established a moderately successful but never cosmopolitan colony.
C) suppressed the local Indians in Pennsylvania with a strong military presence.
D) never visited Pennsylvania.
E) used unscrupulous and deceptive advertising to attract settlers.

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

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Virginia did not become a royal colony until the eve of the American Revolution.

A) True
B) False

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Indians using bows and arrows often bested English settlers using matchlock rifles.

A) True
B) False

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California was first colonized by Spain,which used local Indians as its main source of labor.

A) True
B) False

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The Mayflower Compact set forth the principles of the Puritan religion.

A) True
B) False

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Georgia was founded


A) to provide a refuge for Catholics.
B) to create a military barrier against the Spanish.
C) to quickly make money for its investors.
D) by Quaker missionaries.
E) as a haven for religious dissenters.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Captain ________ is associated primarily with the colony of Jamestown.

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The tobacco culture of Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion.

A) True
B) False

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The first Africans to arrive in Virginia in 1619 were likely thought of as indentured servants by the colonists,rather than as slaves.

A) True
B) False

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Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams were both exiled and executed for their dissent on the major tenets of Puritanism.

A) True
B) False

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False

To entice new workers to the colony,the Virginia Company put in place what it called the ________ system.

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The rebellion led by Jacob Leisler took place in


A) Rhode Island.
B) New Jersey.
C) Massachusetts.
D) New York.
E) Connecticut.

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

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The first profitable economic development in Jamestown resulted from


A) the discovery of gold and silver.
B) fur trade with the Indians.
C) the production of tobacco.
D) development of fisheries and lumber.
E) the cultivation of cotton.

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

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The royal governor of Virginia who clashed with Nathaniel Bacon was ________.

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The most cosmopolitan of all the English colonies was ________.

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Like Virginia,Maryland became a center for the cultivation of tobacco.

A) True
B) False

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The English colony established as a buffer north of Spanish colonial holdings on the Atlantic Ocean was ________.

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Georgia

King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as


A) relatively tolerant.
B) extremely hostile.
C) governed by economic motives.
D) more likely to advance Puritan thought in England.
E) unlikely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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