Question 1

Which group made up the bulk of Nathaniel Bacon's army?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans 
B)  wealthy planters 
C)  Africans 
D)  indentured servants 
E)  discontented men who had recently been servants 
A)  Native Americans 
B)  wealthy planters 
C)  Africans 
D)  indentured servants 
E)  discontented men who had recently been servants

Question 2

Explain how and why tobacco planters in the Chesapeake region came to rely on African slaves rather than European indentured servants over the course of the seventeenth century. At what point did the Chesapeake become a "slave society" rather than merely a "society with slaves"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain how and why tobacco planters in...

Question 3

Who benefited the most from the English Toleration Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  Puritan women 
B)  the remaining Indians 
C)  churchgoing families in Plymouth 
D)  non-Puritan merchants 
E)  small landowning farmers 
A)  Puritan women 
B)  the remaining Indians 
C)  churchgoing families in Plymouth 
D)  non-Puritan merchants 
E)  small landowning farmers

Question 4

Which man was once a slave, only to be freed and eventually own slaves himself?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Penn 
B)  Anthony Johnson 
C)  Olaudah Equiano 
D)  Robert Carter 
E)  Nathaniel Bacon 
A)  William Penn 
B)  Anthony Johnson 
C)  Olaudah Equiano 
D)  Robert Carter 
E)  Nathaniel Bacon

Question 5

By the end of the seventeenth century, who was most successful at using diplomacy in securing rights to use land?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hurons 
B)  Iroquois 
C)  Wampanoags 
D)  Creeks 
E)  Powhatan 
A)  Hurons 
B)  Iroquois 
C)  Wampanoags 
D)  Creeks 
E)  Powhatan

Question 6

Wealthy colonists tended to view the poor as hardworking colonists who were simply victims of horrible circumstances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did the inexpensive land of the newly formed Pennsylvania colony affect Maryland and Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  These three colonies fought over their borders and engaged in full-out war to decide their boundaries. 
B)  Now that Pennsylvania attracted many settlers, Maryland and Virginia's desperation for laborers created a large, lasting Indian slave trade. 
C)  Maryland and Virginia opened their colonies to more diverse religions so that they could compete with Pennsylvania for colonists. 
D)  Indentured servants became less likely to go to Maryland and Virginia, creating greater demand for slaves. 
E)  Settlers from England still preferred Maryland and Virginia because the soil was far better for farming. 
A)  These three colonies fought over their borders and engaged in full-out war to decide their boundaries. 
B)  Now that Pennsylvania attracted many settlers, Maryland and Virginia's desperation for laborers created a large, lasting Indian slave trade. 
C)  Maryland and Virginia opened their colonies to more diverse religions so that they could compete with Pennsylvania for colonists. 
D)  Indentured servants became less likely to go to Maryland and Virginia, creating greater demand for slaves. 
E)  Settlers from England still preferred Maryland and Virginia because the soil was far better for farming.

Question 8

Pennsylvania's treatment of Native Americans was unique in what way?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pennsylvania was the only colony in which efforts at conversion focused on turning Native Americans into Quakers. 
B)  The colony bought all of the land the Native Americans occupied and moved them west of the Appalachians, meaning that Indians were relocated but not decimated. 
C)  Because Quakers were pacifists, they had to bring in militias from other colonies to take over Native American lands. 
D)  Despite their belief in pacifism, Pennsylvanians were determined to exterminate the natives and immediately experienced conflicts with them. 
E)  Pennsylvania purchased Indian land that was then resold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other colonies. 
A)  Pennsylvania was the only colony in which efforts at conversion focused on turning Native Americans into Quakers. 
B)  The colony bought all of the land the Native Americans occupied and moved them west of the Appalachians, meaning that Indians were relocated but not decimated. 
C)  Because Quakers were pacifists, they had to bring in militias from other colonies to take over Native American lands. 
D)  Despite their belief in pacifism, Pennsylvanians were determined to exterminate the natives and immediately experienced conflicts with them. 
E)  Pennsylvania purchased Indian land that was then resold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other colonies.

Question 9

How did English rule affect the Iroquois Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  After a series of complex negotiations, both groups aided each other's imperial ambitions. 
B)  The English temporarily destroyed the Iroquois Confederacy only to revive it later. 
C)  English oppression drove the Iroquois to the side of the French, who eagerly sought their support. 
D)  It enabled the Iroquois to build alliances with other tribes against a common enemy. 
E)  The Iroquois adopted the English constitutional system. 
A)  After a series of complex negotiations, both groups aided each other's imperial ambitions. 
B)  The English temporarily destroyed the Iroquois Confederacy only to revive it later. 
C)  English oppression drove the Iroquois to the side of the French, who eagerly sought their support. 
D)  It enabled the Iroquois to build alliances with other tribes against a common enemy. 
E)  The Iroquois adopted the English constitutional system.

Question 10

Who in the Pennsylvania colony was eligible to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  everyone, male and female 
B)  a majority of the male population 
C)  all males 
D)  Quakers 
E)  all people of European descent 
A)  everyone, male and female 
B)  a majority of the male population 
C)  all males 
D)  Quakers 
E)  all people of European descent

Question 11

What prompted many Germans to leave their homeland for North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Reformation led Germans to practice a different religion from the prince and, thus, they suffered persecution. 
B)  Germans were especially eager to build missions and spread Christianity to the Native Americans. 
C)  Most Germans ran prosperous farms and wanted to be able to increase their productivity through slave labor. 
D)  They were attracted by the opportunities for merchants and fishermen in the coastal regions of New England. 
E)  The Russian empire banned the arrival of all German migrants, and North America became their last option. 
A)  The Reformation led Germans to practice a different religion from the prince and, thus, they suffered persecution. 
B)  Germans were especially eager to build missions and spread Christianity to the Native Americans. 
C)  Most Germans ran prosperous farms and wanted to be able to increase their productivity through slave labor. 
D)  They were attracted by the opportunities for merchants and fishermen in the coastal regions of New England. 
E)  The Russian empire banned the arrival of all German migrants, and North America became their last option.

Question 12

What happened in the seventeenth century when land ran out for slave plantations in Barbados?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery quickly ended on this Caribbean island. 
B)  Slave owners expanded into New Orleans. 
C)  England sold the colony to the Dutch. 
D)  Plantation owners acquired landholdings in the Carolinas. 
E)  Most plantation owners converted their estates into shipbuilding companies. 
A)  Slavery quickly ended on this Caribbean island. 
B)  Slave owners expanded into New Orleans. 
C)  England sold the colony to the Dutch. 
D)  Plantation owners acquired landholdings in the Carolinas. 
E)  Most plantation owners converted their estates into shipbuilding companies.

Question 13

Slavery flourished in Brazil and the West Indies in the seventeenth century because of tobacco.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

"North America at mid-eighteenth century was home to a remarkable diversity of people and different kinds of social organization." In a thoughtful , defend this statement, touching on each of the colonies, the various groups of people living in those colonies, and the freedoms and liberties extended to them.

Accepted Answer

The answer of "North America at mid-eighteenth century was home...

Question 15

The English Toleration Act of 1689 benefited non-Puritans, allowing them much more participation in the colonial government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The immigrant group that was primarily Presbyterian was

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish. 
B)  Scots-Irish. 
C)  Swedish. 
D)  English. 
E)  German. 
A)  Irish. 
B)  Scots-Irish. 
C)  Swedish. 
D)  English. 
E)  German.

Question 17

During the colonial era, Philadelphia

Accepted Answer

A)  became the financial, cultural, and commercial center of British North America. 
B)  was one of the empire's least successful seaports. 
C)  was large by European standards. 
D)  was populated almost entirely by wealthy citizens. 
E)  came under the almost dictatorial control of Benjamin Franklin. 
A)  became the financial, cultural, and commercial center of British North America. 
B)  was one of the empire's least successful seaports. 
C)  was large by European standards. 
D)  was populated almost entirely by wealthy citizens. 
E)  came under the almost dictatorial control of Benjamin Franklin.

Question 18

What was one factor that contributed to the unrest that led to Bacon's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Taxes on tobacco were drastically reduced, which led to the shutdown of the colonial government. 
B)  Governor Berkeley refused to allow white settlement in areas reserved for Indians. 
C)  Farmers refused to free any servants, preferring to keep land for themselves. 
D)  The right to vote was extended to all adult men, angering landowners. 
E)  Governor Berkeley's brutal suppression of Indians' property rights angered colonists. 
A)  Taxes on tobacco were drastically reduced, which led to the shutdown of the colonial government. 
B)  Governor Berkeley refused to allow white settlement in areas reserved for Indians. 
C)  Farmers refused to free any servants, preferring to keep land for themselves. 
D)  The right to vote was extended to all adult men, angering landowners. 
E)  Governor Berkeley's brutal suppression of Indians' property rights angered colonists.

Question 19

From 1700 to 1776, who was the largest group of people that came to England's mainland colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish 
B)  Scottish 
C)  Africans 
D)  English 
E)  Germans 
A)  Irish 
B)  Scottish 
C)  Africans 
D)  English 
E)  Germans

Question 20

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

Accepted Answer

A)  mostly prosecuted men. 
B)  only executed people who admitted they were guilty. 
C)  enhanced colonists' confidence in the Massachusetts justice system. 
D)  spurred prominent colonists to seek scientific explanations for natural events. 
E)  led to a decades-long tradition of prosecuting women for witchcraft. 
A)  mostly prosecuted men. 
B)  only executed people who admitted they were guilty. 
C)  enhanced colonists' confidence in the Massachusetts justice system. 
D)  spurred prominent colonists to seek scientific explanations for natural events. 
E)  led to a decades-long tradition of prosecuting women for witchcraft.

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Which group made up the bulk of Nathaniel Bacon's army?

Explain how and why tobacco planters in the Chesapeake region came to rely on African slaves rather than European indentured servants over the course of the seventeenth century. At what point did the Chesapeake become a "slave society" rather than merely a "society with slaves"?

Who benefited the most from the English Toleration Act?

Which man was once a slave, only to be freed and eventually own slaves himself?

By the end of the seventeenth century, who was most successful at using diplomacy in securing rights to use land?

Wealthy colonists tended to view the poor as hardworking colonists who were simply victims of horrible circumstances.

How did the inexpensive land of the newly formed Pennsylvania colony affect Maryland and Virginia?

Pennsylvania's treatment of Native Americans was unique in what way?

How did English rule affect the Iroquois Confederacy?

Who in the Pennsylvania colony was eligible to vote?

What prompted many Germans to leave their homeland for North America?

What happened in the seventeenth century when land ran out for slave plantations in Barbados?

Slavery flourished in Brazil and the West Indies in the seventeenth century because of tobacco.

The English Toleration Act of 1689 benefited non-Puritans, allowing them much more participation in the colonial government.

The immigrant group that was primarily Presbyterian was

During the colonial era, Philadelphia

What was one factor that contributed to the unrest that led to Bacon's Rebellion?

From 1700 to 1776, who was the largest group of people that came to England's mainland colonies?

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

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