C1 Flash cardsThe Revolution's origins (The American Revolution)

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According to the passage, to a British policy maker in the 1750s, what were considered the 'colonies'?

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Barbados or Jamaica, the important sugar-producing islands in the West Indies, or the rich provinces of India.

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Which company managed the governments and finances of the rich provinces of India according to the passage?

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The East India Company

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According to the passage, which areas would not be the focus if attention was turned to North America?

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Massachusetts, Virginia, or Pennsylvania

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Which rivers drained the area beyond the mountains mentioned in the passage?

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Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

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Name two native peoples mentioned in the passage who possessed the territory before the Crown claimed it. Options: Iroquois, Miami, Shawnee, Cherokee; Aztec, Inca, Maya, Olmec; Sioux, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni; Huron, Algonquin, Cree, Inuit

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Iroquois, Miami, Shawnee, Cherokee

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In the 1750s, which European power was moving in across the Great Lakes from Canada and up the Mississippi from Louisiana?

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The French

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From Quebec to New Orleans, the French were taking control of the continent's interior, building forts and trading posts at which locations?

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Detroit, Vincennes, and St. Louis

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Which colonies were planted by religious dissenters in the seventeenth century?

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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

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What product from New England was used to feed the enslaved laborers of the West Indies?

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Cod

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Did the New England colonies prosper through trade and have more power to govern themselves than anyone else in the British empire?

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True