Vocabulary #1 2025

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One reason the plantation system developed in the southeastern section of the United States was that the climate and topography supported crops that required a large labor supply.

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the climate and topography supported crops that required a large labor supply

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Which economic policy was based on the idea that the American colonies existed primarily to provide economic benefits for Great Britain?

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mercantilism

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According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain with

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raw materials and markets

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In the 1700s, the triangular trade led directly to the

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increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere

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"Indentured service" differed from chattel slavery in that

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indentured servants had temporary contract, while enslaved people were considered the permanent property of their enslavers

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Because of fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in

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the South

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Which statement about the British colonial policy of mercantilism is most accurate? Options: Raw materials from the colonies were shipped to England, England encouraged the colonies to seek independence, The colonies were required to send manufactured goods to Europe, The British opposed the use of slave labor in the colonies

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Raw materials from the colonies were shipped to England

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What was a main reason large plantations developed in the South during the colonial period? Options: British laws discouraged tenant farming, Cotton could only be grown in wetlands, Southern mountains led to the development of isolated, self-sufficient farms, The coastal plain in the South contained large areas of fertile soil

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The coastal plain in the South contained large areas of fertile soil