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Which country relaxed its grip on the Caribbean in the early 1600s?
Which country relaxed its grip on the Caribbean in the early 1600s?
What was the large prize that England secured in the West Indies in 1655?
What was the large prize that England secured in the West Indies in 1655?
What was the main crop of the West Indies that formed the foundation of its economy?
What was the main crop of the West Indies that formed the foundation of its economy?
Which of the following colonies had the weakest presence of the Church of England?
Which of the following colonies had the weakest presence of the Church of England?
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Which of the following factors hindered the growth of cities in the plantation colonies?
Which of the following factors hindered the growth of cities in the plantation colonies?
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What drove settlers westward in the plantation colonies?
What drove settlers westward in the plantation colonies?
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Which colony was the last to be planted among the thirteen colonies?
Which colony was the last to be planted among the thirteen colonies?
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Which Indian tribe eventually became the Sixth Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy?
Which Indian tribe eventually became the Sixth Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy?
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Which colony was intended to serve as a buffer against the Spaniards from Florida and the French from Louisiana?
Which colony was intended to serve as a buffer against the Spaniards from Florida and the French from Louisiana?
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Which colony initially aimed to keep slavery out?
Which colony initially aimed to keep slavery out?
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Which crop emerged as the principal export crop in Carolina?
Which crop emerged as the principal export crop in Carolina?
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What made West African slaves ideal laborers on the rice plantations?
What made West African slaves ideal laborers on the rice plantations?
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What caused the Indian tribes of coastal Carolina to be almost annihilated by 1710?
What caused the Indian tribes of coastal Carolina to be almost annihilated by 1710?
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What caused the separation of North Carolina from South Carolina in 1712?
What caused the separation of North Carolina from South Carolina in 1712?
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Which region had a predominantly black population due to the importation of African slaves?
Which region had a predominantly black population due to the importation of African slaves?
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What was the purpose of the Barbados slave code of 1661?
What was the purpose of the Barbados slave code of 1661?
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Which colony officially adopted a version of the Barbados slave code in 1696?
Which colony officially adopted a version of the Barbados slave code in 1696?
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What was the main reason for the migration of smaller English farmers to the southern mainland colonies?
What was the main reason for the migration of smaller English farmers to the southern mainland colonies?
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True or false: Many original Carolina settlers emigrated from Barbados, bringing the island's slave system with them?
True or false: Many original Carolina settlers emigrated from Barbados, bringing the island's slave system with them?
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True or false: Rice emerged as the principal export crop in Carolina?
True or false: Rice emerged as the principal export crop in Carolina?
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True or false: By 1710, Africans constituted a majority of Carolinians?
True or false: By 1710, Africans constituted a majority of Carolinians?
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True or false: North Carolina was officially separated from South Carolina in 1712?
True or false: North Carolina was officially separated from South Carolina in 1712?
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True or false: The wide scattering of plantations and farms in the plantation colonies made it easy to establish churches and schools.
True or false: The wide scattering of plantations and farms in the plantation colonies made it easy to establish churches and schools.
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True or false: The tax-supported Church of England was the dominant faith in all of the plantation colonies.
True or false: The tax-supported Church of England was the dominant faith in all of the plantation colonies.
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True or false: Excessive tobacco growing in the plantation colonies drove settlers westward.
True or false: Excessive tobacco growing in the plantation colonies drove settlers westward.
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True or false: African slaves outnumbered white settlers in the English West Indies by nearly four to one in the 1700s?
True or false: African slaves outnumbered white settlers in the English West Indies by nearly four to one in the 1700s?
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True or false: The Barbados slave code of 1661 granted slaves fundamental rights and limited the power of their masters?
True or false: The Barbados slave code of 1661 granted slaves fundamental rights and limited the power of their masters?
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True or false: The West Indies depended on the North American mainland for food and supplies?
True or false: The West Indies depended on the North American mainland for food and supplies?
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True or false: Carolina officially adopted a version of the Barbados slave code in 1670?
True or false: Carolina officially adopted a version of the Barbados slave code in 1670?
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True or false: Northern Carolina imported large numbers of African slaves.
True or false: Northern Carolina imported large numbers of African slaves.
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True or false: The Tuscarora Indians attacked the settlement at Newbern in 1711.
True or false: The Tuscarora Indians attacked the settlement at Newbern in 1711.
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True or false: The Yamasee Indians were defeated by the South Carolinians.
True or false: The Yamasee Indians were defeated by the South Carolinians.
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True or false: The Cherokees, Creeks, and Iroquois remained powerful in the interior of the southern colonies.
True or false: The Cherokees, Creeks, and Iroquois remained powerful in the interior of the southern colonies.
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True or false: The English colonized the West Indies in the early 1600s?
True or false: The English colonized the West Indies in the early 1600s?
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True or false: Sugar cane was a rich man's crop in the Caribbean?
True or false: Sugar cane was a rich man's crop in the Caribbean?
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True or false: Sugar cultivation required extensive land clearing?
True or false: Sugar cultivation required extensive land clearing?
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True or false: England colonized the West Indies in the early 1600s?
True or false: England colonized the West Indies in the early 1600s?
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True or false: Sugar cane was a poor man's crop in the Caribbean?
True or false: Sugar cane was a poor man's crop in the Caribbean?
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True or false: Sugar cultivation in the West Indies required extensive land clearing?
True or false: Sugar cultivation in the West Indies required extensive land clearing?
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