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The first successful British colony in North America was

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Jamestown, Virginia

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What did the British rename New Amsterdam?

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New York

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How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?

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VA was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.

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What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?

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It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.

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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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A person who worked for another for 4-7 years to work off the debt he owed for his passage to the Americas; granted freedom and some land when time had been served

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Indentured servant

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Which economic policy was based on the ideas that North American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?

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mercantilism

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Why did slavery grow in the American colonies in the middle 1600's?

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Colonial reaction to Bacons Rebellion ended indentured servants and increased the need for slaves

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Who introduced a new type of tobacco to VA that was highly demanded in Europe and profitable to the southern colonies?

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John Rolfe

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English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the church of any Catholic aspects of the religion

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Puritans