Question 1

Which of these was true of Chesapeake families in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stable nuclear families were the rule. 
B)  Most marriages did not last ten years. 
C)  Three-generation families commonly lived together. 
D)  Remarriage was uncommon after a spouse died. 
E)  Large families were common because of early marriage. 
A)  Stable nuclear families were the rule. 
B)  Most marriages did not last ten years. 
C)  Three-generation families commonly lived together. 
D)  Remarriage was uncommon after a spouse died. 
E)  Large families were common because of early marriage. B

Question 2

Why were New England colonists more likely to maintain English customs than those who migrated to Virginia and Maryland?

Accepted Answer

A)  The New England colonists came from higher social ranks than those in the other colonies and were more familiar with traditional English customs. 
B)  The New England colonists brought more English goods with them to America, which helped keep the traditions alive. 
C)  The New England colonists tended to migrate as families and thus were able to keep family and other traditions in the New World. 
D)  The New England colonists generally came to America as single men and women and found that preserving their English customs comforted them. 
E)  The New England colonists were proud to be English, while the other colonists wanted to reject their English traditions. 
A)  The New England colonists came from higher social ranks than those in the other colonies and were more familiar with traditional English customs. 
B)  The New England colonists brought more English goods with them to America, which helped keep the traditions alive. 
C)  The New England colonists tended to migrate as families and thus were able to keep family and other traditions in the New World. 
D)  The New England colonists generally came to America as single men and women and found that preserving their English customs comforted them. 
E)  The New England colonists were proud to be English, while the other colonists wanted to reject their English traditions. C

Question 3

The intention of the Navigation Acts was to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  remove the Dutch as a commercial competitor 
B)  promote English industrial development 
C)  keep the American colonies weak and dependent 
D)  stimulate colonial economic diversification 
E)  finance the British navy 
A)  remove the Dutch as a commercial competitor 
B)  promote English industrial development 
C)  keep the American colonies weak and dependent 
D)  stimulate colonial economic diversification 
E)  finance the British navy A

Question 4

In New England,women ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  enjoyed rights and powers equal to those of men 
B)  outnumbered men in church by two to one 
C)  had no economic power whatsoever 
D)  could easily divorce their husbands 
E)  began to lobby for voting rights in this colonial period 
A)  enjoyed rights and powers equal to those of men 
B)  outnumbered men in church by two to one 
C)  had no economic power whatsoever 
D)  could easily divorce their husbands 
E)  began to lobby for voting rights in this colonial period

Question 5

During the colonial period,most of the slaves sent to the North American colonies were supplied by the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dutch 
B)  Americans 
C)  Portuguese 
D)  Spanish 
E)  British 
A)  Dutch 
B)  Americans 
C)  Portuguese 
D)  Spanish 
E)  British

Question 6

Why did the population of New England rise in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Better overall health resulted in people living longer. 
B)  Puritan families tended to have many children. 
C)  Couples in New England married younger and tended to have more children. 
D)  Many more immigrants came to New England than to the other colonies. 
E)  Colonists from the southern colonies moved to New England in large numbers. 
A)  Better overall health resulted in people living longer. 
B)  Puritan families tended to have many children. 
C)  Couples in New England married younger and tended to have more children. 
D)  Many more immigrants came to New England than to the other colonies. 
E)  Colonists from the southern colonies moved to New England in large numbers.

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Salem witchcraft hysteria?

Accepted Answer

A)  the community's history of religious discord 
B)  disagreements between Salem's poor people and its upper classes 
C)  Salem's history of engaging in occult practices 
D)  fear of attack by nearby Indians 
E)  the underlying misogyny of the entire colonial culture 
A)  the community's history of religious discord 
B)  disagreements between Salem's poor people and its upper classes 
C)  Salem's history of engaging in occult practices 
D)  fear of attack by nearby Indians 
E)  the underlying misogyny of the entire colonial culture

Question 8

By the late 1600s,the gap between rich and poor in white Chesapeake society ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  steadily shrank 
B)  steadily widened 
C)  remained unchanged 
D)  could not be estimated 
E)  is not mentioned by contemporary chroniclers 
A)  steadily shrank 
B)  steadily widened 
C)  remained unchanged 
D)  could not be estimated 
E)  is not mentioned by contemporary chroniclers

Question 9

What was a difference between the rights in marriage of women in the Chesapeake region and those of women in New England in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women in the Chesapeake region tended to have more power because they were fewer in number and thus began from a better bargaining position. 
B)  Women in New England had more rights because there were more women there and they had greater strength as a community. 
C)  Women in New England had fewer rights because the colonists there came from more strict and traditional backgrounds. 
D)  Women in the Chesapeake region tended to have fewer rights because the planter class had more restrictions on the roles of women in society. 
E)  Women in New England had fewer rights because the women there tended to live much shorter lives than those in the Chesapeake region. 
A)  Women in the Chesapeake region tended to have more power because they were fewer in number and thus began from a better bargaining position. 
B)  Women in New England had more rights because there were more women there and they had greater strength as a community. 
C)  Women in New England had fewer rights because the colonists there came from more strict and traditional backgrounds. 
D)  Women in the Chesapeake region tended to have fewer rights because the planter class had more restrictions on the roles of women in society. 
E)  Women in New England had fewer rights because the women there tended to live much shorter lives than those in the Chesapeake region.

Question 10

How did mercantilism shape the economic and political relationship between England and its colonies?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism played a significant role i

Question 11

Which was NOT a factor that retarded population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many young women delayed marriage until their terms of service were complete. 
B)  Infant mortality rates were very high in both colonies. 
C)  Local Indians kidnapped many women and children. 
D)  The life expectancy was short. 
E)  The gender ratio was seriously unbalanced. 
A)  Many young women delayed marriage until their terms of service were complete. 
B)  Infant mortality rates were very high in both colonies. 
C)  Local Indians kidnapped many women and children. 
D)  The life expectancy was short. 
E)  The gender ratio was seriously unbalanced.

Question 12

What role did women have in the New England colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  They generally had no independence at all from men. 
B)  They had the same legal rights as men but could not vote. 
C)  They made no decisions and simply followed the orders of men. 
D)  They had no legal rights, but they were able to vote and hold public office. 
E)  They were respected for their work but were legally inferior to men. 
A)  They generally had no independence at all from men. 
B)  They had the same legal rights as men but could not vote. 
C)  They made no decisions and simply followed the orders of men. 
D)  They had no legal rights, but they were able to vote and hold public office. 
E)  They were respected for their work but were legally inferior to men.

Question 13

How would late seventeenth-century Virginia best be described?

Accepted Answer

A)  a plantation society, dominated by a slaveholding elite 
B)  a diversified society and economy, with minimal social stratification 
C)  a society of small farmers, committed to diversified agriculture 
D)  a successful commercial enterprise that returned large profits to the crown 
E)  a society struggling with the question of slavery 
A)  a plantation society, dominated by a slaveholding elite 
B)  a diversified society and economy, with minimal social stratification 
C)  a society of small farmers, committed to diversified agriculture 
D)  a successful commercial enterprise that returned large profits to the crown 
E)  a society struggling with the question of slavery

Question 14

Which statement is a key assumption of mercantilism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trade benefits all trading partners equally. 
B)  Trade benefits only the weak nations. 
C)  One nation's success in commerce has no effect on other nations. 
D)  One nation's success in commerce is another nation's loss. 
E)  One nation's success in commerce benefits all nations. 
A)  Trade benefits all trading partners equally. 
B)  Trade benefits only the weak nations. 
C)  One nation's success in commerce has no effect on other nations. 
D)  One nation's success in commerce is another nation's loss. 
E)  One nation's success in commerce benefits all nations.

Question 15

The character of the first English settlements in the New World ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  remained remarkably similar throughout the seventeenth century 
B)  differed from colony to colony because of government rules 
C)  differed substantially from colony to colony from the very beginning of colonization 
D)  was determined primarily by the religious preference of each colony 
E)  was not significantly influenced by geography 
A)  remained remarkably similar throughout the seventeenth century 
B)  differed from colony to colony because of government rules 
C)  differed substantially from colony to colony from the very beginning of colonization 
D)  was determined primarily by the religious preference of each colony 
E)  was not significantly influenced by geography

Question 16

The explanation for the tremendous population growth of seventeenth-century New England can be found in the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  extraordinary fertility of New England women 
B)  emphasis Puritans placed on having large families 
C)  good relations maintained with local Indians 
D)  long lives of New England settlers 
E)  agricultural richness of the New World 
A)  extraordinary fertility of New England women 
B)  emphasis Puritans placed on having large families 
C)  good relations maintained with local Indians 
D)  long lives of New England settlers 
E)  agricultural richness of the New World

Question 17

Sumptuary laws ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  made excessive gluttony a crime 
B)  established statutes that limited the wearing of fine apparel to the wealthy and prominent 
C)  criminalized frivolity on the Sabbath 
D)  provided that only "visible saints" could be buried in a church cemetery 
E)  made church attendance compulsory 
A)  made excessive gluttony a crime 
B)  established statutes that limited the wearing of fine apparel to the wealthy and prominent 
C)  criminalized frivolity on the Sabbath 
D)  provided that only "visible saints" could be buried in a church cemetery 
E)  made church attendance compulsory

Question 18

The Staple Act of 1663 stated that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans must stop raising corn and wheat 
B)  imports to America had to be shipped through England 
C)  Americans could not produce iron products 
D)  rum had to be manufactured in the West Indies 
E)  Americans could only produce staple foodstuffs 
A)  Americans must stop raising corn and wheat 
B)  imports to America had to be shipped through England 
C)  Americans could not produce iron products 
D)  rum had to be manufactured in the West Indies 
E)  Americans could only produce staple foodstuffs

Question 19

In which colony were African Americans most able to preserve their African identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Jersey 
B)  South Carolina 
C)  Pennsylvania 
D)  New York 
E)  Virginia 
A)  New Jersey 
B)  South Carolina 
C)  Pennsylvania 
D)  New York 
E)  Virginia

Question 20

One of the major causes of ________ was the disfranchisement of landless freemen by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1670.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacon's Rebellion 
B)  Coode's Rebellion 
C)  Leisler's Rebellion 
D)  the Stono Uprising 
E)  Shays's Rebellion 
A)  Bacon's Rebellion 
B)  Coode's Rebellion 
C)  Leisler's Rebellion 
D)  the Stono Uprising 
E)  Shays's Rebellion

Which of these was true of Chesapeake families in the 1600s?

Why were New England colonists more likely to maintain English customs than those who migrated to Virginia and Maryland?

The intention of the Navigation Acts was to ________.

In New England,women ________.

During the colonial period,most of the slaves sent to the North American colonies were supplied by the ________.

Why did the population of New England rise in the seventeenth century?

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Salem witchcraft hysteria?

By the late 1600s,the gap between rich and poor in white Chesapeake society ________.

What was a difference between the rights in marriage of women in the Chesapeake region and those of women in New England in the 1600s?

How did mercantilism shape the economic and political relationship between England and its colonies?

Which was NOT a factor that retarded population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland?

What role did women have in the New England colonies?

How would late seventeenth-century Virginia best be described?

Which statement is a key assumption of mercantilism?

The character of the first English settlements in the New World ________.

The explanation for the tremendous population growth of seventeenth-century New England can be found in the ________.

Sumptuary laws ________.

The Staple Act of 1663 stated that ________.

In which colony were African Americans most able to preserve their African identity?

One of the major causes of ________ was the disfranchisement of landless freemen by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1670.

New World Encounters

New World Experiments: England’s Seventeenth-century Colonies

Experience of Empire: Eighteenth Century America

The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt 1763–1783

The Republican Experiment

Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics 1788–1800

Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision

Nation Building and Nationalism

The Triumph of White Men’s Democracy

Slaves and Masters

The Pursuit of Perfection

an Age of Expansionism

The Sectional Crisis

Secession and the Civil War

The Agony of Reconstruction

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Exam 3: Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society

Which of these was true of Chesapeake families in the 1600s?

Why were New England colonists more likely to maintain English customs than those who migrated to Virginia and Maryland?

The intention of the Navigation Acts was to ________.

In New England,women ________.

During the colonial period,most of the slaves sent to the North American colonies were supplied by the ________.

Why did the population of New England rise in the seventeenth century?

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Salem witchcraft hysteria?

By the late 1600s,the gap between rich and poor in white Chesapeake society ________.

What was a difference between the rights in marriage of women in the Chesapeake region and those of women in New England in the 1600s?

How did mercantilism shape the economic and political relationship between England and its colonies?

Which was NOT a factor that retarded population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland?

What role did women have in the New England colonies?

How would late seventeenth-century Virginia best be described?

Which statement is a key assumption of mercantilism?

The character of the first English settlements in the New World ________.

The explanation for the tremendous population growth of seventeenth-century New England can be found in the ________.

Sumptuary laws ________.

The Staple Act of 1663 stated that ________.

In which colony were African Americans most able to preserve their African identity?

One of the major causes of ________ was the disfranchisement of landless freemen by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1670.

New World Encounters

New World Experiments: England’s Seventeenth-century Colonies

Experience of Empire: Eighteenth Century America

The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt 1763–1783

The Republican Experiment

Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics 1788–1800

Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision

Nation Building and Nationalism

The Triumph of White Men’s Democracy

Slaves and Masters

The Pursuit of Perfection

an Age of Expansionism

The Sectional Crisis

Secession and the Civil War

The Agony of Reconstruction

Filters