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For whom did the Massachusetts Bay Colony provide a safe religious haven?

people of all beliefs

Puritans and Separatists

Puritans only

Church of England members

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The main reason that some of the colonies opposed the Albany Plan of Union was that

it made no provision for solving colonial land disputes.

they did not want the responsibility of defending themselves.

the plan made them completely independent from Britain.

they feared losing power and authority to a central government.

Which colony split into two colonies in 1712?

Florida

Georgia

Carolina

Virginia

A significant effect of the First Great Awakening was that it

stopped new churches from growing.

slowed the growth of universities.

caused division among religious groups.

led to less religious tolerance.

What started the Yamasee War between settlers and Indigenous people in South Carolina in 1715?

The Yamasee attacked Jamestown and burned it to the ground.

Settlers allied with the Tuscarora attacked the Yamasee.

Settlers attacked the Yamasee for encroaching on their land.

The Yamasee attacked white traders and their families in South Carolina.

Who sent troops to Lexington and Concord to capture stores of ammunition?

General Gage

Samuel Adams

John Hancock

George Washington

A result of the declining role of religion in Puritan society during the late 1600s was the

Frame of Government.

trial of Peter Zenger.

Salem Witch Trials.

policy of salutary neglect.

Which of the following groups had closer ties with the British than the French in the mid-1700s?

the Huron

the Ottawa

the Iroquois Confederacy

the Algonquin

A way that Europeans increased their wealth in the West Indies during the 1600s and 1700s was by

marching enslaved people to the West Coast to sell them.

reducing the size of their plantations.

allowing enslaved people to buy their freedom.

exporting products they had grown or made.

Why were the Intolerable Acts passed?

to raise revenue for the British government

to declare that Parliament could levy taxes

to gain more control over the colonists

to decrease tension between colonists and Britain

Why was the Massachusetts Bay Company formed?

to establish the Mayflower Compact

to establish the Jamestown settlement

to establish a Pilgrim colony in the New World

to establish a Puritan colony in the New World

What slowed the growth of the African population by around 1850?

Many young men were placed into slavery.

Many young women were placed into slavery.

Many children were placed into slavery.

Many older adults were placed into slavery.

Because of the proposed Albany Plan of Union, colonists

joined the fight against the British in the French and Indian War.

began thinking of the colonies as separate from Britain.

began to resent having to serve in the British military.

gained a greater appreciation for British colonial control.

In 1492, which European country took control of the West Indies?

England

France

Holland

Spain

New England colonists struggled to export goods to England because

there were very few colonial cities.

the colonies did not have any resources to export.

the colonies could not compete with Plymouth.

agriculture was already a major challenge for the colonists.

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