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The Powhatan Confederacy was located     a. in Massachusetts Bay.     b. in New Netherland.      c. in the Chesapeake region (Virginia).      d. along the South Carolina coast. 

Women’s work involved activities in the house, garden, and fields.

The revivals of the Great Awakening divided congregations, towns, and families and fueled popular new denominations.  

William Penn allowed only Quakers to settle in Pennsylvania.  

Headrights were used to attract colonists to Jamestown.  

 Many colonists were Loyalists (Tories) during the Revolutionary War.

The so-called Sugar Act (Revenue Act) of 1764a. taxed only sugar refined in the colonies.b. taxed sugar and other imported goods in order to raise revenue.c. doubled the existing tax on molasses.d. legalized trade with the French West Indies.

The Middle Passage was the middle leg of the so-called triangular trade in which European ships traveled to West Africa for slaves.

The first permanent English settlement in North America was      a. St. Mary’s.      b. Plymouth.        c. Roanoke.        d. Jamestown.

A turning point of the Revolutionary War was the battle at      a. Cowpens.        b. King’s Mountain.       c. Valley Forge.      d. Saratoga.