Unit 1&2 - Foundations of American Government

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Joint-stock companies

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Companies in which investors pooled their wealth with the hope of yielding a profit

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Who was the leader of Jamestown?

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John Smith

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What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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What do we call workers who exchanged their labor for help getting started in America?

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indentured servants

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Members of a religious group known for tolerance

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Quakers

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What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

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The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

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The Revolutionary War officially began after which event?

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Battles of Lexington & Concord

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The French and Indian War was part of what larger conflict?

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The Seven Years' War

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Why was the region of the Ohio Valley important to the French?

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All of the above are correct choices.

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Why was the Ohio Valley important to the British?

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The British colonial population was growing and they needed more land for farming and settlement.