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10880523616What was the first colony established by the English?Roanoke0
10880525060What was the first successful colony established by the English?Jamestown (1607)1
10880526588What made Jamestown a successful colony?Tobacco crops2
10880528818What governmental event happened in 1619?The House of Burgesses was created in Jamestown.3
10880531758Who was the dominate workforce in the English colonies in the early years?Indentured Servants4
10880533835What colonial event demonstrated the growing divide between the classes in the colonies?Bacon's Rebellion5
10880536904Who made up the voting body of the English colonies?White, Landowning, Males6
10880538194Which colonial group was directly controlled by the crown?Royal Colonies7
10880541141Which colonial group was controlled by an individual that was given the land?Proprietary Colonies8
10880541142Which colonial group was controlled by a group of people that was given the land?Charter Colonies9
10881280513What was an effect of the First Great Awakening?Religion became highly emotionally charged and colonists returned to strong religions beliefs.10
10881289721What was the economy of the middle colonies like?These were the "breadbasket" colonies, growing grains for the colonies and provided the trade network.11
10881299296What was the economy of the southern colonies like?These were the agriculture colonies, growing tobacco, rice and indigo (cash crops).12
10881309672What was the economy of the New England colonies like?These were the small subsistence farmers, growing and creating what the families needed.13
10881319674Which colonial grouping was dominated by tight knit religious families?New England14
10881322320Which colonial group was the most ethnically and religiously diverse?The Middle Colonies15
10881333267The case of John Peter Zenger demonstrated what developing priority in the colonie?Freedom of the press/speech16
10881350932Which Puritan belief did Anne Hutchinson question?Predestination17
10881357331The colony of Rhode Island was established as a result of their banishment.Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams18
10881361783The colony of Connecticut was establish as a result of his banishment.Thomas Hooker19
10881371055Who wrote the Great Awakening sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?Jonathan Edwards20
10881384152These Puritan beliefs resulted in the creation of a strict religious society.Fundamentalism and Predestination21
10881389064This established the rights of all Englishmen; even the colonists.The English Bill of Rights22
10881392930This was the first constitution written in North America.The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut23
10881398118What was a result of the passage of the Navigation Acts?The colonists began to smuggle goods.24
10881410830This economic philosophy states that the more wealth a nations acquires the more power they have.Mercantilism25
10881415480This was used by European powers to expand their economic power.Triangular Trade26
10881426730What as a long term religious effect of the Great Awakening?New denominations were created in the colonies such as Methodists and Presbyterians.27
10881437721What political challenge did Royal colonies have?Governors were typically corrupt because of their appointment by the crown and payment by the colonies.28
10881443823What political challenge did charter colonies have?Voter participation was typically controlled and dominated by religious organizations.29
10881453934What was a long term effect of Bacon's Rebellion?The workforce of the colonies changed from indentured servants to slave labor.30
10881481810Which colony was established as a refuge for English Catholics?Maryland31
10881487623Which colony was established as a colony for debtors?Georgia32
10881491154Which colony was considered a "City upon a hill"?Massachusetts33
10881502504The Mayflower Compact (1620) promoted what idea?Creating a society based on self-government.34

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