Unit 1 Summative

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What was one way the New England Colonies differed from the Middle and Southern Colonies?

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Agriculture was not a dominant part of the economy.

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Why did European leaders adopt mercantilist economic policies in the Seventeenth Century?

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to increase the wealth of their countries

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According to the theory of mercantilism, what must a nation do in order to build economic strength?

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export more than it imports

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According to the theory of mercantilism, what must a nation do in order to build economic strength?

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export more than it imports

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Bacon's Rebellion was caused, in part, by the failure of Virginia governor Sir William Berkeley to do which of the following?
- provide adequate education for children in the colony
- hold fair elections to fill unfilled seats in the legislature
- protect settlements from attacks by American Indians
- abolish slavery as demanded by the colonial legislature

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protect settlements from attacks by American Indians

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Who settled the Pennsylvania Colony?

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people fleeing religious persecution

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Due to William Penn's commitment to tolerance of others, what was a consequence in the Pennsylvania Colony?

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the Pennsylvania Colony had good relations with American Indians.

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To which legislative body was Charles elected?

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the House of Burgesses

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What contributed to the rapid growth of the African population in North America in the early 1600s? Options: the need for more impressed sailors in the Royal Navy, the forced labor demands of colonial American agriculture, the need for more conscripted soldiers to defend British colonies, the forced labor demands of colonial American manufacturers

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the forced labor demands of colonial American agriculture

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Look at the model of a slave ship that traveled the Middle Passage. Then answer the question that follows.

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Cramped living conditions and harsh treatment caused diseases to spread rapidly.