AP US History Flashcards: Colonial Society And Culture

Study Colonial Society And Culture in AP US History with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What was the primary role of colonial assemblies?

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Legislative governance. Colonial legislatures made laws and controlled local taxation.

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A historian summarizes Chesapeake society (1607–1754): high mortality and dispersed plantations encouraged late-forming, fragile nuclear families; the Anglican Church was established but parish life was uneven; tobacco wealth concentrated land and political power among large planters, while indentured servants and, increasingly after the 1660s, enslaved Africans labored at the bottom. Which choice best characterizes a social pattern described in this summary?
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