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Which of the following is the best definition of a colony?

an area owned, ruled, and under the control of another country (correct answer, your response)

How did England view its North American colonies?

as an economic resource and guaranteed trading partner (correct answer, your response)

Use the map below to answer the following 3 multiple choice questions. Which of the three colonial regions was almost entirely dependent upon the ocean for its economy?

New England Colonies (correct answer)

Which of the following statements best summarizes the founding of England's American colonies?

The English colonies were founded by people with various goals, from making money to following their faith

the slogan for John white's virginia company.

A Dream come true.

Which of the following is the best example of an indentured servant?

Jonathon paid his debt to a farmer by working for him without pay for two years. (correct answer, your response)

The most violent and destructive conflict between colonists and Indians in New England killed more than 3,500 people including an estimated 5% of the settlers and 40% of the Native Americans. It was fought between 1675 and 1676 and was called

King Philip's War

In the mid-1700s, what attitude did most colonists have toward England?

Most Americans were loyal to the King of England and happy to be part of the English Empire. (correct answer, your response)

"...Now, although the oft-mentioned William Penn is one of the sect of Friends, or Quakers, still he will compel no man to belong to his particular society; but he has granted to everyone free and untrammeled exercise of their opinions and the largest and most complete liberty of conscience."

Pennsylvania was founded on the idea of religious tolerance. (correct answer, your response)

Why did colonists replace indentured servants with African slaves, especially in the Southern colonies?

Slaves provided a permanent and plentiful source of labor. (correct answer, your response)

One colony was founded with the hope that it would prevent the Spanish from attacking the other colonies. Which REGION was the colony in?

Southern Colonies

Why was the enslaved population so much larger in the South than in the North?

The agricultural system in the South depended on slave labor to grow cash crops all year long. (correct answer, your response)

Which of the following is the MOST important reason that people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies developed different ways of life?

The regions had different geography, climate, and natural resources. (correct answer)

What happened to the first European settlers on Roanoke Island?

The settlers vanished and we don't know for sure where they went.. (correct answer, your response)

In which of the following colonies was making a profit the goal and the main reason that colonists moved to that colony?

Virginia

The Mayflower Compact is best described as

a document that established representative democracy in the colonies while also declaring the colonists' loyalty to the King of England. (correct answer, your response)

"We were all put under deck...The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us...The shrieks...the groans of the dying, rendered [made] the whole a scene of horror." ---Olaudah Equiano

describe the conditions on the Middle Passage. (correct answer)

Which of the following features made the Southern colonies unique?

farms and plantations with very few towns and little industry (correct answer, your response)

What did the New England Colonies have in common with each other?

harsh winters and rocky, hilly land (correct answer, your response)

What is one product the Southern Colonies produced that the New England colonies did not produce and what factor best explains why the New England colonies did not produce this product?

indigo because the growing season is not long enough or warm enough in New England. (correct answer, your response)

What was the main purpose of Magna Carta?

limit the power of the monarch/government to protect the rights of individuals (today, we call this concept "limited government") (correct answer, your response)

Native Americans had a different idea about land ownership than the Europeans. Indians believed that

no one person can own land because land is to be used by whoever needs it at that moment. (correct answer, your response)

"We shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall [behave badly] and cause God to withdraw his help from us, we shall [invite] the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us."

to practice their religion and set an example for the rest of the world