American History Pre/Post

This law was needed to stop the persecution of Catholics in Maryland by the protestants

• toleration act

• navigation act

• salutary neglect

• mercantilism

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These individuals signed a contract and worked for specified number of years in return for payment of the voyage to America, food, and shelter

• pilgrims

• indentured servants

• Slaves

• protestants

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This document signed by pilgrims at Plymouth Colony was the first time the concept of self-government was used in America

• Mayflower compact

• Toleration Act

• Tea Act

• English Bill of Rights

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This colony was the first successful English colony in the new world

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

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A religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730’s and 1740’s led by the puritan minister Jonathan Edwards

• middle passage

• mercantilism

• great awakening

• Salem witch trial

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The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because

• it was the last British offensive of the war.

• it convinced Spain to enter the war on the American side.

• it convinced France to send arms and supplies to the Americans.

• it convinced France to commit troops and its navy to the American cause.

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In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1773

• 1774

• 1775

• 1776

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The ___________ was sent to King George III in hopes of avoiding a full scale war with England

• Writs of Assistance.

• Common Sense.

• Declaration of Independence.

• The Olive Branch Petition.

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The Revolutionary War began with

• The Battle of Saratoga.

• The Olive Branch Petition.

• The Battle of Bunker Hill.

• The Shot Heard Around the World at Lexington

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To assist customs officers in arresting smugglers, England legalized the use of _____, which enabled officers to enter any location to look of evidence of smuggling.

• letters of marque

• writs of assistance.

• committees of written assembly

• committees of correspondence.

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