Question 1

What resulted from the disbanding of the Dominion of New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  New York and New Jersey were unified. 
B)  West Jersey and East Jersey were created. 
C)  Land was returned to the Iroquois. 
D)  Massachusetts absorbed Plymouth. 
E)  Carolina was divided into two colonies. 
A)  New York and New Jersey were unified. 
B)  West Jersey and East Jersey were created. 
C)  Land was returned to the Iroquois. 
D)  Massachusetts absorbed Plymouth. 
E)  Carolina was divided into two colonies.

Question 2

What was a result of King Philip's War in the 1670s?

Accepted Answer

A)  White New Englanders became increasingly less free because the number of taxes increased. 
B)  Great Britain formed the Dominion of New England to protect Native American land. 
C)  The Native American population now significantly outnumbered the white population. 
D)  In the long run, white New Englanders' freedom broadened as their access to land expanded. 
E)  Although most Native American leaders lost power, Metacom grew increasingly powerful. 
A)  White New Englanders became increasingly less free because the number of taxes increased. 
B)  Great Britain formed the Dominion of New England to protect Native American land. 
C)  The Native American population now significantly outnumbered the white population. 
D)  In the long run, white New Englanders' freedom broadened as their access to land expanded. 
E)  Although most Native American leaders lost power, Metacom grew increasingly powerful.

Question 3

In seventeenth-century England, the main lines of division focused on

Accepted Answer

A)  race. 
B)  ethnicity. 
C)  political ideals. 
D)  religion. 
E)  literature. 
A)  race. 
B)  ethnicity. 
C)  political ideals. 
D)  religion. 
E)  literature.

Question 4

What is one way plantation slavery in the Americas differed from slavery in previous eras of human history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery in the Americas employed a 1:1 ratio of owners to slaves, which made desertion nearly impossible. 
B)  Labor on plantations was far more demanding, and the death rate of enslaved people in the Americas was much higher than in the household slavery common in Africa. 
C)  Prior to plantation slavery, slavery was largely associated with race. 
D)  Slavery was extremely rare before the development of plantation slavery in the Americas. 
E)  Individuals were chosen for field work by their ability to perform complicated tasks. 
A)  Slavery in the Americas employed a 1:1 ratio of owners to slaves, which made desertion nearly impossible. 
B)  Labor on plantations was far more demanding, and the death rate of enslaved people in the Americas was much higher than in the household slavery common in Africa. 
C)  Prior to plantation slavery, slavery was largely associated with race. 
D)  Slavery was extremely rare before the development of plantation slavery in the Americas. 
E)  Individuals were chosen for field work by their ability to perform complicated tasks.

Question 5

When England gained control of New York from the Dutch, what happened to African-Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The English banned the institution of slavery in their new colony. 
B)  The English introduced the practice of slavery to New York. 
C)  The free black population gained more job opportunities. 
D)  The English moved the free black population to nearby New Jersey. 
E)  Free blacks lost employment opportunities in skilled jobs. 
A)  The English banned the institution of slavery in their new colony. 
B)  The English introduced the practice of slavery to New York. 
C)  The free black population gained more job opportunities. 
D)  The English moved the free black population to nearby New Jersey. 
E)  Free blacks lost employment opportunities in skilled jobs.

Question 6

German immigrants greatly enhanced the ethnic and religious diversity of Britain's colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Indians in eighteenth-century British America

Accepted Answer

A)  were well integrated into the British imperial system. 
B)  benefited from the Walking Purchase of 1737. 
C)  were viewed in the same way by traders, British officials, and farmers. 
D)  never warred with the colonists. 
E)  had access to the liberties guaranteed to Englishmen. 
A)  were well integrated into the British imperial system. 
B)  benefited from the Walking Purchase of 1737. 
C)  were viewed in the same way by traders, British officials, and farmers. 
D)  never warred with the colonists. 
E)  had access to the liberties guaranteed to Englishmen.

Question 8

Which of the following was the result of a Virginia law of 1662 in regard to slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  It increased the access to freedom for blacks by specifying that a child's status of free or slave was determined by who his or her father was. 
B)  It helped enable a rise in indentured servitude over slavery in Virginia, as most enslaved blacks had been wiped out by disease. 
C)  It increased the scope of slavery overall by allowing white indentured servants who had no money to be enslaved for life. 
D)  It encouraged the raping of enslaved women by white men by making the free or enslaved status of the offspring follow that of the mother. 
E)  It decreased the influence of Catholicism in the colonies by allowing slaves who had been converted to the Anglican faith to be freed. 
A)  It increased the access to freedom for blacks by specifying that a child's status of free or slave was determined by who his or her father was. 
B)  It helped enable a rise in indentured servitude over slavery in Virginia, as most enslaved blacks had been wiped out by disease. 
C)  It increased the scope of slavery overall by allowing white indentured servants who had no money to be enslaved for life. 
D)  It encouraged the raping of enslaved women by white men by making the free or enslaved status of the offspring follow that of the mother. 
E)  It decreased the influence of Catholicism in the colonies by allowing slaves who had been converted to the Anglican faith to be freed.

Question 9

Which of the following is true of slave resistance in the colonial Chesapeake?

Accepted Answer

A)  Despite obstacles, slaves continued to attempt to escape and resist authority. 
B)  Slaves always resorted to violence because there had never been opportunities to appear in court. 
C)  Slaves tended to accept their bondage and lose their appetite for freedom as legal avenues to liberty receded. 
D)  Slaves often ran away because their owners rarely made use of the press to get them back. 
E)  Bloody and deadly rebellions occurred frequently and were the most common forms of resistance. 
A)  Despite obstacles, slaves continued to attempt to escape and resist authority. 
B)  Slaves always resorted to violence because there had never been opportunities to appear in court. 
C)  Slaves tended to accept their bondage and lose their appetite for freedom as legal avenues to liberty receded. 
D)  Slaves often ran away because their owners rarely made use of the press to get them back. 
E)  Bloody and deadly rebellions occurred frequently and were the most common forms of resistance.

Question 10

Which colony had its charter revoked because of mismanagement, according to King William?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Hampshire 
B)  Pennsylvania 
C)  Virginia 
D)  New York 
E)  Maryland 
A)  New Hampshire 
B)  Pennsylvania 
C)  Virginia 
D)  New York 
E)  Maryland

Question 11

The German migration to the English colonies

Accepted Answer

A)  was small when compared to other European migrants. 
B)  involved fur trapping west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
C)  was to frontier areas as farmers. 
D)  was mainly to New England. 
E)  was as slaveholders in the coastal Carolina region. 
A)  was small when compared to other European migrants. 
B)  involved fur trapping west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
C)  was to frontier areas as farmers. 
D)  was mainly to New England. 
E)  was as slaveholders in the coastal Carolina region.

Question 12

Many colonial planters fell into debt because of purchasing luxuries such as extravagant home furnishings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How did Bacon's Rebellion accelerate Virginia's shift from using indentured servants to enslaved Africans as the main labor force?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most English people went back to England. 
B)  Virginia's ruling elite executed all the indentured servants who took part in the rebellion. 
C)  Virginia's ruling elite sought to avert a further rise of a rebellious population of landless former indentured servants. 
D)  Bacon had outlawed indentured servitude. 
E)  Virginia's ruling elite decided to shift the staple crop from tobacco to sugar. 
A)  Most English people went back to England. 
B)  Virginia's ruling elite executed all the indentured servants who took part in the rebellion. 
C)  Virginia's ruling elite sought to avert a further rise of a rebellious population of landless former indentured servants. 
D)  Bacon had outlawed indentured servitude. 
E)  Virginia's ruling elite decided to shift the staple crop from tobacco to sugar.

Question 14

Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands. 
B)  Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century. 
C)  Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America. 
D)  The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake. 
E)  Indentured servants replaced African slaves in the West Indies once the demand for slaves in Carolina drained the African population from the islands. 
A)  By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands. 
B)  Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century. 
C)  Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America. 
D)  The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake. 
E)  Indentured servants replaced African slaves in the West Indies once the demand for slaves in Carolina drained the African population from the islands.

Question 15

Which of the following words ultimately describes the Walking Purchase of 1737 from the perspective of the Lenni Lenape Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  inconsequential 
B)  deceptive 
C)  overdue 
D)  predictable 
E)  beneficial 
A)  inconsequential 
B)  deceptive 
C)  overdue 
D)  predictable 
E)  beneficial

Question 16

What was one way in which New Englanders who settled in New York impacted the colony in the 1680s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They banished the Dutch from the colony and eliminated their influence there. 
B)  They sought to expand opportunities for skilled black workers to increase profits. 
C)  They led the charge for the establishment of one Protestant religion as the official colonial religion. 
D)  They wanted the colony to have an elected assembly, as they had grown accustomed to self-government. 
E)  They eliminated the property requirement for voting and called for increased taxation. 
A)  They banished the Dutch from the colony and eliminated their influence there. 
B)  They sought to expand opportunities for skilled black workers to increase profits. 
C)  They led the charge for the establishment of one Protestant religion as the official colonial religion. 
D)  They wanted the colony to have an elected assembly, as they had grown accustomed to self-government. 
E)  They eliminated the property requirement for voting and called for increased taxation.

Question 17

The primary cash crop of Carolina's large plantations was sugar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the early seventeenth century, how did the English generally view humanity?

Accepted Answer

A)  as divided into well-defined groups associated with skin color, or "races," some of which were superior to others 
B)  as divided between "civilized" people such as themselves, and "savage," "pagan," people, such as the Irish, Native Americans, and Africans, all of whom they often compared to animals 
C)  as one big interconnected family thanks to the prevalence of the idea of freedom of religion in the colonies 
D)  as all equally deserving of the right to self-determination and equal rights, no matter their background or class 
E)  as the product of centuries of natural selection and other evolutionary forces, as described by the English scientist Charles Darwin 
A)  as divided into well-defined groups associated with skin color, or "races," some of which were superior to others 
B)  as divided between "civilized" people such as themselves, and "savage," "pagan," people, such as the Irish, Native Americans, and Africans, all of whom they often compared to animals 
C)  as one big interconnected family thanks to the prevalence of the idea of freedom of religion in the colonies 
D)  as all equally deserving of the right to self-determination and equal rights, no matter their background or class 
E)  as the product of centuries of natural selection and other evolutionary forces, as described by the English scientist Charles Darwin

Question 19

The line between slavery and freedom was more permeable in the seventeenth century than it would become later. Explain how slavery was treated in the seventeenth century by discussing the laws, customs, and liberties extended to slaves. What contributed to the hardening of the line between slavery and freedom?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The line between slavery and freedom was...

Question 20

Benjamin Franklin in his "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" believed the Germans were an asset to the English colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

What resulted from the disbanding of the Dominion of New England?

What was a result of King Philip's War in the 1670s?

In seventeenth-century England, the main lines of division focused on

What is one way plantation slavery in the Americas differed from slavery in previous eras of human history?

When England gained control of New York from the Dutch, what happened to African-Americans?

German immigrants greatly enhanced the ethnic and religious diversity of Britain's colonies.

Indians in eighteenth-century British America

Which of the following was the result of a Virginia law of 1662 in regard to slavery?

Which of the following is true of slave resistance in the colonial Chesapeake?

Which colony had its charter revoked because of mismanagement, according to King William?

The German migration to the English colonies

Many colonial planters fell into debt because of purchasing luxuries such as extravagant home furnishings.

How did Bacon's Rebellion accelerate Virginia's shift from using indentured servants to enslaved Africans as the main labor force?

Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

Which of the following words ultimately describes the Walking Purchase of 1737 from the perspective of the Lenni Lenape Indians?

What was one way in which New Englanders who settled in New York impacted the colony in the 1680s?

The primary cash crop of Carolina's large plantations was sugar.

In the early seventeenth century, how did the English generally view humanity?

Benjamin Franklin in his "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" believed the Germans were an asset to the English colonies.

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

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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