US History Midterm Review

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Which of the following best describes mercantalism?

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Importing raw goods to export more manufactured goods

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What was the main reason the Southern Colonies (Virginia) were founded?

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In order to make gold for their joint-stock companies

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Which of the following correctly lists two British colonies that were founded by colonists for religious purposes? Virginia and Rhode Island, South Carolina and Connecticut, Georgia and New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania

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Massachusetts and Pennsylvania

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Virginia House of Burgess's and the Mayflower Compact are all examples of what?

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self governance during Salutary Neglect

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What occurred during the Great Awakening?

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Increased religious enthusiasm led to the growth of new Christian denominations.

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What was one effect of the French and Indian War?

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Britain had huge war debts that had to be paid off

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How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?

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Colonists were angry because Britain refused to allow them to move across the Appalachian Mountains

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How did the colonists respond when the British created the Stamp Act?

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Colonists used boycotts and protested these new taxes

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Which document was most crucial in changing the minds of Americans to support independence from Britain in 1776?

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense

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Which one of the following is not a part of the Committee of Five? John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston

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George Washington