Colonial America Assessment
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20 questions
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What crop was cultivated by slave labor in the Americas?
What crop was cultivated by slave labor in the Americas?
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What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
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What was the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas?
What was the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas?
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What crop was introduced to settler farmers by John Rolfe?
What crop was introduced to settler farmers by John Rolfe?
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What happened in Jamestown in the winter of 1609-1610?
What happened in Jamestown in the winter of 1609-1610?
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What was it called when people signed contracts to work in order to get a free passage to America?
What was it called when people signed contracts to work in order to get a free passage to America?
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What happened when the Virginia Company lost their charter?
What happened when the Virginia Company lost their charter?
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What were the three types of British colonies?
What were the three types of British colonies?
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Did most people in the South own slaves?
Did most people in the South own slaves?
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Why were the colonists guaranteed the rights promised by the English Bill of Rights?
Why were the colonists guaranteed the rights promised by the English Bill of Rights?
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Why did the French get along better with the Native Americans better than the English did?
Why did the French get along better with the Native Americans better than the English did?
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What was the difference between the French and Indian War and the Seven Years' War?
What was the difference between the French and Indian War and the Seven Years' War?
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Which key American idea was developed by Bostonian James Otis and coined by Samuel Adams?
Which key American idea was developed by Bostonian James Otis and coined by Samuel Adams?
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Why did England send a standing army to the Colonies
Why did England send a standing army to the Colonies
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Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party
Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party
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What was the reasoning behind the Coercive Acts?
What was the reasoning behind the Coercive Acts?
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What were the colonial militiamen nicknamed?
What were the colonial militiamen nicknamed?
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Who fired first at the Battle of Lexington?
Who fired first at the Battle of Lexington?
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How many battles were in the Revolutionary War?
How many battles were in the Revolutionary War?
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What are the three branches of government?
What are the three branches of government?