Question 1

What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid-seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  the return of Charles II as king of England 
B)  the creation of the constitutional monarchy through the Glorious Revolution 
C)  the formal end of the slave trade 
D)  the taking of Quebec from France 
E)  the defeat and dissolution of the Iroquois Confederacy 
A)  the return of Charles II as king of England 
B)  the creation of the constitutional monarchy through the Glorious Revolution 
C)  the formal end of the slave trade 
D)  the taking of Quebec from France 
E)  the defeat and dissolution of the Iroquois Confederacy A

Question 2

The Glorious Revolution was ultimately a failure in the eyes of the British aristocrats who had orchestrated it because the English monarchy was retained.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following was a goal for the English in gaining New Amsterdam and New Netherland from the Dutch?

Accepted Answer

A)  to stop the slave trade in North America 
B)  to act as a launching pad for attacks on the French colonies 
C)  to unify royal families 
D)  to obtain land for tobacco farming. 
E)  to stop Catholicism from spreading 
A)  to stop the slave trade in North America 
B)  to act as a launching pad for attacks on the French colonies 
C)  to unify royal families 
D)  to obtain land for tobacco farming. 
E)  to stop Catholicism from spreading B

Question 4

How did the wealthiest families benefit from England gaining control of New Netherland?

Accepted Answer

A)  These families controlled most of the colonial slave trade. 
B)  These families controlled millions of acres in New York. 
C)  All of the fur trade business belonged to these families. 
D)  The Iroquois exclusively traded with these families. 
E)  The women in these families did most of the trading. 
A)  These families controlled most of the colonial slave trade. 
B)  These families controlled millions of acres in New York. 
C)  All of the fur trade business belonged to these families. 
D)  The Iroquois exclusively traded with these families. 
E)  The women in these families did most of the trading.

Question 5

The Walking Purchase of 1737

Accepted Answer

A)  led to war with the Iroquois and a divided confederacy. 
B)  was a land deal that colonial leaders intended would keep German immigrants out of the backcountry. 
C)  was drawn up from William Penn's agreement with the English monarchy. 
D)  sparked a slave revolt because it made it nearly impossible for slaves to run away. 
E)  introduced to the colony of Pennsylvania fraudulent practices of taking Indian lands. 
A)  led to war with the Iroquois and a divided confederacy. 
B)  was a land deal that colonial leaders intended would keep German immigrants out of the backcountry. 
C)  was drawn up from William Penn's agreement with the English monarchy. 
D)  sparked a slave revolt because it made it nearly impossible for slaves to run away. 
E)  introduced to the colony of Pennsylvania fraudulent practices of taking Indian lands.

Question 6

How did the Dutch lose New Netherland to England?

Accepted Answer

A)  A formal treaty in Europe stipulated that the Dutch would give it up in exchange for military assistance. 
B)  The Duke of York married into the Dutch royal family. 
C)  The Dutch traded the colony back to Indians, who sold it to the English. 
D)  The Dutch saw New York as being on the periphery of their empire, so they didn't protect it. 
E)  Puritans from New England mounted an invasion with the idea of setting up a holy community. 
A)  A formal treaty in Europe stipulated that the Dutch would give it up in exchange for military assistance. 
B)  The Duke of York married into the Dutch royal family. 
C)  The Dutch traded the colony back to Indians, who sold it to the English. 
D)  The Dutch saw New York as being on the periphery of their empire, so they didn't protect it. 
E)  Puritans from New England mounted an invasion with the idea of setting up a holy community.

Question 7

William Penn received land in both what would become Pennsylvania and what would become Delaware.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

When compared to Native Americans, slaves from Africa were more likely to die from contagious diseases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  a large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants 
B)  generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers 
C)  changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters, who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will 
D)  the replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations 
E)  an order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the militia 
A)  a large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants 
B)  generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers 
C)  changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters, who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will 
D)  the replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations 
E)  an order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the militia

Question 10

What was the Covenant Chain?

Accepted Answer

A)  The promise James II gave Parliament that he would marry a Protestant princess. 
B)  An agreement between the Dutch and the Mohican Nation that led to the founding of New Netherland. 
C)  A mythical piece of priceless gold jewelry that Europeans wished to acquire from the Iroquois. 
D)  An important Puritan text that spelled out the doctrine of predestination. 
E)  An alliance made between the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy. 
A)  The promise James II gave Parliament that he would marry a Protestant princess. 
B)  An agreement between the Dutch and the Mohican Nation that led to the founding of New Netherland. 
C)  A mythical piece of priceless gold jewelry that Europeans wished to acquire from the Iroquois. 
D)  An important Puritan text that spelled out the doctrine of predestination. 
E)  An alliance made between the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy.

Question 11

The cities in British North America by the mid-eighteenth century had small populations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

New Netherland never became an important or heavily populated colony in the Dutch empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Captain Jacob Leisler, the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689,

Accepted Answer

A)  was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros, who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England. 
B)  was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years. 
C)  was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution. 
D)  sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war. 
E)  slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades. 
A)  was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros, who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England. 
B)  was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years. 
C)  was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution. 
D)  sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war. 
E)  slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades.

Question 14

What did the 1664 document "Maryland Act Concerning Negroes and Other Slaves" stipulate about the children born to slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  They gained their freedom at birth. 
B)  Once they reached adulthood, they became free. 
C)  They were able to gain freedom if they married a freeborn person. 
D)  They were to be slaves for life. 
E)  They were to be sold immediately to Caribbean plantations. 
A)  They gained their freedom at birth. 
B)  Once they reached adulthood, they became free. 
C)  They were able to gain freedom if they married a freeborn person. 
D)  They were to be slaves for life. 
E)  They were to be sold immediately to Caribbean plantations.

Question 15

What sort of attitude did Benjamin Franklin express in his Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind (1751)?

Accepted Answer

A)  what today would be known as racism 
B)  acceptance of diversity 
C)  opportunity for all 
D)  financial greed 
E)  religious fervor 
A)  what today would be known as racism 
B)  acceptance of diversity 
C)  opportunity for all 
D)  financial greed 
E)  religious fervor

Question 16

A consequence of Bacon's Rebellion was a consolidation of power among Virginia's elite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

By the 1750s, North American colonists possessed a dual identity: they were both British in their attempts at Anglicization and also distinctly American. What factors contributed to this dual identity? What reinforced both the British and American identities? How did people in Great Britain view the identity of their colonists? Be sure to discuss political, cultural, social, and economic aspects of society.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By the 1750s, North American colonists possessed...

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans ultimately won. 
B)  led to indentured servants gaining more rights. 
C)  slaves started in hopes of gaining their freedom. 
D)  started with disputes over Native American territory. 
E)  involved the spread of Christianity. 
A)  Native Americans ultimately won. 
B)  led to indentured servants gaining more rights. 
C)  slaves started in hopes of gaining their freedom. 
D)  started with disputes over Native American territory. 
E)  involved the spread of Christianity.

Question 19

According to New England Puritans, witchcraft

Accepted Answer

A)  was perfectly acceptable when it was used for proper purposes, such as warding off extreme weather events. 
B)  had long been a central part of common rituals and church services until religious leaders believed it had gotten out of hand. 
C)  resulted from pacts that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes. 
D)  was restricted to Salem due to the immorality of the people there and only required imprisonment as punishment. 
E)  was due entirely to their exposure to the spread of Catholicism by the Spanish throughout early New England communities. 
A)  was perfectly acceptable when it was used for proper purposes, such as warding off extreme weather events. 
B)  had long been a central part of common rituals and church services until religious leaders believed it had gotten out of hand. 
C)  resulted from pacts that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes. 
D)  was restricted to Salem due to the immorality of the people there and only required imprisonment as punishment. 
E)  was due entirely to their exposure to the spread of Catholicism by the Spanish throughout early New England communities.

Question 20

How did the planter elites who lived in Charleston tend to view colonial society?

Accepted Answer

A)  They saw taking care of impoverished workers as their duty. 
B)  They prized everyone in society playing a role in governance. 
C)  They saw themselves as aristocrats who knew how best to run South Carolina. 
D)  They believed that English liberty granted voting privileges to all white males. 
E)  They were so elitist that they were reluctant to bring slaves into their homes. 
A)  They saw taking care of impoverished workers as their duty. 
B)  They prized everyone in society playing a role in governance. 
C)  They saw themselves as aristocrats who knew how best to run South Carolina. 
D)  They believed that English liberty granted voting privileges to all white males. 
E)  They were so elitist that they were reluctant to bring slaves into their homes.

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid-seventeenth century?

The Glorious Revolution was ultimately a failure in the eyes of the British aristocrats who had orchestrated it because the English monarchy was retained.

Which of the following was a goal for the English in gaining New Amsterdam and New Netherland from the Dutch?

How did the wealthiest families benefit from England gaining control of New Netherland?

The Walking Purchase of 1737

How did the Dutch lose New Netherland to England?

William Penn received land in both what would become Pennsylvania and what would become Delaware.

When compared to Native Americans, slaves from Africa were more likely to die from contagious diseases.

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

What was the Covenant Chain?

The cities in British North America by the mid-eighteenth century had small populations.

New Netherland never became an important or heavily populated colony in the Dutch empire.

Captain Jacob Leisler, the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689,

What did the 1664 document "Maryland Act Concerning Negroes and Other Slaves" stipulate about the children born to slaves?

What sort of attitude did Benjamin Franklin express in his Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind (1751)?

A consequence of Bacon's Rebellion was a consolidation of power among Virginia's elite.

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

According to New England Puritans, witchcraft

How did the planter elites who lived in Charleston tend to view colonial society?

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