Colonization Review (SSUSH1 & SSUSH2)

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Who is the "mother country" to the North American colonist?

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England (Great Britain)

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An economic theory based on reducing a country’s imports while expanding its exports in order to maximize wealth.

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Mercantilism

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These laws were designed to keep England’s American colonies from competing with their mother country by setting three requirements for trans-Atlantic trade: All goods had to be shipped on English ships, goods imported to colonies must come through English ports, and colonial resources could only be exported to England.

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Navigation Acts

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A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s where Africa sent slaves to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent guns and rum to Africa.

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Triangular Trade

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An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

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Salutary Neglect

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A Native American uprising in Mass. led by Metacomet who joined several Native tribes together but was defeated by English settlers in the end.

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King Philip's War

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Who was Powhatan?

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a Native American chief who ruled over much of the Virginia territory when English settlers arrived

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Originally a Dutch colony, it was taken by the British in 1664 because of its valuable location at the mouth of the Hudson River. Which colony was it?

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New York

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Virginia’s House of Burgesses fulfilled which of the following roles? It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.

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It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.

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One important way that the Great Awakening affected American society was that it led individuals to question traditional authority.

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it led individuals to question traditional authority.