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Foy Ch. 3 Test Test

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Why did William Penn create the colony of Pennsylvania?
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What was the secret group that used violence to frighten tax collectors?
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Which one of the following jobs did women do in the Middle Colonies?
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Your plantation grows large quantities of tobacco and uses slave labor to work the land. Every harvest, you ship your tobacco to England to sell. What type of crop do you grow?
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In exchange for paying your own passage to America, the king gives you 50 acres of land for each person in your family. What system is this?
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What Maryland law was the first attempt in the English colonies to support religious freedom?
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What was the attempt by American Indians to push white settlers out of the Ohio Valley?
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The Mayflower Compact was an agreement written by what group to create fair laws to protect the general good?
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You and your family leave the country you were born in and move to a new country. You are considered ________________.
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The newspaper headline of the Boston Gazette this morning (1770) reads: “The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street.” What event is the headline referring to?
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Why was the colony of New Jersey established by the Duke of York in 1664?
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Thanks to Penn’s work, Pennsylvania became an important example of what?
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What government body was used in the colonies to control local affairs and protect individual freedoms?
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What was the capital of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the late 1600’s?
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What organizations were created in some colonies to pass laws?
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You want to protest British laws so you and your friends decide to quit buying British tea and sugar. You will miss your tea but are standing up for what you believe in! What method of protesting are you using?
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What Virginia colony was found on April 26, 1607 and named after the English king?
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What group of Native Americans helped the Jamestown colony?
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What religious movement raised ideas about equality among many colonists?
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You are part of a religious group that supported nonviolence and religious tolerance. You are being persecuted for your beliefs in your home colony of New Jersey. What religious group are you a part of?
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colonial courts
B.
assemblies
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He wanted to provide a home for Quakers
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to use for resources and trade
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Quakers
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business owner
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Toleration Act of 1649
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an immigrant
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Sons of Liberty
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representative government
K.
Boston Massacre
L.
Pontiac's Rebellion
M.
boycott
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Headright System
O.
Powhatan Confederacy
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Jamestown
Q.
cash crop
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Boston
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Pilgrims
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Great Awakening
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Who helped create the Committees of Correspondence to share ideas about the new British laws?
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You own a farm in Pennsylvania that grows oats, wheat and barley. These crops are always needed to feed the colonists. What type of crops are these?
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What man founded the colony of Georgia as a place for debtors to work and with the hope that small farmers might settle there?
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What law was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, that closed Boston Harbor, canceled Massachusetts’ charter, and forced colonists to house and supply British troops?
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What colonists did American Indians trust more because they were less of a danger to the American Indians’ way of life than other colonists?
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What colony was originally founded by the Dutch, but later taken over by the English?
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Who led the colony originally called New Netherland, but renamed New York, from 1647-1664?
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What was the largest source of labor in the Middle Colonies?
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You were captured in West Africa and became a slave. Your two-month long hard journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World was known as what?
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What was important in the New England colonies that led to most communities establishing schools?

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