| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| European contact with Native Americans led to... | The deaths of millions of Native Americans, who had little resistance to European diseases. | 96%
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| The term "Columbian Exchange" describes: | The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds. | 93%
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| Which statement best describes the relationship between Native Americans and European settlers? | Native Americans and Europeans at times traded peacefully, but European colonists also frequently used force to resist encroachment on their territory, political sovereignty, and way of life. | 90%
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| The adoption of horses by Native American tribes such as the Sioux, Apaches, and Blackfeet... | Transformed their cultures into wider-ranging, hunter-gather societies that roamed the Great Plains | 74%
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| What role did the Native Americans play in the French and Indian War? | Many Indigenous people sided with the French and attacked the British colonial frontier. | 70%
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| The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 provided for: | The tolerance of most Christian churches. | 67%
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| The Pilgrims were also known as separatists because they? | Broke all ties with the Church of England | 66%
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| How much religious diversity existed in Britain's North American colonies? | High diversity - colonists followed different Christian religions within different colonies. | 63%
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| The Virginia's House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it... | Was the first of many miniature parliaments to flourish in America. | 63%
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| What statement best describes the British crown's attitude towards the colonies in North America prior to the mid-18th century? | Salutary neglect - the king and his cabinet rarely enforced the rules that governed the colonies which benefited as a result. | 62%
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| Which of the following did the 17th century settlers in both Virginia and Plymouth have in common? | Both developed self-governing practices early on in their settlement | 61%
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| What important consequences did the French and Indian War have in North America? | The British victory expelled France from North America. | 61%
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| In founding the colony of Pennsylvania, William Penn's primary purpose was to? | Provide a refuge for persecuted English Quakers | 60%
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| Compared to New England, the early settlement in the Chesapeake area was characterized by... | A larger population of indentured servants, and a greater gender imbalance. | 57%
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| What statement best describes the economic activity in the Atlantic world during the colonial period? | A lively trade emerged between the North American colonies, Britain, and Africa. | 48%
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| What consequences did the policy of mercantilism have for British colonies in North America? | The colonies provided raw material to Europe, but manufactored very few goods. | 41%
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| In the founding of Georgia, James Oglethrope's primary purpose was to... | Provide a refuge for English debtors. | 34%
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| A man's right to vote for governor and members of the General Court in 17th century Massachusetts was based on? | Church membership. | 23%
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| Which of the following most represents a difference between the process of identity formation among the laborers referenced in this image and among similar workers in the Chesapeake colonies? | Chesapeake colonies had higher birthrates among existing enslaved populations. | 12%
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| The Salem Village witchcraft crisis occurred for which of the following reasons? | As the poor felt more and more powerless, they tried to take their frustrations on the wealthy by charging them with practicing witchcraft. | 8%
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| Historian Carl Degler described the American colonies as a "paradise for women." One reason for that designation was because American women... | Could vote for representatives in colonial assemblies. | 8%
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