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- What was considered the only legal method of emancipation prior to ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment?
- 25.The population of the Chesapeake colonies, throughout the first half of the seventeenth century, was notable for its
- 46.In 1773, ____ led the way by creating the first intercolonial committee of correspondence.
- The flood of precious metal from the New World to Europe resulted in
- In the last half of the fifteenth century some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to
- 47.All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except
- 11.All of the following were true of England as the 17th century opened up except
- 15.The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except
- 31.On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility decreased, partly because
- 13.Relations between the English colonists and the Powhatan were at first conciliatory, but remained tense, especially
- 34.In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted
- 18.Arrange the following events in chronological order: the founding of (A) Georgia, (B) the Carolinas, (C) Virginia, and (D) Maryland
- 29.The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to
- 24.As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystalize, most notably
- 20.Initially, the Massachusetts Bay Colony enjoyed all of the following advantages except that of
- 58.The most important contribution of the seagoing privateers during the Revolutionary War was that they
- 35.All of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America except
- 17.The statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originated in
- 36.All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except
- 37.By 1775, most governors of American colonies were