America's History Chapter 3

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What development was most responsible for the growth of the northern maritime economy?
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The wealth of the British sugar colonies
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Why did merchants in the Atlantic trade system of the eighteenth century use bills of exchange?
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The documents allowed colonists to sell their goods to one merchant and buy from another.
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How did slavery in the Chesapeake differ from slavery in South Carolina?
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The slave population in the Chesapeake increased naturally through reproduction.
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Why did the South Atlantic System bring the most wealth to Britain?
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American goods had to pass through England before being sold in Europe.
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How did the Treaty of Utrecht change the balance of power between the English, French, and native tribes after 1713?
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Britain obtained access through Albany to the western Indian trade.
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Why did William of Orange's ascension to the throne of England mean a new era of warfare in Europe?
Why did William of Orange's ascension to the throne of England mean a new era of warfare in Europe?
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William of Orange was committed to fighting a war to establish English and Protestant dominance.
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How did the Glorious Revolution change imperial governance of the colonies?
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By granting the colonies increased self-government
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The response in Massachusetts Bay to the Navigation Acts represents
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American resistance to mercantilist policies.
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The system of salutary neglect that allowed the colonies to prosper with lessened interference from the British was facilitated by the political system under which leader?
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Sir Robert Walpole
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How did the assemblies in Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania restrict the power of the royal governor?
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They refused to provide the governors with a permanent annual salary.
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What was an effect of the increasing importance of the maritime economy in the northern colonies?
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It created a society increasingly divided by levels of wealth.
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How did Pennsylvania differ from most other colonies?
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It guaranteed religious freedom.