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125140280European contact with Native Americans DID NOT lead toextensive enslavement of natives for work on plantations
125140281The Virginia House of Burgesses was important becauseit set the standard for more colonial legislative bodies that would follow
125140282The Puritans believed that their purpose in the colonies was tobecome an example of faith for the world to see
125140283Anne Hutchinson was banished by the Massachusetts Bay officials becauseshe challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy
125140284Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded bya joint-stock company anxious to return a profit to investors
125140285The settlement of Jamestown Colony in Virginia survived as a result ofthe planting of tobacco as a cash crop
125140286Puritans moved to New England because ofpolitical repression of dissident Protestants, a economic recession, and restrictions on Puritan practices
125140287In the colonial period, Quakers were NOT known fortheir refusal to pay taxes
125140288Colonial Pennsylvania was characterized byhaving all white males vote
125140289The Triangular trade network of the 18th century sought tocut out the middleman in trade transactions
125140290The Salem-Witch Trials in 1692 wereindicative of social and economic tensions among colonists
125140291The treatment of native populations by Spanish explorers in current-day Mexico and the American Southwest is commonly described as beingharsh and unprincipled
125140292Native American tribes experienced a cultural shift before Columbus landed in the New World whenknowledge of the growing of corn moved up from Mesoamerica
125140293The Mayflower Compact is best described as beinga foundation for self-government
125140294New England's tighly knight colonial societies in the 17th century began to experience trouble whenmany began to question the strict adherence to Calvinist doctrine
125140295The Maryland Act of Toleration (1639) was passed tomaintain a safe haven for Catholics in the colonies
125140296New England women were able toenjoy control over the matters of the household, such as finances and purchases
125140297At the time of the first wave of European settlers to North America, most Native American populationswere widely spread across the continent
125140298Bacon's Rebellion led toa decrease in the reliance on indentured servants for labour
125140299The headright systemgranted acreage to any person who paid the passage of servants to the colonies
125144189The Europeans inported African slaves especially:to work on sugar plantations, at first in the Mediterranean, and then in the Americas
125144190About half of the Africans transported into slavery in the Americas went to:the Caribbean
125144191The extreme conditions suffered on the second leg of the 18th century trading triangle:were a product of the desire for profits by the traders
125144192Slaves were not as numerous as indentured servants in the 17th century Chesapeake becausethey cost more and had a shorter life expectency
125144193A society in whichthe dominent form of labour is slavery is called aslave society
125144194The first colonists to publicly criticize slavery wereQuakers
125144195Another word for country-born slaves isCreoles
125144196For family life, African Americans DID NOTsurrender all control of children to women because men were often absent
125144197African Americans became christians in large numbers only afterthe Great Awakening swept the south
125144198The value and labour of African slaves were the primary driving forces in the economy ofEngland
125144199The economic system characterized by state regulation of the economy in order to acquire as much of the fixed wealth of the world as possible ismercantilism
125144200The economic view that there is a limited amount of wealth so that gains=losses is calledzero-sum game
125144201The legislative measures passed by Parliment between 1651-1696 to control trade with the colonies were known asNavigation Acts
125144202The society that grew up with slavery in the South was one of great wealth for few and landless poverty for about40%
125144203Once slavery was identified with skin colorall white colonists were raised socially and unified by opressing blacks
125144968The deerfield raid illustrates the conflict between theindians, English, and French
125144969Compared to the British, the French in North Americatended to have better relations with the Indians
125144970A significant characteristic of Spanish colonial communities weretheir close association with religious missions
125144971Long-lot patterns are not found inSan Francisco
125144972The British colonial group most comforable with religious and ethnic pluralism wereThe Quakers
125168015Colonial culturesaw the invidual as more important than the community
125168016Most 18th century farmers were interested insmall, self-sufficient farming communities
125168017The rising colonial demand for Indian lands stemmed froma general expectation of property ownership
125168018Social class in America wasbased on economic rank
125168019The existence of "strolling poor" indicated an 18th century trend inless avaliable land
125168020Colonial government in new Spain and New France in the 18th centurywas highly centralized and authoritarian
125168021An Enlightenment thinker would emphasize thatHumans were capable of understanding natural laws and using them to improve their condition
125168022In Poor Richard's Almanac, Ben Franklin tried to promote this to ordinary folkEnlightenment thought
125168023Reverend William's book, the Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion, illustrated the fascination of Colonial America withProblems and diplemmas of crossing frontiers and boundaries
125168024Old Lights are not likeNew lights, George Whitefield, Gilbert Tennet, and William Tennent
125168025In the mid-1700s, the most populous European colony in NA wasNew Spain
125168026___________ was a religious exile dissidentRoger Williams
125168027Community life in colonial NA was NOTan oral culture following the seasons
125168028The English colonies populations grew more rapidly than the Spanish or the French becauseEnglish immigration policies were less restrictive
125168029By mid-18th century, the __________ region had the highest populationNew England
125168030The Albany Conference of 1754 provided a clear indication ofthe inability of British colonists to unite for a common cause
125168031The Seven year's war beganon the Ohio river, in present-day Pittsburgh
125168032In the Treaty of Paris ending the French and Indian warthe french lost their NA enpire to the British
125168033British PM William Pitt was dedicated to this goal in the French and Indian WarDriving all the French out of NA
125168034The Royal Proclamation of 1763Set aside an area west of the Appalachians as Indian Country
125168035As a result of various experiences in the French and Indian war, many American colonistsbegan to feel distinct from the British
125168036This was not included in the British republicanism political viewproperty should be controlled by the government
125168037To the radical Whigs of England, the only effective counterweight for abuse of power wasVigilant people exercising public virtue
125168038The primary purpose of the Sugar Actwas toRaise revenue to defray the cost of the Seven Years War
125168039The key to Daniel Dulany's rejection in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes was thatAmericans were members of a seperate political community
125168040While the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 denied that Parliament could tax colonists, they didAgree that Parliament could regulate colonil trade
125168041The primary weapon that colonial opponents of the various revenue acts used to force their appeal wasNonimportation and nonconsumption
125168042The Declaration and Resolves passed at the Continental Congress in 1774 commited the colonies toEconomic sanctions prohibiting importation and consumption of British goods and export of colonial goods to other parts of the empire
125168043A member of the Committee of Observation and Safety in 1775 had responsibility forEnforcing economic sanction against Britain
125168044The British experience at Lexington and Concord foreshadowed a central difficulty with which the British had to contend throughout the American Revolution. It was:Fighting in the midst of an armed population
125168045Among the early actions taken by the second continental congress, _____________ was not includedDeclaring independece from Great Britian
125168046In his work Common Sense, Thomas Paine assisted the movement for independence by damning Parliament whileAppealing to the American's sense of special purpose
125168047The Stamo Act causedidea of actual rep, considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes, sons of liberty, and the declaration act.
125168048The Intolerable acts, so named by the colonists, were a series of acts passed by British Parliament to punish:Boston and the colony of Massachusetts
125168049The earliest military engagement of the American Revolution took place inMassachusetts
125168050he continental army encamped at Valley Forgecontained many who were drawn from the ranks of the poor and disadvantaged
125168051During the American revolution, ___________ were not the most importantPatriot militia
125168052A ________ would have sympathized with LoyalistsScot tenant farmer from the Carolinas
125168053Encounters between the British Army and Continental Army at Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey in late 1776Gave the Americans small victories needed to help moral
125168054The French committed themselves to recognize American independenceAfter Saratoga and fears of British conciliation
125366530The Congress under the Artivles of Confederation did not have authority totax citizens directly
125366531The American economy during the Revolutionsuffered from inflation
125366532In their emphasis on the need for a "balanced government", conservatives were expressing theirfear of tyranny by a majority of "the unthinking"
125366533In taking the posistion he did in the wake os the issuance of the Newburgh address, George Washingtonset a precedent for the subordination of the military to civil authority
125366534Thomas Jefferson's "Governemnt of the Western territory" was an attempt to createsettlement to the disputes and claims of colonies to the west
125366535Whle it had little practical effect this reform of Jefferson's in VA was copied by most states by 1798:Abolishing of entail and primogeniture
125366536The region that was most resistant to calls to prohibit the slave trade wasthe lower south
125366537Approx _________ fraction of the American public remained loyalist during the revolutionBetween 1/5 and 1/3
125366538The British strategy at the begining of the revolution was to cut off this area from the rest of the coloniesNew England
125366539The expression "not worth a continental" referred to theDepreciated value of the Continental currency by 1781
125366540The state of Maryland held up ratification of the Articles of Confederation for over 3 years because it demandedother states give up seperate claims to western lands
125366541In the Land ordinance of 1785, the income from the sale of section 16 went towardspublic education
125366542While not strategically significant, Washingtn revived moral support by sneaking across the Delaware atTrenton
125366543___________ were not important in the American victory at YorktownCherokee Warriors
125366544The Treaty of Parisfailed to restore NA territory to France
125366545Shay's rebellinled to conservative nationalists to insist on a stronger central gv't
125366546The "purely federal" principles i ntroduced by William Paterson became known as theNJ Plan
125366547The Father of the Constitution isJames Madison
125366548The delegates who met in Piladelphia in 1787 belonged toa social elite that distrusted democracy
125373176The Great Compromise included all of the following agreements EXCEPTan immediate end to the slave trade
125373177The Anti-Federalistsbelieved in Montesquieu's argument that republics suceed onlyin small countries
125373178The Bill of Rights primarly protectsthe individual from the gov't and the majority
125373179NY voted to ratify the constitution followinga threat by NYC that it would secede from the state
125373180The US supreme court under chief justuce john jaystrengthened it's own role by establishing itself as the final authority on law
125373181Hamilton's fiscal programgave wealthy americans an interest in the gov't's sucess
125373182Washinton issued a proclamation of neutrality in April 1793 becausehe feared that Ambassador Genet's activites would bring was with Britain
125373183Following the end of the war for independence, the US had trouble gaining the land from the Treaty of paris becauseSpain reasserted its claim to the area south of the ohio river
125373184The supression of the whiskey rebellion did not`include the nationsl gov't proving that protesters had no legitimate complaint
125373185Jay's treaty and Pinckney's treattogether allowed the US to fully control the land to the Mississippi
125373186The 2nd major component of Hamilton's fiscal program establisheda federal bank
125373187In his farewell address, Washingtonargued for as little political connection to Europe as possible
125373188The Federalist-controlled Congress passed the Alien and Sedition acts becauseFederalists argued that political opposistion to the administration was treason
125373189During the 1790s, the US began to develop a more democratic politicl culture as shown byfour states dropping the property qualifications to vote
125373190Who led the jeffersonian republicans following the retirement of madisonAlber Gallatin
125373191American artists in the late 18th centuryDID NOT includeThomas Gainsboroguh
125382933pre-industrial rural societies were not places whereproducts were priced based on what the market would bear
125382934system f payment that exchanges goods rather than money isa barter system
125382935The Transportation revolution did NOTshow the innovative genius f americans
125382936The map of the commercial links with canals and railroads as f 1850s shows that theNorth had more canals than the South
125382937The Erie canalset off a canal-building boom in other states
125382938Steamboatscaused one of the first public demands for gov't regulation
125382939In New Englan, these two conditions for rapid industrialization could be foundswift rivers and wealthy investors
125382940The development of commercial agriculture in the old NW did not involveindependence from east coast bankers because of distance
125382941Interchangable partsbecame famous with the rifle from Springfield
125382942Mechanizationled to more piecework, longer hours, and lower pay for women
125382943in the middle class household, home became known asa haven for leisure and relaxation
125382944One of the effects of that market revolution on social classwas that created a new middle class
125382945Paid jobs for women did not include (in the preindustrial world)teaching
125382946While many staes had cotton mills, the region with the highest concentration os them by the 1830's wasNew England
125382947Strikes in the 1820s and 30swere responses to cuts in wages, often for women
125382948The evangelical religion of Charles G Finney and the 2nd Great Awaking emphasized thata desire to be saved as shown by moral behavior was enough
125382949One of the effects of the market revolution on families was thatit required men to have different roles and cooperate with each other
125382950In his Walden, Henry David Thoreauquestioned the spiritual cost f the market revolution
125382951After the mr, men no longer worked in their homes, and the area of activity left to women became known as thewomen's sphere
125382952Sentimentalism was not spread throughsermons advocating individualisn
125382953Russian exploration did not causeepidemic diseases that destroyed a considerable portion of the native Aleut
125388683The Fench Revolution Did NOT aid the American economy byincreasing the overseas market for american manufactured goods
125388684Jefferson advocated a policy f national expansion for reasons that did not include"only a large country would be able to amass the military power and defend itself"
125388685Expansionism did not includestable communities and a strong sense of the public good
125388686Jefferson did not reach his goqal of reducing the size of government byremoving Spain from contol of the Mississippi
125388687Marbury v Madison was important because it established the principle ofjudicial review
125388688Jefferson explained buying the lousianna purchase by arguing thatthe land would ensure liberty and the existence of the republic
125388689the map featuring the lousiana purchase shows that lusiana did not includetexas
125388690the US argued that it's neutral rights were not being violated byboycotts of products and ships
125458429the Embargo Act wasan extreme effort that hurt the americans more than the europeans
125458430Tecumsehrejected treaties because all land belonged to the indian people and no one could give away the common property of all
125458431The battle of Tippecanoemade William Henry Harrison a hero to white Americans
125458432The War Hawks didn't want totake Texas
125458433Andrew Jackson wasn't known forkilling Tecumseh at hte Thames river
125458434The Treaty of Ghentsettled almost none of the outstanding issues
125458435The major migration routes westward showed thateach secton of the country had it's own route west
125458436Monroe's adoption of the american system in 1816 shows thatboth parties had accepted the idea that the gov't should promote economic growth
125458437The Adams-Onis Treaty (Transcontinental treaty of 1819drew the border with spanish territory to the pacific
125458438The Monroe Doctrine did notstipulate that the Europeans must remove all colonies in the Americas
125458439The Missouri compromiseseverely criticized the desires of Missouri for the national interest.
125704250The cotton gin was important because itmeant the demand for land among Southerners would increase
125704251The land booms and rapid moverment into the Old Southwest did notbenefit the whole range of southern people
125704252The probability of cotton did not lead tothe South's decision not to invest in railroads and factories
125704253The map showing westward expansion by the South up to 1850 shows thatSoutherners had added six states by 1821 to the North's four
125704254The increase in cotton production in the Lower Southled to a thriving internal slave trade, dividing families
125704255The internal slave trade after 1820involved little humane feeling but generated high profits
125704256The _________ group of slaves were the most likely to run away or organize mass desertionsHouse Servants
125704257Fieldwork on the plantationswas labor commonly enforced by the overseer's whip
125704258In the early 18th century, ______ percent of slaves worked in the field75%
125704259The effects of slavery on marriage in the south did notuse slave marriages as a control mechanism
125704260Christianity for African Americanswas a religion of spiritual freedom that helped blacks survive oppression
125704261Leaders of slave revolts in the 19th century includedGabriel Prosser, Nat Turner and Denmark Vessey
125704262Nat Turner's rebellion of 1831 caused a major reaction in the South, but did not happen as a result ofTurner having visions
125704263The middle class in the South in the first half of the nineteenth centurywas viewed as grubby and dependent by planters
125704264The life of yeoman farmers in the South was NOT characterized by acompulsion to prove one's worth by working for material success
125704265____,______-, and _______ became major river-centric shipping centers for agricultural goodsSt. Louis, Louisville, New Orleans, and Memphis
125704266Large plantation owners usuallywere the sons of rich southerners
125704267The idea of the platation as being a family was violated bythe forcible rape of black women by their masters
125704268The measures taken by southerners after 1831 to control slaves more tightlydid not includeproposing measures to prevent expansion, thereby isolating the South
125704269By 1850,_____ and _____ had more enslaved blacks than they did free whitesSouth Carolina and Mississippi
125704270The New Yorker who established the Albany Regency wasMartin Van Buren
125704271The election of 1824 did not become controversial becauseadams and clay abused the system
125704272the new popular democratic culture of the 1820s and 1830sfavoured candidates with name recognition and a popular image
125704273Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828 NOT because of hispolitical experience and thoughtful posistion on issues
125704274Henry Clay's American system did not propose anational observatory
125704275The issue of the 1820s and 1830s tht came to represent conflicting sectional interests most was theprotective tariff
125704276Calhoun supported the doctrine of nullification becausehe saw it as a way to protect the rights of minorities

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