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Define Mayflower Compact...

• a reason the Pilgrims left England

• trade contract

• early attempt at self government

• agreement to obey Virginia laws

What is the importance of Interest groups?

• Interest groups have greater access to political candidates.

• Political associations do important work that governments can't accomplish.

• The best answer to propaganda is intelligent material that expresses the values of unified citizens

• Money is essential to functioning democracies

How are the middles colonies different to the northern and southern colonies?

• There were no slaves in the middle colonies

• Most colonists there were fur traders

• Generous land grants brought people to the middle colonies

• Most colonists there escaped religious persecution

Who filled the growing labor needs of the middle colonies?

• indentured servants

• former slaves

• apprentices

• skilled craftsmen

What would be the best title for the following list: land lost, increased warfare, westward movement, epidemics leading to decreased population.

• Different colonial regions

• Ressons for settlement in North America

• Impact of colonial settlement on Native Americans

• effects of exploration in North America

What was a result of the French and Indian War?

• France lost its land claims in North America

• Land east of the Mississippi River was divided equally between France and Britain.

• Spain gained Canada and Britain gained New Orleans

• France began moving west to settle new lands

What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?

• to pay for the cost of the French and Indian war

• to replace British goods that had rotted because of a boycott

• to replace British ships that had been damaged by smugglers

• to pay the cost of exploring territory that

Sugar Act; Stamp Act; Townshend Duties; Tea Act; Coercive Act; which is the best title

• colonial reaction to British taxes

• examples of British navigation laws

• abuses of power by colonial legislatures

• British policies leading to colonial protests

Who were the colonist that chose to support the British cause?

• redcoats

• patriots

• loyalists

• whigs

What did the Boston Tea Party demonstrate about the colonists?

• how unhappy they were with British laws

• how much colonists care for tea

• how easily colonists could tell cheap tea from expensive tea

• how angry colonists were about taxes