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Also referred to as commercialism, _____ is an economic system based upon trade between a mother country and its colonies in order to gain political power through the accumulation of wealth and resources.

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mercantilism

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Southern colonies developed economies in the eastern lowlands based upon _____.

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large cash crop plantations

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Which colonial region's social characteristics include covenant communities where social status is determined by religious standing, primarily within the Puritan faith?

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New England Colonies

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____________ used town meetings (an Athenian direct democracy model) in the operation of government.

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New England

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The Great Awakening was a religious movement of the mid-1700s, challenging traditional religious and governmental orders. It also laid one of the social foundations for the ___.

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American Revolution.

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Some of the labor needs, especially in Virginia, were met by ____, who were often poor persons who agreed to work on plantations for a period of time in return for their passage from Europe or relief from debts.

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Indentured Servants

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Most plantation labor needs eventually came to be satisfied by the forcible importation of African slaves. Their transit from Africa to the Americas became known as ____.

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the Middle Passage.

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The Puritans, seeking religious freedom, settled in:

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New England

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The first elected assembly in the New World was the:

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House of Burgesses in Virginia

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The exploration and colonization of the Americas had all of the following effects on the Native Americans EXCEPT: Indian death in violent conflicts, Indian death by disease, Indian loss of traditional territories.

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Many Indians being forced back to Europe to serve as slaves

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