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The Southern Colonies Answers

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Why was Georgia governed by different rules than the other southern colonies?

A
It was founded for economic reasons.
B
It was founded for humanitarian reasons.
C
It was founded for military reasons.
D
It was founded for political reasons.
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James Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, established good relations with local Indigenous people by

A
releasing them from enslavement and forced labor.
B
providing them with rum and tobacco for a low price.
C
allowing them representation in the colonial government.
D
making Indigenous trade an important part of Georgia’s economy.
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Which best describes the relationship between colonists and Indigenous people in the early days of the Georgia colony?

A
The relationship was good due to the policies of James Oglethorpe.
B
The relationship was poor due to the policies of John Smith.
C
The relationship was strained due to the Tuscarora War.
D
The relationship was good due to the Yamasee War.
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An outcome of the slave codes in the southern colonies during the 1600s was that

A
rules were established about how enslavers could treat enslaved workers.
B
an enslaved person was defined as someone who could be bought and sold.
C
rules were established about how many hours enslaved people could work.
D
an enslaved person was defined as someone who would work for a set number of years.
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Why was Virginia’s House of Burgesses significant?

A
It gave the colonists a chance to govern themselves.
B
It placed the colonists under the king’s authority.
C
It appointed a governor for each American colony.
D
It appointed a king for the colony of Virginia only.
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How were representatives to the House of Burgesses chosen?

A
They were elected by all the people in Virginia.
B
They were appointed by the British monarch.
C
They were elected by Virginia landowners.
D
They were appointed by the governor of the colony.
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Read the excerpt from an account of life in Jamestown, Virginia.“Now all of us at James Town, beginning to feel that sharp prick of hunger . . . fed upon horses and . . . dogs, cats, rats, and mice . . . boots, shoes, or any other leather. . . . And now famine beginning to look ghastly and pale in every face that nothing was spared to maintain life.”Which part of the early colonial era does the excerpt describe?

A
The First Thanksgiving
B
The Tuscarora War
C
The Yamasee War
D
The Starving Time
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The southern colonies practiced indentured servitude and slavery because

A
cash crops such as tobacco and sugar required many workers.
B
the fishing and shipping industries required many workers.
C
imprisoned debtors were brought from Africa to settle the colonies.
D
indentured servitude and slavery were not allowed in the Caribbean colonies.
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How did the population of Georgia change after it became a royal colony?

A
Plantation owners from the Caribbean established sugar plantations that used enslaved labor.
B
Limits on land holdings meant the population was made up mostly of small farmers.
C
The legalization of slavery led to a population that was almost fifty percent enslaved people.
D
The headright system was established to encourage landowners to hire servants and buy enslaved people.
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Which of the southern colonies was established as a proprietorship?

A
Florida
B
Georgia
C
Carolina
D
Virginia

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