Question 1

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660,

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A)  new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church. 
B)  groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges. 
C)  writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, because it caused too much controversy. 
D)  the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment. 
E)  the majority of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War. 
A)  new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church. 
B)  groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges. 
C)  writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, because it caused too much controversy. 
D)  the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment. 
E)  the majority of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War.

Question 2

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia

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A)  was quite common following the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas. 
B)  was only permitted for colonists who were part of the upper class. 
C)  was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691. 
D)  created a prevalent mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved. 
E)  produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief. 
A)  was quite common following the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas. 
B)  was only permitted for colonists who were part of the upper class. 
C)  was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691. 
D)  created a prevalent mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved. 
E)  produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief.

Question 3

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662

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A)  set up civil government in Massachusetts. 
B)  allowed Baptists and Quakers to attend, but not join, Puritan churches. 
C)  gave women limited voting rights in Puritan congregations. 
D)  permitted anyone who paid a tithe to be baptized in a Puritan church. 
E)  did not require evidence of conversion to grant a kind of church membership. 
A)  set up civil government in Massachusetts. 
B)  allowed Baptists and Quakers to attend, but not join, Puritan churches. 
C)  gave women limited voting rights in Puritan congregations. 
D)  permitted anyone who paid a tithe to be baptized in a Puritan church. 
E)  did not require evidence of conversion to grant a kind of church membership.

Question 4

The ideals of which group or individual are most closely aligned with modern America's ideal of equal rights for all?

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A)  Puritans 
B)  Levellers 
C)  Stuart kings 
D)  John Winthrop 
E)  John Smith 
A)  Puritans 
B)  Levellers 
C)  Stuart kings 
D)  John Winthrop 
E)  John Smith

Question 5

In late-sixteenth-century England,

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A)  Catholicism was the dominant religion. 
B)  anti-Catholicism was deeply ingrained in popular culture. 
C)  Catholics and Protestants lived in harmony. 
D)  Queen Elizabeth I executed more than 100 Protestant priests. 
E)  Queen Elizabeth I converted to Catholicism. 
A)  Catholicism was the dominant religion. 
B)  anti-Catholicism was deeply ingrained in popular culture. 
C)  Catholics and Protestants lived in harmony. 
D)  Queen Elizabeth I executed more than 100 Protestant priests. 
E)  Queen Elizabeth I converted to Catholicism.

Question 6

Women in the early Virginia colony comprised about half the white population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements accurately describes Anne Hutchinson?

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A)  She was banished after being accused of witchcraft by her neighbors. 
B)  As an unmarried woman, she lived on the edges of Puritan society. 
C)  She fled Massachusetts rather than face trial for sedition. 
D)  She spoke openly of receiving divine revelations directly from God. 
E)  She founded the colony of Rhode Island. 
A)  She was banished after being accused of witchcraft by her neighbors. 
B)  As an unmarried woman, she lived on the edges of Puritan society. 
C)  She fled Massachusetts rather than face trial for sedition. 
D)  She spoke openly of receiving divine revelations directly from God. 
E)  She founded the colony of Rhode Island.

Question 8

What was a key difference between indentured servants from England and slaves from Africa?

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A)  Indentured servants never changed owners. 
B)  After giving birth, indentured servant women had to give up the child to the owner. 
C)  The indentured servants could freely choose their spouse. 
D)  Three-quarters of indentured servants escaped and found permanent freedom. 
E)  Most indentured servants voluntarily came to the colonies. 
A)  Indentured servants never changed owners. 
B)  After giving birth, indentured servant women had to give up the child to the owner. 
C)  The indentured servants could freely choose their spouse. 
D)  Three-quarters of indentured servants escaped and found permanent freedom. 
E)  Most indentured servants voluntarily came to the colonies.

Question 9

Puritans viewed individual freedom and personal freedom as

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A)  good because Massachusetts Bay leaders welcomed debate over religion. 
B)  dangerous to social harmony and community stability. 
C)  integral to leading a religious lifestyle, as they played a prominent role in the Bible. 
D)  vital because they had been discouraged from enjoying these back in England. 
E)  detrimental to the individual but ultimately a positive development for the community. 
A)  good because Massachusetts Bay leaders welcomed debate over religion. 
B)  dangerous to social harmony and community stability. 
C)  integral to leading a religious lifestyle, as they played a prominent role in the Bible. 
D)  vital because they had been discouraged from enjoying these back in England. 
E)  detrimental to the individual but ultimately a positive development for the community.

Question 10

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act, aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Massachusetts General Court

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A)  reflected the Puritans' desire to govern the colony without outside interference. 
B)  was selected exclusively by the king. 
C)  was selected exclusively by the governor. 
D)  ruled the colony from its beginnings in 1630. 
E)  by law had to consist of a majority of Puritan judges. 
A)  reflected the Puritans' desire to govern the colony without outside interference. 
B)  was selected exclusively by the king. 
C)  was selected exclusively by the governor. 
D)  ruled the colony from its beginnings in 1630. 
E)  by law had to consist of a majority of Puritan judges.

Question 12

A central element in the definition of English liberty was

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A)  the right to a trial by jury. 
B)  the right to self-incrimination. 
C)  that each English citizen owned a copy of the English Constitution. 
D)  freedom of expression. 
E)  the idea that the king was above the rule of law. 
A)  the right to a trial by jury. 
B)  the right to self-incrimination. 
C)  that each English citizen owned a copy of the English Constitution. 
D)  freedom of expression. 
E)  the idea that the king was above the rule of law.

Question 13

How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?

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A)  Most of them became abolitionists, fighting to end slavery in British North America. 
B)  Some of them ran away or were disobedient to their masters. 
C)  They sent letters home detailing their rapid rise as prominent members of American society. 
D)  They insisted on their right to serve in the militia because they believed in the right to bear arms. 
E)  They regularly published pamphlets criticizing their masters, displaying their love of free speech. 
A)  Most of them became abolitionists, fighting to end slavery in British North America. 
B)  Some of them ran away or were disobedient to their masters. 
C)  They sent letters home detailing their rapid rise as prominent members of American society. 
D)  They insisted on their right to serve in the militia because they believed in the right to bear arms. 
E)  They regularly published pamphlets criticizing their masters, displaying their love of free speech.

Question 14

How did the meaning of the Magna Carta change with time?

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A)  It began as a religious document but soon gained a secular understanding. 
B)  It grew more and more at odds with the idea of "English liberty." 
C)  As serfdom disappeared, its rights applied to a greater percentage of the population. 
D)  After the English Civil War, its ideas were completely rejected. 
E)  Following the Protestant Reformation, it specified the right to religious freedom. 
A)  It began as a religious document but soon gained a secular understanding. 
B)  It grew more and more at odds with the idea of "English liberty." 
C)  As serfdom disappeared, its rights applied to a greater percentage of the population. 
D)  After the English Civil War, its ideas were completely rejected. 
E)  Following the Protestant Reformation, it specified the right to religious freedom.

Question 15

During the reign of ________, the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

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A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Mary I 
C)  James I 
D)  James II 
E)  Elizabeth I 
A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Mary I 
C)  James I 
D)  James II 
E)  Elizabeth I

Question 16

Opechancanough

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A)  emphasized peaceful relations with the English colonists in Virginia. 
B)  was responsible for his brother Powhatan's death. 
C)  accidentally killed John Smith during a feast. 
D)  mounted a surprise attack against Virginia in the 1620s. 
E)  betrayed rebelling natives to the English authorities. 
A)  emphasized peaceful relations with the English colonists in Virginia. 
B)  was responsible for his brother Powhatan's death. 
C)  accidentally killed John Smith during a feast. 
D)  mounted a surprise attack against Virginia in the 1620s. 
E)  betrayed rebelling natives to the English authorities.

Question 17

For most New Englanders, Indians represented

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A)  savagery. 
B)  teachers. 
C)  curiosities. 
D)  sources of culture. 
E)  survival. 
A)  savagery. 
B)  teachers. 
C)  curiosities. 
D)  sources of culture. 
E)  survival.

Question 18

Poor and working-class English people generally hoped that emigrating to America would provide

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A)  the opportunity to rely entirely on their employer. 
B)  ways to escape their lives as masterless men. 
C)  a place where they could once again be peasants on a feudal manor. 
D)  opportunities to become independent landowners. 
E)  a place to practice their Catholic faith without harassment. 
A)  the opportunity to rely entirely on their employer. 
B)  ways to escape their lives as masterless men. 
C)  a place where they could once again be peasants on a feudal manor. 
D)  opportunities to become independent landowners. 
E)  a place to practice their Catholic faith without harassment.

Question 19

The Diggers

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A)  were a Protestant sect that the Puritans banished from Massachusetts. 
B)  were a group of Scottish immigrants to Maryland who sought to form a union of fellow laborers. 
C)  were an English group that advocated for common ownership of land and declared that all English people, including the poor, were entitled to a comfortable livelihood. 
D)  was another name for tobacco laborers in Maryland. 
E)  was a derogatory name that the English used to describe Irish-Catholic laborers. 
A)  were a Protestant sect that the Puritans banished from Massachusetts. 
B)  were a group of Scottish immigrants to Maryland who sought to form a union of fellow laborers. 
C)  were an English group that advocated for common ownership of land and declared that all English people, including the poor, were entitled to a comfortable livelihood. 
D)  was another name for tobacco laborers in Maryland. 
E)  was a derogatory name that the English used to describe Irish-Catholic laborers.

Question 20

Growing connections with Europeans lessened warfare between Indian tribes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660,

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662

The ideals of which group or individual are most closely aligned with modern America's ideal of equal rights for all?

In late-sixteenth-century England,

Women in the early Virginia colony comprised about half the white population.

Which of the following statements accurately describes Anne Hutchinson?

What was a key difference between indentured servants from England and slaves from Africa?

Puritans viewed individual freedom and personal freedom as

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act, aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

The Massachusetts General Court

A central element in the definition of English liberty was

How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?

How did the meaning of the Magna Carta change with time?

During the reign of ________, the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

Opechancanough

For most New Englanders, Indians represented

Poor and working-class English people generally hoped that emigrating to America would provide

The Diggers

Growing connections with Europeans lessened warfare between Indian tribes.

A New World

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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