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In colonial America, an aim of British mercantile policy was to force American merchants to
sell more raw materials to countries other than England
provide raw materials to England only
compete with England for overseas markets
produce all their own manufactured goods
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The need for agricultural workers in the Southern colonies led to the
formation of labor unions
decision to industrialize
use of enslaved people from Africa
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The belief that colonies exist to benefit the economy of the mother country is known as
triangular trade
mercantilism
free trade
nativism
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The original 13 colonies were primarily located along the
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
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The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island was to
seek religious freedom
purchase inexpensive farm land
profit from the fur trade
obtain better jobs
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In the 13 colonies, voting rights were limited to
colonists born in America
men who owned property
women who could read and write
people who had come from England
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Which religious group is correctly paired with the colony its members helped establish?
Puritans-Georgia
Quakers-Pennsylvania
Pilgrims-Virginia
Catholics-Rhode Island
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Which cash crop is credited with helping the Jamestown colony to survive?
tobacco
rice
sugar
grain
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In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
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The Quakers believed that
nobles were better than all other settlers
a strong military was necessary for peace
all people were equal
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The colony of Georgia was founded by
Lord Baltimore
James Oglethorpe
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
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Puritans from Massachusetts founded Connecticut because they
felt the Massachusetts government was too powerful
felt the Massachusetts government was not powerful enough
practiced a religion different from others in Massachusetts
believed in religious toleration
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Which colonies were known as the Breadbasket Colonies?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
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As a result of the Great Awakening,
public schools were opened in the South
Catholics gained religious freedom
many churches were destroyed
many new churches were started
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English people who could not afford passage to America came as
indentured servants
slaves
tobacco farmers
investors
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A colonial document extending voting rights to non-church members was the
Mayflower Compact
Act of Toleration
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Quaker Pact
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The names of the Middle Colonies were
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia
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Taking slaves from Africa to the West Indies was part of the
triangular trade
colonial smuggling operations
work of pirates
way New England avoided having many slaves
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Settlers in the Middle Colonies created a society that
supported local artisans
was mainly urban
was ethnically diverse
settled people by family groups
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Which Enlightenment thinker believed that all people were born with rights of life, liberty and property?
Ben Franklin
Jonathan Edwards
John Locke
Alicia Keys
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The last Reds pitcher to pitch a no-hitter was
Roy Halladay
Bronson Arroyo
Travis Wood
Tom Browning