US History Midterm Review

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Which of the following best describes mercantalism? Options: Importing raw goods to export more manufactured goods, British policy that said colonies could only trade with England, British allowing the colonies to govern themselves, Three way trade between America, Europe, and Africa

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Importing raw goods to export more manufactured goods

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Which of the following is the best explanation for the reason the Southern Colonies (Virginia) were founded? In order to escape religious persecution, To practice religion freely, In order to make gold for their joint-stock companies, In order to grow cotton

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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? Options: the Olive Branch Petition, John Locke's Two Treatises on Government, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, an account of the Battle of Lexington

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense

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Which one of the following is the reason behind the formation of the Committee of Five? Options: To write the Articles of Confederation, To write the Declaration of Independence, To ratify the Constitution, To keep the colonies in communication about ways to rebel against the British

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To write the Declaration of Independence