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46482098mid 1700sWhen did the colonists started to call themselves Americans
46482099late 1600sWhen did the white and the black become the dominant population group (along the Atlantic coast)
46482100english laborersthe dominant group of colonists were
46482101indentured servants (bond to their master for 4-5 years and promised freedom afterwards)3/4 of the immigrants (especially in Southern colonies) were
46482102(approx) 1/4how many of the indentured servants were women?
464821031615When did the first ship carrying convicts came to America
46482104Chesapeake bayHow is the area of the first colonies called?
46482105mid-Atlantic (New York, Pennsylvania)The indentures coming after 1700 preferred ________ colonies to southern colonies because of better work conditions
46482106(approx.) 1/4 millionWhat was the population of America at the end of 17th century
46482107late 1600sWhen did the male-female ratio become balanced?
46482108very hight at first (75 yrs), dropped during 17th century, then started to increaseHow was the life expectancy in the Chesapeake
46482109New England (the Puritan church)Which area was more religious (New England X Chesapeake)
46482110late 1600sWhen did the supply of slaves to North America became plentiful?
4648211111 millionHow many slaves were forced to immigrate to the Americas
46482112before 1620When did the first black laborers arrive in English North America
46482113Royal African Company of EnglandWhich group maintained a monopoly on the slave trade until 1697
46482114(approx) 25,000How many slaves lived in America by the end of the 17th century?
46482115the SouthThe vast majority of the slave around 1760 lived in ________
46482116Slave CodesThe treatment of the slaves in every state was regulated by
46482117French Calvinists (after 1685)What was the first big group of non-english immigrants?
46482118Pennsylvania DutchAbout 3000 Palatinate Germans found home in the America after 1709 and became known as
46482119Scotch-Irish Presbyterians"What was the most numerous ""newcomers"" group?"
46482120tobaccoWhat was the basis of the economy in the Chesapeake region?
46482121Stono Rebellion in South Carolina (1739)Which slave revolt was the most important
46482122great houseHow was the house of the planter, located in the middle of a larger cluster of buildings, called?
46482123GullahWhat is the name of the language the slaves developed to communicate with each other
46482124isolated farmWhat was the characteristic social unit in the South
46482125townWhat was the characteristic social unit in the North
46482126selectmen"At a yearly ""town meeting"" a group of men was chosen to decide the important questions, they were called ______"
46482127patriarchalMost puritans subscribed to the ______ model.
46482128Salem (Massachusetts), 1692When and where broke out the most famous witchcraft event
46482129merchantsThe leaders of the cities were generally _______
46482130Philadelphia and New YorkWhich were the two largest ports in the 1770s
46482131(approx.) 25,000what was the population of New York in 1770s
46482132molassesWhat was rum made of
46482133Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign partsWhat is the name of the institution found by the Church of England in 1701
46482134Toleration act (1649)By which act was Maryland distinguished as a Catholic refuge
46482135Maryland act (1691)Which act deprived Maryland's catholics (3,000 people) of political and religious rights
46482136John and Charles WesleyWho were the founders of Methodism
46482137General Court of Massachusetts (1636)Who established Harvard
46482138Cotton MatherWho initiated smallpox inoculation in Massachusetts
46482139indentured servantsDuring the seventeenth century, at least three-fourths of the immigrants who came to the Chesapeake colonies came as:

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