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Farming in the early New England colonies was challenging because

A
English laws restricted which crops farmers could plant.
B
unfamiliar weather and soil conditions affected cultivation.
C
foreign plants soon grew out of control in the American soil.
D
English investors promoted manufacturing over farming.
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Civil magistrates in Massachusetts set up a special court in 1692 to

A
try Peter Zenger for libel.
B
try people accused of witchcraft.
C
pass the Half-Way Covenant.
D
create the Frame of Government.
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The main reason American colonists considered the Stamp Act unfair was that it

A
was an indirect tax that was hard to protest.
B
related to molasses, which was an everyday item.
C
only required traders to pay the new tax.
D
was an example of taxation without representation.
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Why was slavery especially common in the colony of South Carolina?

A
It grew more corn and wheat than any other southern colony.
B
Indentured servants refused to do farm work on plantations.
C
Plantation owners from Barbados brought enslaved workers with them.
D
Slave codes kept people in other colonies from using enslaved workers.
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Many original settlers in the Carolinas came from

A
Spain.
B
Ireland.
C
France.
D
Barbados.

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