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Colonial Ame-
13 Colonies
Independence
100
  • Archaeologist Believe that the American were first populated by people who:
  • Corssed into South America from Antartica
100
  • Why did Europeans seek trade routes to the East that bypassed Arab merchants?
  • Arab merchants charged high prices for their goods.
100
  • The end of Spanish control of the seas was a result of
  • The defeat of the Spanish Armada by England
100
  • Most Germans immigrants settled in
  • Pennsylvania
100
  • American Colonist objected to vice-admiralty courts because they
  • Violated their right to a jury trial
200
  • The most important agricutural product grown by early American was probably

Maize

200
  • The Portuguese took the lead in exploring the boundaries of the known world because

Lack of a Mediterranean port prevented portugual from joining in the profitable trade between Asia and Europe

200
  • Rhode Island minister Roger Williams clashed with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts becase
  • He believed people should not be persecuted for their religious practices
200
  • Great Britian directly ruled
  • Roayal colonies
200
  • The Coercive Acts
  • Closed Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonist paid for tea ruined in the Boston Tea Party.
300

Maya Civilization can best be described as society ruled by religious leasders, or

Therocracy

300
  • Who conquered the Aztec?
  • Hernan Cortez
300
  • The English wanted to acquire the Dutch colony of New Netherland because
  • It had an excellent harbo and thriving river trade
300
  • The Alabany Plan of Union was not approved by the colonies because
  • Colinies were not willing to give up any of their power
300
  • American Colonist who sided with Britain during the American Revolution were called

Loyalist

400
  • The Creek, Chicksaw, and Cherokee peoples.   
  • Lived in farming communities throughout southeastern North America.
400
  • The German Priest Matin Luther
  • Rejected the idea that good works alone would ensure a person’s salvation.
400
  • Missions were established along the Pacific coast of North America by the
  • Spanish
400
  • How did the British Vicotory over the French affect the Native Americans of the Ohio River Valley?
  • It hurt them because they lost their French allies and trading partners.
400
  • The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
  • States that people who wish to form a new country should explain their reason for doing so.
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