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Which of the following shows the dates comprising the 17th century?

a. 1700-1799
b. 1600-1699
c. 1701-1800

b. 1600-1699

Had colonists who were interested in finding gold.

spain, england, or both

both

used native americans as labor more than indentured servants

spain, england, or both

spain

sent more people to the Americas in the 16th c. than the other country

spain, england, both

spain

used indentured servants for labor more than native americans

spain, england, both

england

were interested in converting native americans to christianity

spain, england, both

both

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

a. the pope banned england from exploring the new world
b. he wanted a divorce, and the pope refused to grant it
c. he thought the catholic church was corrupt

b. he wanted a divorce, and the pope refused to grant it

the freedom of a christian man or woman in english colonial america meant:

a. the freedom to do your own thing; to be who you wanted to be
b. subservience, submission and servitude to God
c. the freedom to follow whatever faith (or none) you choose

b. subservience, submission and servitude to God

what role the the "enclosure" movement play in the 16th and 17th century england?

a. spain reacted by launching an invasion of england
b. it created a crisis where many people, no longer with sufficient land, had no way to make a living
c. queen mary's failure to address the problem led to her overthrow

b. it created a crisis where many people, no longer with sufficient land, had no way to make a living

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was:

a. silver
b. rum
c. yellow corn
d. tobacco

d. tobacco

which of the following best describes how the english viewed native american ties to the land?

a. they totally respected those ties and let the natives stay in all rural areas while they worked out treaties to obtain coastal lands
b. they simply tired to wipe out native americans so they could take their land
c. although they felt natives had no claims to the land because they did not cultivate or improve the land, the english usually obtained the land through treaties that forced out the Indians

c. although they felt natives had no claims to the land because they did not cultivate or improve the land, the english usually obtained the land through treaties that forced out the Indians

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were:

a. high rates of death and disease
b. overconsumption (eating too much) of hearty english foods
c. constant attacks by French and Spanish pirates
d. all of the above

a. high rates of death and disease

the puritans believed that male authority in the household

a. was an outdated ideas
b. should be unquestioned
c. was so absolute that a woman could not divorce her husband

a. was a outdated idea

after a tough start, how did the virginia company reshape the colony's development?

a. it fired john smith and brought in a more popular leader
b. it stopped the system of using indentured servants
c. it began the headright system, giving 50 acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage

c. it began the headright system, giving 50 acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage

Virginia home country:

netherlands, france, england, spain

england

controlled today's florida; established city of st. augustine:

netherlands, france, england, spain

spain

set up fur trading posts in the Mississippi Valley:

netherlands, france, england, spain

france

Bought the island of Manhattan from the Native Americans and set up a colony in the Houston River Valley (near today's new york):

netherlands, france, england, spain

netherlands

Massachusetts Bay Company home country:

netherlands, france, england, spain

netherlands

Anglican Church home country:

netherlands, france, england, spain

england

What was at the center of the religious doctrine of John Calvin?

a. the hierarchy of the congregational started from the top
b. the catholic church needed to stop the sale of indulgences
c. it was predetermined by God who was going to receive salvation
d. conversion of indians must be emphasized

c. it was predetermined by God who was going to receive salvation

a key motivation behind early english settlement in the american colonies was:

a. acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence
b. escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of england and the anglican church
c. the profits to be made in trans-atlantic commerce
d. all of the above

d. all of the above

french-born theologian who influenced the puritans

John Calvin

was given maryland as a "proprietary" colony from the king and hoped to make maryland a refuge for catholics

Cecilius Calvert

wrote "A Discourse on Western Planting" to convince

Richard Hakluyt

denounced for challenging the validity of teaching of new england ministers; banished; dies in new york

Anne Hutchinson

Pocahontas

acted as an intermediary between her father, an important Indian leader, and the english colonists

Powhatan

consolidated control over thousands of indians in the chesapeake

John Smith

early leader of Jamestown

Roger Williams

established Rhode Island

John Winthrop

was governor of Massachusetts

(T/F) Horses, cows, pigs, and sheep were unknown to the Americas until Europeans brought them there

true

(T/F) Early settlers of Jamestown preferred gold to farming

true

(T/F) Indentures usually bound indentured servants for period from five to seven years

true

(T/F) Indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their master, much like slaves

true

(T/F) In the 1600s in Massachusetts, full church membership was not required to vote in colony-wide elections

false

(T/F) The headright system led to fewer people from England coming to Virginia

true

(T/F) Most of the settlers of early Massachusetts were single adult males

false

(T/F) Harvard College was primarily founded to educate young men into ministry

true

(T/F) New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants

true

(T/F) Colonial Virginia was organized into self-governing towns

false

which of the following was NOT a key staple crop of 18th c. British colonies

a. sugar
b. cotton
c. tobacco
d. rice

b. cotton

Both King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion were conflicts that:

a. indians eventually won
b. led to indentured servants gaining more rights
c. slaves started in the hope of gaining freedom
d. started with disputes over Indian territory

d. started with disputes over indian territory

According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:

a. merchants should control the government because they contributed more to national wealth
b. the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power
c. colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods

b. the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power

A goal for the English in gaining New Netherland from the Dutch was to:

a. gain slaves
b. control more territory
c. control trade
d. gain more farmland

c. control trade

In its early years, Carolina was a "colony of a colony" because its original settlers included many:

a. indentured servants from virginia
b. planters (and sons of planters) from the colony of Barbados
c. protestants from maryland
d. supporters of anne hutchinson from massachusetts

b. planters (and sons of planters) from the colony of Barbados

Which group of colonists were the wealthiest in British North America?

a. south carolina rice planters
b. virginia tobacco farms
c. yeoman farmers throughout the colonies
d. scots-irish immigrants in boston

a. south carolina rice planters (they had large plantations)

To Quakers, liberty was:

a. limited to white, landowning men
b. a universal entitlement
c. extended to women, but not blacks
d. limited to quakers and other protestants

b. a universal entitlement

A West African captured and sold into slavery in the 17th c. most likely ended up in:

a. massachusetts
b. virginia
c. the carolinas
d. the west indies

d. the west indies

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

a. a large increase in the importation of indentured servants from england
b. the replacing of indentured servants with african slaves on virginia's plantations
c. large payments to indians to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers

b. the replacing of indentured servants with african slaves on virginia's plantations

Which of the following is TRUE of slave resistance in colonial period?

a. runaways were very rare because slaves knew attempting escape would be futile
b. it was limited because slaves at time were too new to colonies to understand the concept of freedom
c. running away was common, as colonial newspapers ran ads from slave owners looking to recover their property

c. running away was common, as colonial newspapers ran ads from slave owners looking to recover their property

The ship voyage for slaves from Africa to the New World

Middle Passage

Expelled from the French Nova Scotia after 7 Years War; ended up in Louisiana as "cajuns:

Acadians

Slaves fought in South Carolina

Stono Rebellion

Distinct slave dialect developed in South Carolina

Gullah

War between New Englanders and Indians

King Philip's War

(T/F) Most of those executed for witchcraft in Salem were men

false

(T/F) In an English colony, a person was less likely than someone in Europe to be a landowner and voter

false

(T/F) Plantation slaves in South Carolina had far more autonomy (freedom of movement on the plantation) than in other colonies, allowing them to maintain more of their African culture

true

(T/F) A major non-English immigrant group to Pennsylvania were Germans

true

Besides being colonial trading rivals, Great Britain disliked what about France?

a. france was no longer a monarchy
b. french subjects seemed to enjoy more freedom and liberty than british subjects
c. france was mostly catholic

c. france was mostly catholic

For his missionary work, Junipero Serra was:

a. condemned by the spanish government
b. attacked by russian settlers
c. made a honorary chief among native americans
d. later made a saint by the catholic church

d. later made a saint by the catholic church

(T/F) Three distinct types of slavery developed in the British colonies

true

Led British war effort against French in the 7 Years War

William Pitt

Survived the Middle Passage and wrote an autobiography about it

Olaudah Equiano

Planter who called for reform in Gov. Berkeley's Virginia

Nathaniel Bacon

Ottawa war leader; led an uprising following the Seven Years' War

Pontiac

Proprietor/leader of the Quaker "Holy Experiment in the middle colony of Pennsylvania

William Penn

Which of these steps was MOST important to the Spanish when establishing their presence in California?

a. displacing (kicking out) native american populations
b. building roads between california and mexico
c. the creation of missions and presidios
d. keeping the british out

c. the creation of missions and presidios

The French in North America:

a. had a rapidly expanding empire because the French government strongly encouraged subjects to move to the New World
b. won control of the ohio valley in the seven years' war
c. were greatly outnumbered by the british on the continent
d. were well-known for their poor relations with native americans

c. were greatly outnumbered by the british on the continent

Which was NOT a significant effect of the Seven Years' War?

a. the extension of england's north american empire went to mississippi
b. an easing of frontier tensions between british colonies and indians
c. an extensive reordering of the global balance of power in britain's favor
d. a strengthening of bonds among the colonies, and between colonists and mother country

a. the extension of england's north american empire went to mississippi

What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

a. to end the slave trade
b. to protect the indians
c. to open up more land for settlement
d. to bring stability to the colonial frontier by dictating no settlement west of the appalachian mountains

d. to bring stability to the colonial frontier by dictating no settlement west of the appalachian mountains

By the 18th century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:

a. were found in many colonial residents' homes
b. were rare in the colonies
c. were specifically banned by the navigation acts

a. were found in many colonial residents' homes

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