How did England’s political traditions affect the types of government established in England’s American colonies?

English colonists had some limited representative self-government.

English colonies were direct democracies with rights and freedoms.

English colonial governments prohibited discrimination based on race or religion.

English colonists elected members of Parliament.

The colonies of New France expanded into a vast territory, but grew slowly due to

the difficulty of farming in the Canadian climate.

France’s focus on receiving revenues from imported goods and taxes.

the difficulty of maneuvering through the dense wilderness along the east coast.

England’s obstruction of French trade routes along the Mississippi River.

How did Britain become the dominant power in North America?

by winning a global war against France

by paying mercenaries and privateers to fight the Indians

by staying neutral in the French and Indian War

by buying Canada and Florida from Spain

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Why were the results of Columbus’s first meeting with Native Americans in the West Indies important?

It had a sudden, short-term effect on European expansion.

It had a serious, far-reaching impact on Native Americans.

It had a major but gradual effect on Portuguese colonization.

It had an unexpected, long-lasting impact on trade with Africa.

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How were the Aztec and Inca empires impacted by Spanish conquistadors and European colonization?

Conquistadors made peace with the empires, and then Europeans set up colonies.

The Aztec and Inca empires shrank and survived only into the 1700s.

Conquistadors destroyed the empires, and then Europeans built new settlements.

The Aztec and Inca resisted and expelled both conquistadors and European settlers.

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How did Portugal and other European nations challenge Spanish power?

Portugal colonized Brazil, and other nations backed privateers and explorers.

France colonized Brazil, and Portugal and others invaded Peru and New Spain.

Netherlands captured the Philippines, and Portugal and others backed privateers.

Portugal attacked Spain’s colonies, and other nations aided the Spanish.

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Which was an effect of Spain’s regulation of trade in its American colonies?

Colonists could only trade with other Spanish colonies.

Colonists could export raw materials only to Spain.

Colonists could trade silver with other European nations.

Colonists could not buy Spanish manufactured goods.

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Which was a major impact of Spanish colonization of the Americas?

It gave Spain absolute control over all of South America.

The cost of maintaining overseas colonies quickly drained the Spanish treasury.

All traces of Native American culture were wiped out in the Americas.

For the first time, sea routes connected much of the world.

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As Europeans struggled for power in North America, Native Americans responded by

trading gold for colonists’ weapons.

selling land claims and receiving permanent rights to live on the land.

siding with one European power against another.

moving north to avoid conflict.

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The Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact because

they needed to establish their religious beliefs before landing.

they wanted to set some guidelines for governing their colony.

they wanted to make sure all men and women had the right to vote.

there were royal officials onboard who required a constitution.

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