Semester Exam Review Day 2

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The increase in the number of enslaved Africans arriving in America was largely due to

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the development of the plantation system

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The Mayflower Compact showed that the Pilgrims were

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aware of the need to make their own government

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What was the main reason that several New England cities became major shipbuilding centers?

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The cities were located on the coast and had plenty of wood.

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The colony Lord Baltimore established in Maryland encouraged

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religious freedom for Roman Catholics

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A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

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colony

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A government ruled by a king or queen

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monarchy

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Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

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Indentured Servants

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What was the INITIAL reason that European explorers sailed to the Americas?

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to find new sea routes to Asia

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In what year was Jamestown settled?

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1607

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Where is Jamestown located [today]?

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Virginia