Early American History Key Concepts
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions
Latest Update (2026/2027)
Question:
Answer:
A servant binds themselves to serve a master for a certain term in exchange
for
food, drink, clothes, and housing, and is granted freedom at the end of the
term.
Question:
What products were transported on the triangular trade route between New
England, Africa,
and the West Indies?
Answer:
Sugar, cotton, rice, silk, tobacco, textiles, rum,
manufactured goods, and slaves.
Question:
What are some possible explanations for the Salem Witch hysteria?
Answer:
, Strong
religious beliefs, fear and stress, and mass hysteria.
Question:
What ethnic group settled in New England?
Answer:
British Puritans.
Question:
What ethnic groups could be found in the South?
Answer:
Biracial, English settlers, and
enslaved Africans.
Question:
What ethnic groups settled in the Middle colonies?
Answer:
English, Dutch, Swedes,
Finns, Welsh Quakers, Germans, and Scots-Irish.
Question:
Who criticized a public official in the newspaper and was found not guilty of
sedition?