Question 1

In 1692 the majority of people accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, were women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The freedom William Penn was particularly concerned with was the right to worship freely.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England. What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies, what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century, and what was life like for them?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain why the colonies had fewer people...

Question 4

England sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles. 
B)  Catholics from France and Spain, thereby weakening England's enemies. 
C)  Professionals and skilled craftsmen from England. 
D)  Members of nonmainstream religions, particularly Quakers and Anabaptists. 
E)  Wealthy merchants who could spur economic growth in the colonies. 
A)  Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles. 
B)  Catholics from France and Spain, thereby weakening England's enemies. 
C)  Professionals and skilled craftsmen from England. 
D)  Members of nonmainstream religions, particularly Quakers and Anabaptists. 
E)  Wealthy merchants who could spur economic growth in the colonies.

Question 5

Race and racism are modern concepts and had not been fully developed by the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

William Penn called his colony a "holy experiment." Chronicle the development of Pennsylvania, with particular attention to the advantages that the colony offered to settlers. What liberties were guaranteed and to whom? Why and how did conflicts with the Indians start?

Accepted Answer

The answer of William Penn called his colony a "holy...

Question 7

Indians benefited from the Walking Purchase, gaining more access to land in Pennsylvania than they anticipated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692?

Accepted Answer

A)  The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others in the colony as witches. 
B)  When Tituba testified, the issue became racial and the town divided over the question of equal rights for those who were enslaved. 
C)  All of the accused were children, and Puritans were determined to force their young to accept their religious traditions or face death. 
D)  English leaders had just moved the colonial capital to Salem, resulting in an influx of diverse settlers and upsetting the normally quiet town. 
E)  The colonists refused to take any legal action on the accused witches and relied purely on unofficial trials in individuals' homes. 
A)  The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others in the colony as witches. 
B)  When Tituba testified, the issue became racial and the town divided over the question of equal rights for those who were enslaved. 
C)  All of the accused were children, and Puritans were determined to force their young to accept their religious traditions or face death. 
D)  English leaders had just moved the colonial capital to Salem, resulting in an influx of diverse settlers and upsetting the normally quiet town. 
E)  The colonists refused to take any legal action on the accused witches and relied purely on unofficial trials in individuals' homes.

Question 9

In the eighteenth century, what group made up the largest percentage of immigrants from the British Isles to America?

Accepted Answer

A)  academics 
B)  religious outcasts 
C)  skilled workers 
D)  convicted criminals 
E)  farmers 
A)  academics 
B)  religious outcasts 
C)  skilled workers 
D)  convicted criminals 
E)  farmers

Question 10

Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies because

Accepted Answer

A)  it was a longer trip from Africa to North America, making slavery less profitable. 
B)  planters in Virginia and Maryland agreed that indentured servants were far less troublesome. 
C)  the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time. 
D)  Parliament passed a law in 1643 that gave tax breaks to British West Indian planters who imported slaves but not to American colonists who imported slaves. 
E)  those living in the British West Indies opposed slavery until the American colonies won their independence in the Revolutionary War. 
A)  it was a longer trip from Africa to North America, making slavery less profitable. 
B)  planters in Virginia and Maryland agreed that indentured servants were far less troublesome. 
C)  the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time. 
D)  Parliament passed a law in 1643 that gave tax breaks to British West Indian planters who imported slaves but not to American colonists who imported slaves. 
E)  those living in the British West Indies opposed slavery until the American colonies won their independence in the Revolutionary War.

Question 11

Various groups in this period of colonial history seized on the language of freedom to advance their goals. Analyze how these groups defined freedom and used its language. How successful were they in achieving their goals?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Various groups in this period of colonial...

Question 12

What sparked the 1715 uprising by the Yamasee and Creek peoples against English colonists in Carolina?

Accepted Answer

A)  the colonists' refusal to trade with the Yamasee and Creek 
B)  an alliance of the Yamasee and Creek with the Iroquois Confederacy 
C)  high debts incurred by the Yamasee and Creek in trade with the English settlers 
D)  the English colonists' plans to begin capturing Native Americans to sell as slaves 
E)  a bloody rebellion by African slaves against their masters near Charles Town 
A)  the colonists' refusal to trade with the Yamasee and Creek 
B)  an alliance of the Yamasee and Creek with the Iroquois Confederacy 
C)  high debts incurred by the Yamasee and Creek in trade with the English settlers 
D)  the English colonists' plans to begin capturing Native Americans to sell as slaves 
E)  a bloody rebellion by African slaves against their masters near Charles Town

Question 13

William Penn's effort to shape Pennsylvania into a colony governed by the principle of equality of all persons was primarily influenced by his

Accepted Answer

A)  Puritanism. 
B)  Catholicism. 
C)  Quakerism. 
D)  Mormonism. 
E)  Atheism. 
A)  Puritanism. 
B)  Catholicism. 
C)  Quakerism. 
D)  Mormonism. 
E)  Atheism.

Question 14

In the middle of the seventeenth century, a West African slave transported by British ships across the Atlantic was most likely to end up in

Accepted Answer

A)  Barbados. 
B)  Maryland. 
C)  Virginia. 
D)  Louisiana. 
E)  Canada. 
A)  Barbados. 
B)  Maryland. 
C)  Virginia. 
D)  Louisiana. 
E)  Canada.

Question 15

How did people in Great Britain tend to view those who had left England to live in the colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  as diligent workers and entrepreneurs 
B)  as vital participants in British governance 
C)  as tourists who would soon return to England 
D)  as indistinguishable from the Spanish colonists 
E)  as convicts, religious dissidents, and poor servants 
A)  as diligent workers and entrepreneurs 
B)  as vital participants in British governance 
C)  as tourists who would soon return to England 
D)  as indistinguishable from the Spanish colonists 
E)  as convicts, religious dissidents, and poor servants

Question 16

According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake,

Accepted Answer

A)  black men were not permitted to marry white women but black women could marry white men. 
B)  free blacks had the right to sue and testify in court. 
C)  free blacks were not permitted to serve in the militia unless they signed a loyalty oath. 
D)  the sale of any married slave was prohibited. 
E)  the children of enslaved women were free; the status of enslavement was not inherited. 
A)  black men were not permitted to marry white women but black women could marry white men. 
B)  free blacks had the right to sue and testify in court. 
C)  free blacks were not permitted to serve in the militia unless they signed a loyalty oath. 
D)  the sale of any married slave was prohibited. 
E)  the children of enslaved women were free; the status of enslavement was not inherited.

Question 17

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?

Accepted Answer

A)  The colonial aristocracy was far more powerful and wealthier than England's nobility. 
B)  Nearly every Virginian of note achieved prominence through family connections. 
C)  The gap between rich and poor was nearly nonexistent. 
D)  Few spoke English as a first language. 
E)  Mercantile success was dependent on business talent as opposed to personal connections. 
A)  The colonial aristocracy was far more powerful and wealthier than England's nobility. 
B)  Nearly every Virginian of note achieved prominence through family connections. 
C)  The gap between rich and poor was nearly nonexistent. 
D)  Few spoke English as a first language. 
E)  Mercantile success was dependent on business talent as opposed to personal connections.

Question 18

The work of farmers' wives and daughters often spelled the difference between a family's self-sufficiency and poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

In 1692 the majority of people accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, were women.

The freedom William Penn was particularly concerned with was the right to worship freely.

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England. What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies, what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century, and what was life like for them?

England sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?

Race and racism are modern concepts and had not been fully developed by the seventeenth century.

William Penn called his colony a "holy experiment." Chronicle the development of Pennsylvania, with particular attention to the advantages that the colony offered to settlers. What liberties were guaranteed and to whom? Why and how did conflicts with the Indians start?

Indians benefited from the Walking Purchase, gaining more access to land in Pennsylvania than they anticipated.

Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692?

In the eighteenth century, what group made up the largest percentage of immigrants from the British Isles to America?

Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies because

Various groups in this period of colonial history seized on the language of freedom to advance their goals. Analyze how these groups defined freedom and used its language. How successful were they in achieving their goals?

What sparked the 1715 uprising by the Yamasee and Creek peoples against English colonists in Carolina?

William Penn's effort to shape Pennsylvania into a colony governed by the principle of equality of all persons was primarily influenced by his

In the middle of the seventeenth century, a West African slave transported by British ships across the Atlantic was most likely to end up in

How did people in Great Britain tend to view those who had left England to live in the colonies?

According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake,

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?

The work of farmers' wives and daughters often spelled the difference between a family's self-sufficiency and poverty.

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

A Divided Nation

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