Question 1

Match each historical figure with the corresponding colony below.
-Peter Stuyvesant

Accepted Answer

A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia 
A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia

Question 2

All indentured servants came to America voluntarily and comprised only the secondary source of laborers in the English colonies during the colonial period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following accurately describes the Mayflower Compact?

Accepted Answer

A)  It completely separated civil and church governments. 
B)  It prevented the colonists from experiencing any major adversity. 
C)  It was a covenant that granted civil rights to some but not all. 
D)  It called for total religious toleration. 
E)  It originated in the House of Commons. 
A)  It completely separated civil and church governments. 
B)  It prevented the colonists from experiencing any major adversity. 
C)  It was a covenant that granted civil rights to some but not all. 
D)  It called for total religious toleration. 
E)  It originated in the House of Commons.

Question 4

Discuss the settlement of the Carolinas. How and why did they divide into two separate colonies?

Accepted Answer

The settlement of the Carolinas began in

Question 5

Which of the following was the crop from the Caribbean that the British had become "addicted" to and hoped to grow in the Carolinas?

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton 
B)  rice 
C)  tea 
D)  sugar 
E)  opium 
A)  cotton 
B)  rice 
C)  tea 
D)  sugar 
E)  opium

Question 6

One characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was

Accepted Answer

A)  the high percentage of slaves in its population. 
B)  complete freedom of religion. 
C)  the influence of women in its government. 
D)  intense competition over the gold found there. 
E)  the high mortality rate among its settlers. 
A)  the high percentage of slaves in its population. 
B)  complete freedom of religion. 
C)  the influence of women in its government. 
D)  intense competition over the gold found there. 
E)  the high mortality rate among its settlers.

Question 7

How did the colony of Jamestown manage to survive?

Accepted Answer

A)  the large sums of money that the colonists there used to bring in additional supplies regularly 
B)  the preparedness of the colonists and their eagerness to sacrifice for the good of the whole colony 
C)  the dynamic leadership of John Smith and his bargaining with the Native Americans 
D)  the lack of the diseases and hardships that afflicted other colonies 
E)  the relocation of the Virginia Company to New York 
A)  the large sums of money that the colonists there used to bring in additional supplies regularly 
B)  the preparedness of the colonists and their eagerness to sacrifice for the good of the whole colony 
C)  the dynamic leadership of John Smith and his bargaining with the Native Americans 
D)  the lack of the diseases and hardships that afflicted other colonies 
E)  the relocation of the Virginia Company to New York

Question 8

The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of

Accepted Answer

A)  giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and
Fifty more for any servants he might bring. 
B)  "selling" wives to single male settlers. 
C)  auctioning black slaves to settlers. 
D)  giving free land to all servants who came to the colony. 
E)  giving free land in return for five years of military service. 
A)  giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and
Fifty more for any servants he might bring. 
B)  "selling" wives to single male settlers. 
C)  auctioning black slaves to settlers. 
D)  giving free land to all servants who came to the colony. 
E)  giving free land in return for five years of military service.

Question 9

What role did indentured servants and the development of slavery play in colonial America?

Accepted Answer

Indentured servants and the development

Question 10

Which of the following did John Smith do as Jamestown's leader?

Accepted Answer

A)  He rescued the colonists from the lax governance of Sir Thomas Gates. 
B)  He tried to wipe out the Powhatan Confederacy in a series of major battles. 
C)  He helped the colony to persist by demanding more work from the colonists. 
D)  He argued in letters back to England that the colony should be abandoned. 
E)  He discovered deposits of gold and silver that ensured the colony's survival. 
A)  He rescued the colonists from the lax governance of Sir Thomas Gates. 
B)  He tried to wipe out the Powhatan Confederacy in a series of major battles. 
C)  He helped the colony to persist by demanding more work from the colonists. 
D)  He argued in letters back to England that the colony should be abandoned. 
E)  He discovered deposits of gold and silver that ensured the colony's survival.

Question 11

Georgia served as a military buffer against the Spanish in Florida. What was another reason for the settlement of Georgia by the English?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was initially a utopian colony designed to help debtors avoid prison. 
B)  It was so rich in resources that it was already economically self-sufficient within the first year. 
C)  It was a haven for escaped slaves. 
D)  It was the first piece of land the English had the opportunity to colonize. 
E)  It had already been successful as a social experiment for the common man. 
A)  It was initially a utopian colony designed to help debtors avoid prison. 
B)  It was so rich in resources that it was already economically self-sufficient within the first year. 
C)  It was a haven for escaped slaves. 
D)  It was the first piece of land the English had the opportunity to colonize. 
E)  It had already been successful as a social experiment for the common man.

Question 12

Beginning in the thirteenth century with the Magna Carta that established the tradition of a parliamentary monarchy, power in England did not rest with the monarchy alone but also with the nobility and a lesser aristocracy, the gentry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Because of its harsh winters, New England was generally the least healthy place to live in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of the institution of slavery in the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery was not a factor north of the Chesapeake region during the colonial period. 
B)  Slaves did not achieve a self-sustaining rate of reproduction in the colonies prior to the American Revolution. 
C)  Slavery in New England tended to be "family slavery," with slaves and masters living under the same roof. 
D)  Slaves made up nearly 50 percent of the colonial population by the time of the American Revolution. 
E)  Most slaves were working in cotton during the colonial period. 
A)  Slavery was not a factor north of the Chesapeake region during the colonial period. 
B)  Slaves did not achieve a self-sustaining rate of reproduction in the colonies prior to the American Revolution. 
C)  Slavery in New England tended to be "family slavery," with slaves and masters living under the same roof. 
D)  Slaves made up nearly 50 percent of the colonial population by the time of the American Revolution. 
E)  Most slaves were working in cotton during the colonial period.

Question 15

Match each historical figure with the corresponding colony below.
-Cecilius Calvert

Accepted Answer

A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia 
A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia

Question 16

King Philip's War was one of the cruelest and costliest in American history, requiring the passing of America's first conscription laws and cutting the Native American population of New England in half.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Iroquois League played the French and English powers against one another during the first half of the eighteenth century while they, meanwhile, created a successful fur trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Georgia's colonial beginnings are remarkably different from those of other colonies. Discuss what was unique about Georgia and how those unique features affected the colony's development.

Accepted Answer

Georgia's colonial beginnings were indee

Question 19

What were the characteristics of the English colonies in the Chesapeake region, the Carolinas, the middle colonies-Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware-and New England prior to 1700?

Accepted Answer

The English colonies in the Chesapeake r

Question 20

What was one of the significant effects geography had on the British colonies leading into the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mountainous terrain and other geographical barriers such as rivers made it so that the English colonies would be highly spread apart from one another and, thus, ensured that Puritans would have control of the full length of the east coast. 
B)  Much like the land that had been claimed by the Spanish, the sprawling land claimed by the English was best suited to the control of vast estates by wealthy men who intended to return to Europe eventually. 
C)  The small swath of land to which the English colonists had access at that point in time stifled innovation and allowed British rulers to monitor them more closely than French and Spanish rulers had ever controlled their colonists. 
D)  The ocean separated the "old" and "new" worlds in such a way that new ideas about political liberties and economic freedom were better able to develop and emerge in the colonies in the eighteenth century. 
E)  The fact that the British colonies were so far north and had such brutal winter weather greatly limited the number of nationalities and religions willing to migrate there, causing the French and Spanish colonies to prove far more diverse. 
A)  Mountainous terrain and other geographical barriers such as rivers made it so that the English colonies would be highly spread apart from one another and, thus, ensured that Puritans would have control of the full length of the east coast. 
B)  Much like the land that had been claimed by the Spanish, the sprawling land claimed by the English was best suited to the control of vast estates by wealthy men who intended to return to Europe eventually. 
C)  The small swath of land to which the English colonists had access at that point in time stifled innovation and allowed British rulers to monitor them more closely than French and Spanish rulers had ever controlled their colonists. 
D)  The ocean separated the "old" and "new" worlds in such a way that new ideas about political liberties and economic freedom were better able to develop and emerge in the colonies in the eighteenth century. 
E)  The fact that the British colonies were so far north and had such brutal winter weather greatly limited the number of nationalities and religions willing to migrate there, causing the French and Spanish colonies to prove far more diverse.

Exam 2: Englands Colonies

Match each historical figure with the corresponding colony below. -Peter Stuyvesant

All indentured servants came to America voluntarily and comprised only the secondary source of laborers in the English colonies during the colonial period.

Which of the following accurately describes the Mayflower Compact?

Discuss the settlement of the Carolinas. How and why did they divide into two separate colonies?

Which of the following was the crop from the Caribbean that the British had become "addicted" to and hoped to grow in the Carolinas?

One characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was

How did the colony of Jamestown manage to survive?

The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of

What role did indentured servants and the development of slavery play in colonial America?

Which of the following did John Smith do as Jamestown's leader?

Georgia served as a military buffer against the Spanish in Florida. What was another reason for the settlement of Georgia by the English?

Beginning in the thirteenth century with the Magna Carta that established the tradition of a parliamentary monarchy, power in England did not rest with the monarchy alone but also with the nobility and a lesser aristocracy, the gentry.

Because of its harsh winters, New England was generally the least healthy place to live in the Americas.

Which of the following statements is true of the institution of slavery in the American colonies?

Match each historical figure with the corresponding colony below. -Cecilius Calvert

King Philip's War was one of the cruelest and costliest in American history, requiring the passing of America's first conscription laws and cutting the Native American population of New England in half.

The Iroquois League played the French and English powers against one another during the first half of the eighteenth century while they, meanwhile, created a successful fur trade.

Georgia's colonial beginnings are remarkably different from those of other colonies. Discuss what was unique about Georgia and how those unique features affected the colony's development.

What were the characteristics of the English colonies in the Chesapeake region, the Carolinas, the middle colonies-Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware-and New England prior to 1700?

What was one of the significant effects geography had on the British colonies leading into the eighteenth century?

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