Unit 2/3 Test: Life in the Colonies/Colonial America Study Guide

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Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration? education, leisure, freedom, profit

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profit

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What was the biggest killer of Indians from 1600 to 1675?

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Disease

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What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

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to teach their religion to Indigenous people

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Which describes the relationship between the French and Indigenous groups?

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They were business partners.

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Why did the London Company send colonists to Virginia?

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to start a moneymaking colony

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Which of these describes an indentured servant? Options: Someone that was sold to a landowner and forced to work as a cook. Someone that makes and sells candles to wealthy landowners. Someone that pays their debt to a farmer by working for them without pay. Someone that pays rent on their farm with a portion of their crops.

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Someone that pays their debt to a farmer by working for them without pay.

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Which of these features made the Southern colonies unique? religious freedom, general assemblies, self-government, tobacco plantations

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tobacco plantations

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Compare the characteristics of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. What did these and all other New England colonies have in common?

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They were self-governing.

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Why did Virginia replace indentured servants with enslaved Africans?

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It provided a permanent source of labor.

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James Oglethorpe intended that the Georgia colony be colonized by

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English debtors.