Mid-term US History Prep

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What was a primary political motivation for European exploration?

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Competition between monarchies for power and land

Front

Spanish exploration focused on: Searching for the Northwest Passage, Establishing a fur trade, Finding gold and spreading Christianity, Creating alliances with Native Americans

Back

Finding gold and spreading Christianity

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Which of the following was central to French exploration? Cash crops, Religious missions, The fur trade and control of the Mississippi River, Establishing a penal colony

Back

The fur trade and control of the Mississippi River

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The first permanent English colony in North America was: Plymouth, Jamestown, New Amsterdam, Savannah

Back

Jamestown

Front

What was a defining feature of the New England colonies?

Back

Subsistence farming and dense forests

Front

The Middle Colonies were known for: Wheat farming and diverse populations

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Wheat farming and diverse populations

Front

What was the purpose of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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To act as the first form of representative government in the colonies

Front

Why were the colonists angered by mercantilist policies?

Back

They believed taxes violated the English constitution.

Front

Which amendment protects freedom of speech and religion?

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First Amendment

Front

The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved debates about:

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Representation of enslaved people in population counts