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a person who goes on a religious journey
What is a Pilgrim
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Why did Spanish settlements spread in North America? a. The Spanish Army built a series of forts. b. Spanish missionaries set up villages, called missions. c. The Spanish navy set up bases along the coast.
What is b. Spanish missionaries set up villages, called missions.
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Which statement BEST explains why England wanted to start a colony in North America? a. England's bitter rival, Spain, had North American colonies. England wanted a North American colony to compete with Spain. b. The English wanted to bring Native Americans back to England to work. c. The English rulers wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
What is a. England's bitter rival, Spain, had North American colonies. England wanted a North American colony to compete with Spain.
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Which of the following did the Pilgrims promise to do in the Mayflower Compact? a. allow their members not to take part in the church if they did not want to b. conquer the Native Americans c. work together to make "just and equal" laws
What is c. work together to make "just and equal" laws
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Which of the following BEST describes the relations between the Native Americans and the French and Dutch colonists? a. Neither the French nor the Dutch had any contact with Native Americans. b. Both the French and Dutch traded with some Native Americans, but both groups of colonists also came into conflict with other Native Americans. c. The French traded with Native Americans, but Dutch efforts to enslave Native Americans led to great violence.
What is b. Both the French and Dutch traded with some Native Americans, but both groups of colonists also came into conflict with other Native Americans.
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a person chosen by the voters to speak and act for them
What is a representative
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How did contact with the Spaniards harm Native Americans? a. The Spanish settlers took all of the firearms from the Native Americans. b. The Spaniards joined with the English settlers and enslaved the Native Americans. c. The Spaniards passed European diseases to the Native Americans. As a result, many Native Americans died.
What is c. The Spaniards passed European diseases to the Native Americans. As a result, many Native Americans died.
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Which statement best describes the relationship between the English colonists on Roanoke Island and the local Native Americans? a. The English colonists killed all of the local Native Americans as soon as they arrived at Roanoke Island. b. The English colonists converted the Native Americans to Christianity. c. There was probably conflict between the two groups because of a shortage of food.
What is c. There was probably conflict between the two groups because of a shortage of food.
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Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans. a. The Wampanoag people helped the Pilgrims because the Pilgrims protected them from their Native American foes. b. In general, the Pilgrims did not cooperate with the Native Americans. c. Native Americans refused to help the Pilgrims because the Pilgrims took their land by force.
What is a. The Wampanoag people helped the Pilgrims because the Pilgrims protected them from their Native American foes.
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As in Jamestown in the English colonies, life in the Dutch colony of New Netherland was based on a. fishing b. shipbuilding c. commerce d. farming
What is c. commerce
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someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time.
What is indentured servant
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Which of the following explains why the location of the St. Augustine settlement was important to the Spaniards? a.The settlement served as a base for expanding Spanish settlements into the Carolinas and Virginia. b. St. Augustine became a major center of commerce with the French and English. c. The shipping route that Spanish ships used to take gold and silver from the Americas to Spain passed near St. Augustine. Soldiers at the St. Augustine fort protected Spanish ships from pirates.
What is c. The shipping route that Spanish ships used to take gold and silver from the Americas to Spain passed near St. Augustine. Soldiers at the St. Augustine fort protected Spanish ships from pirates.
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Which of the following was a key factor in the survival and progress of the English colony at Jamestown? a. Enslaved Africans taught the settlers how to grow rice. Rice became an important cash crop in Jamestown. b. The Virginia Company finally began to earn profits when John Rolfe started to grow a new type of tobacco in Jamestown. c. King James I finally sent a large English army to Jamestown to subdue the Spanish forces that had been attacking the English colonists.
What is b. The Virginia Company finally began to earn profits when John Rolfe started to grow a new type of tobacco in Jamestown.
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Which of the following BEST describes the role of religion in the lives of Pilgrims and Puritans. a. Neither group practiced an organized religion. b. Religion was very important to both groups. Religious activities were a central part of their lives. c. Religion was very important to the Pilgrims, but the Puritans were not interested in religion.
What is b. Religion was very important to both groups. Religious activities were a central part of their lives.
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Think about the English, French, and Dutch colonies in North America. Which of the following BEST summarizes their North American colonial histories? a. Each group had different reasons for starting colonies in North America, but economic motives were important for all three groups. b. All three groups tried to enslave the Native Americans. c. The English and the Dutch colonies were successful, but the French colonies failed after only a few years.
What is a. Each group had different reasons for starting colonies in North America, but economic motives were important for all three groups.
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a crop raised for sale, not for use by the people who farm it
What is a cash crop
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True or False: The following statements describe the role of Native Americans in the economy of New Spain. The government used encomiendas to give settlers the right to control Native Americans. Native Americans were viewed as a source of labor which caused many Native American deaths.
What is true.
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Which of the following is true about the geography and environment of the Jamestown colony? a. The colony was built high on a coastal mountain range, which made it hard to attack. b. The colony's location on the Pacific coast of North America made it easy for the colonists to trade with Asian civilizations. c. The site of the colony was almost surrounded by water. Some of the water was unclean, and the mosquitoes that bred around the water carried disease.
What is c. The site of the colony was almost surrounded by water. Some of the water was unclean, and the mosquitoes that bred around the water carried disease.
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The Pilgrims cooperated with the Native Americans, and both groups benefited. The Puritans tried to force Christianity on the Native Americans. That led to conflict between the two groups. Which of the following is true about the above statements. a. The statements are correct about the Pilgrims, but incorrect about the Puritans. b. The statements are incorrect about both the Pilgrims and the Puritans. c. The statements are correct about both the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
What is c. The statements are correct about both the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
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True or False European Colonists believed that land was private property and was to be used for farming or economic opportunities.
What is true
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a shortcut by water across North America to Asia
What is the Northwest Passage
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Vocabulary: someone who travels to a new land to persuade others to believe in a particular religion.
What is a missionary.
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Name one factor that was important in the survival and growth of the Jamestown colony.
Any of these are acceptable: Growth of tobacco, a period of several years of peace with Native Americans, creation of the House of Burgesses (voice in their government)
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What was the main reason the Puritans and Pilgrims came to North America?
What is... to find religious freedom.
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True or False Native Americans believed they were the owners of the land.
What is False. Native Americans believed no one owned the land and also believed spirits lived on the land.