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The first successful British colony in North America was

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Jamestown, Virginia

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Which of the following regions would have featured the MOST diversity during the late 1600s and 1700s? Mid-Atlantic, New England, Southern, Western

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Mid-Atlantic

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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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The presence of which pair of geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England colonies?

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rocky soil and short growing season

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

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mercantilism

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During the 1700s, North America’s African population grew immensely. Which of the following MOST LIKELY contributed to this trend? The French & Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Great Britain's conquest of New England, The Middle Passage

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The Middle Passage

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Which heading best completes the partial outline:
A. Villages with town meetings
B. Small farms and commercial fishing
C. First American college

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New England colonies

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How did the ideas of the Great Awakening of the 1700s MOST affect the North American colonies?

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Religious belief contributed to a sense of individualism and political independence.

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What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

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Long harvesting seasons and warm weather contributing to the growth of the plantation system.

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Who fought in the French and Indian War? Options: French vs. Indians, British vs. French, British & Colonies vs. French and Indians, Indians vs. British

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British & Colonies vs. French and Indians