Question 1

Who finally ended the Salem witch trials?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Massachusetts governor 
B)  the local pastor 
C)  Salem's judge 
D)  Tituba 
E)  Increase Mather 
A)  the Massachusetts governor 
B)  the local pastor 
C)  Salem's judge 
D)  Tituba 
E)  Increase Mather

Question 2

Why did Massachusetts have its charter revoked by Charles II?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Salem witch trials made a mockery of colonial law. 
B)  Massachusetts's opposition to the Glorious Revolution angered Parliament. 
C)  The king planned on living in Massachusetts after fleeing England. 
D)  Charles did not approve of Massachusetts's violations of navigation laws. 
E)  Charles wanted to give more colonial power to Plymouth. 
A)  The Salem witch trials made a mockery of colonial law. 
B)  Massachusetts's opposition to the Glorious Revolution angered Parliament. 
C)  The king planned on living in Massachusetts after fleeing England. 
D)  Charles did not approve of Massachusetts's violations of navigation laws. 
E)  Charles wanted to give more colonial power to Plymouth.

Question 3

Which of the following was true of poverty in the colonial period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poverty was greater in the colonies than it was in Great Britain, which had more economic activity. 
B)  The percentage of colonists living in poverty was great because the northern colonists considered slaves poverty-stricken. 
C)  Limited supplies of land, especially for inheritance, contributed to poverty. 
D)  Colonists differed greatly from the British back in England in how they viewed poverty and those living in poverty. 
E)  It declined in the cities because of the rise of consumer markets. 
A)  Poverty was greater in the colonies than it was in Great Britain, which had more economic activity. 
B)  The percentage of colonists living in poverty was great because the northern colonists considered slaves poverty-stricken. 
C)  Limited supplies of land, especially for inheritance, contributed to poverty. 
D)  Colonists differed greatly from the British back in England in how they viewed poverty and those living in poverty. 
E)  It declined in the cities because of the rise of consumer markets.

Question 4

By 1680, a sharp divergence in the conditions of African and English people in the Chesapeake had emerged. What is an indication of English North America's transformation from a "society with slaves" to a "slave society"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black slaves were listed by terms of service in registers of property. 
B)  In unions between free and enslaved individuals, the status of the offspring followed that of the father. 
C)  The only thing that could release a slave from bondage was religious conversion. 
D)  The words "negro" and "slave" had become interchangeable. 
E)  There was a distinctive mulatto, or mixed-race, class, which had more rights than full-black people, but less than whites. 
A)  Black slaves were listed by terms of service in registers of property. 
B)  In unions between free and enslaved individuals, the status of the offspring followed that of the father. 
C)  The only thing that could release a slave from bondage was religious conversion. 
D)  The words "negro" and "slave" had become interchangeable. 
E)  There was a distinctive mulatto, or mixed-race, class, which had more rights than full-black people, but less than whites.

Question 5

Discuss the major social and political crises that the English colonies of North America experienced in the late seventeenth century. What were the sources of these crises, and how did they affect the inhabitants of the colonies?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

To Quakers, liberty was

Accepted Answer

A)  limited to white, landowning men. 
B)  only guaranteed through warfare. 
C)  a universal entitlement. 
D)  extended to women but not to blacks. 
E)  limited to only those who attended religious services. 
A)  limited to white, landowning men. 
B)  only guaranteed through warfare. 
C)  a universal entitlement. 
D)  extended to women but not to blacks. 
E)  limited to only those who attended religious services.

Question 7

Nathaniel Bacon

Accepted Answer

A)  was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him in his revolt against the Virginia governor's system of rule. 
B)  was the governor of Virginia and passed a series of laws that caused many Native American groups to rebel to protect their lands. 
C)  won unanimous support for his effort to reduce taxes, but his effort to remove all Native Americans from the colony doomed his rebellion. 
D)  wreaked a good deal of destruction but never succeeded in taking over the colony of Virginia or driving out Governor Berkeley. 
E)  sought to protect Native American groups at all costs because he was worried that angering them would impact trade and, thus, the wider colonial economy. 
A)  was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him in his revolt against the Virginia governor's system of rule. 
B)  was the governor of Virginia and passed a series of laws that caused many Native American groups to rebel to protect their lands. 
C)  won unanimous support for his effort to reduce taxes, but his effort to remove all Native Americans from the colony doomed his rebellion. 
D)  wreaked a good deal of destruction but never succeeded in taking over the colony of Virginia or driving out Governor Berkeley. 
E)  sought to protect Native American groups at all costs because he was worried that angering them would impact trade and, thus, the wider colonial economy.

Question 8

Under the new slave code enacted in 1705 by the House of Burgesses, how were slaves classified?

Accepted Answer

A)  as an enemy faction, in need of extreme suppression 
B)  as legal equals but social inferiors to free persons 
C)  as indentured servants who could earn their freedom 
D)  as prisoners, guilty of blasphemy 
E)  as property, completely subject to the will of their masters 
A)  as an enemy faction, in need of extreme suppression 
B)  as legal equals but social inferiors to free persons 
C)  as indentured servants who could earn their freedom 
D)  as prisoners, guilty of blasphemy 
E)  as property, completely subject to the will of their masters

Question 9

For an eighteenth-century middle-class colonial woman, what would have been the top priority in daily life?

Accepted Answer

A)  helping her artisan husband make his product 
B)  taking to market corn harvested by her husband 
C)  cooking the family meals 
D)  teaching her children to sing and dance properly 
E)  keeping a family journal 
A)  helping her artisan husband make his product 
B)  taking to market corn harvested by her husband 
C)  cooking the family meals 
D)  teaching her children to sing and dance properly 
E)  keeping a family journal

Question 10

Many perceived Pennsylvania to be "the best poor man's country."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is true of slavery in history?

Accepted Answer

A)  The English word "slavery" derives from "Slav," reflecting the slave trade in Slavic peoples until the fifteenth century. 
B)  Christians never were enslaved and were the sole group to enslave others. 
C)  The Roman empire outlawed slavery, but it eventually revived, thanks to Columbus. 
D)  Slavery was nonexistent in Africa until the arrival of European slave traders. 
E)  In every culture in which slavery existed, it was based on the needs of large-scale agriculture. 
A)  The English word "slavery" derives from "Slav," reflecting the slave trade in Slavic peoples until the fifteenth century. 
B)  Christians never were enslaved and were the sole group to enslave others. 
C)  The Roman empire outlawed slavery, but it eventually revived, thanks to Columbus. 
D)  Slavery was nonexistent in Africa until the arrival of European slave traders. 
E)  In every culture in which slavery existed, it was based on the needs of large-scale agriculture.

Question 12

England's Glorious Revolution of 1688

Accepted Answer

A)  established parliamentary supremacy once and for all. 
B)  abolished the House of Lords. 
C)  established universal suffrage for all adult men. 
D)  made England a Dutch colony. 
E)  resulted in laws that allowed Catholics and Jews to worship freely and hold public office. 
A)  established parliamentary supremacy once and for all. 
B)  abolished the House of Lords. 
C)  established universal suffrage for all adult men. 
D)  made England a Dutch colony. 
E)  resulted in laws that allowed Catholics and Jews to worship freely and hold public office.

Question 13

When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage

Accepted Answer

A)  every other colonial assembly followed suit. 
B)  Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion. 
C)  it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians. 
D)  mass protests followed. 
E)  slaves quit attending church. 
A)  every other colonial assembly followed suit. 
B)  Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion. 
C)  it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians. 
D)  mass protests followed. 
E)  slaves quit attending church.

Question 14

What eighteenth-century Indian group united dozens of Indian towns in South Carolina and Georgia?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Cherokee Nation 
B)  the Lenni-Lenape Union 
C)  the Susquehanna Tribe 
D)  the Sioux People 
E)  the Creek Confederacy 
A)  the Cherokee Nation 
B)  the Lenni-Lenape Union 
C)  the Susquehanna Tribe 
D)  the Sioux People 
E)  the Creek Confederacy

Question 15

Most colonists did not complain about the British regulating trade through the Navigation Acts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What was one reason for the high birth rate in farm families during the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The independence of the small farmer depended to a great degree on the labor of children in his family. 
B)  Infant mortality was extremely high, and only through near-continuous births could any living offspring be assured. 
C)  Women were becoming increasingly independent and bolstered their power by rearing numerous children. 
D)  Polygamy gained popularity, allowing multiple wives to be pregnant at any given time. 
E)  The popularity of celibacy was on the decline, due to an increase in religious toleration. 
A)  The independence of the small farmer depended to a great degree on the labor of children in his family. 
B)  Infant mortality was extremely high, and only through near-continuous births could any living offspring be assured. 
C)  Women were becoming increasingly independent and bolstered their power by rearing numerous children. 
D)  Polygamy gained popularity, allowing multiple wives to be pregnant at any given time. 
E)  The popularity of celibacy was on the decline, due to an increase in religious toleration.

Question 17

By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates

Accepted Answer

A)  were found in many colonial residents' homes. 
B)  were specifically banned in the colonies by the Navigation Acts. 
C)  were rare in the colonies, thus demonstrating that the colonists lived in a premodern world. 
D)  were manufactured in several mainland English colonies but had to be shipped to England for sale. 
E)  were almost entirely Dutch-made. 
A)  were found in many colonial residents' homes. 
B)  were specifically banned in the colonies by the Navigation Acts. 
C)  were rare in the colonies, thus demonstrating that the colonists lived in a premodern world. 
D)  were manufactured in several mainland English colonies but had to be shipped to England for sale. 
E)  were almost entirely Dutch-made.

Question 18

Charleston was the richest city in British North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How did the English conquest of New Netherland affect freedom in the colony?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women in New York were now able to conduct business in their own names, which greatly expanded the number of women traders by 1700. 
B)  Black New Yorkers now had expanded access to many skilled jobs, and the number of runaway slaves from the South increased. 
C)  The Duke of York and his appointees withdrew the immense grants of land that the Dutch had awarded to favorite wealthy families. 
D)  The duke declared that the new elected assembly would include at least ten representatives chosen by the Iroquois Confederacy. 
E)  The Charter of Liberties and Privileges established an elections process and reaffirmed traditional English rights such as trial by jury and security of property. 
A)  Women in New York were now able to conduct business in their own names, which greatly expanded the number of women traders by 1700. 
B)  Black New Yorkers now had expanded access to many skilled jobs, and the number of runaway slaves from the South increased. 
C)  The Duke of York and his appointees withdrew the immense grants of land that the Dutch had awarded to favorite wealthy families. 
D)  The duke declared that the new elected assembly would include at least ten representatives chosen by the Iroquois Confederacy. 
E)  The Charter of Liberties and Privileges established an elections process and reaffirmed traditional English rights such as trial by jury and security of property.

Question 20

By the eighteenth century, colonial farm families

Accepted Answer

A)  almost always owned at least three slaves. 
B)  were in decline as cities such as Philadelphia expanded. 
C)  saw freedom as depending on their political rights, not their ownership of property. 
D)  viewed land ownership almost as a right, a precondition of freedom. 
E)  engaged in arranged intermarriages. 
A)  almost always owned at least three slaves. 
B)  were in decline as cities such as Philadelphia expanded. 
C)  saw freedom as depending on their political rights, not their ownership of property. 
D)  viewed land ownership almost as a right, a precondition of freedom. 
E)  engaged in arranged intermarriages.

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Who finally ended the Salem witch trials?

Why did Massachusetts have its charter revoked by Charles II?

Which of the following was true of poverty in the colonial period?

By 1680, a sharp divergence in the conditions of African and English people in the Chesapeake had emerged. What is an indication of English North America's transformation from a "society with slaves" to a "slave society"?

Discuss the major social and political crises that the English colonies of North America experienced in the late seventeenth century. What were the sources of these crises, and how did they affect the inhabitants of the colonies?

To Quakers, liberty was

Nathaniel Bacon

Under the new slave code enacted in 1705 by the House of Burgesses, how were slaves classified?

For an eighteenth-century middle-class colonial woman, what would have been the top priority in daily life?

Many perceived Pennsylvania to be "the best poor man's country."

Which of the following is true of slavery in history?

England's Glorious Revolution of 1688

When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage

What eighteenth-century Indian group united dozens of Indian towns in South Carolina and Georgia?

Most colonists did not complain about the British regulating trade through the Navigation Acts.

What was one reason for the high birth rate in farm families during the eighteenth century?

By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates

Charleston was the richest city in British North America.

How did the English conquest of New Netherland affect freedom in the colony?

By the eighteenth century, colonial farm families

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