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What was the significant outcome of the defeat of the Spanish Armada for England?
What was the significant outcome of the defeat of the Spanish Armada for England?
What did the defeat of the Spanish Armada enable the English to feel in the context of the text?
What did the defeat of the Spanish Armada enable the English to feel in the context of the text?
What did the English colonists at Jamestown discover that turned out to be as valuable as gold?
What did the English colonists at Jamestown discover that turned out to be as valuable as gold?
What was the primary reason for John Rolfe's significance in the context of the text?
What was the primary reason for John Rolfe's significance in the context of the text?
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What disease is mentioned as the big killer of native peoples in the Americas?
What disease is mentioned as the big killer of native peoples in the Americas?
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What did Bartolomé de las Casas witness in the Caribbean?
What did Bartolomé de las Casas witness in the Caribbean?
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What percentage of the population of the Americas is estimated to have died in the years following the European invasion?
What percentage of the population of the Americas is estimated to have died in the years following the European invasion?
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Which illness, considered a childhood disease today, could be deadly to native peoples?
Which illness, considered a childhood disease today, could be deadly to native peoples?
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What prompted the Spanish to begin importing people from West Africa to the Caribbean?
What prompted the Spanish to begin importing people from West Africa to the Caribbean?
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What was a significant outcome of both Hernando de Soto's and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expeditions into what is now the United States?
What was a significant outcome of both Hernando de Soto's and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expeditions into what is now the United States?
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What was the long-term effect of the Spanish's failure to find profitable extractive resources in the southeast or southwest of what is now the United States?
What was the long-term effect of the Spanish's failure to find profitable extractive resources in the southeast or southwest of what is now the United States?
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How did the Spanish adapt when their possessions in the Caribbean began to experience a decline in mines and natural resources?
How did the Spanish adapt when their possessions in the Caribbean began to experience a decline in mines and natural resources?
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What was the purpose of the House of Burgesses in Jamestown?
What was the purpose of the House of Burgesses in Jamestown?
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What was the status of the '20 Negroes' who arrived in Virginia on the ship White Lion in 1619?
What was the status of the '20 Negroes' who arrived in Virginia on the ship White Lion in 1619?
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What role did women play in Jamestown in 1619?
What role did women play in Jamestown in 1619?
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What event marked the arrival of African Americans in English North America before the Pilgrims?
What event marked the arrival of African Americans in English North America before the Pilgrims?
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