Question 1

Why was the House of Burgesses reinstated in Virginia in 1629?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protests from the Virginia settlers led to its reinstatement. 
B)  The new king believed that governmental powers should be shared among different interest groups. 
C)  Virginia's governor threatened to resign if it were not reinstated. 
D)  The landed gentry in Virginia threatened to boycott British goods until it was reinstated. 
A)  Protests from the Virginia settlers led to its reinstatement. 
B)  The new king believed that governmental powers should be shared among different interest groups. 
C)  Virginia's governor threatened to resign if it were not reinstated. 
D)  The landed gentry in Virginia threatened to boycott British goods until it was reinstated.

Question 2

Compare and contrast the lifestyles of the Chesapeake colonists and that of the New England colonists around 1640. What accounts for the differences that emerged?

Accepted Answer

The lifestyles of the Chesapeake colonis

Question 3

Puritans believed in the doctrine of the covenant. Which of the following best expresses that doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A)  All the people of a community must participate in the process by which decisions are made. 
B)  The people of a community must agree to be law-abiding citizens. 
C)  Before the beginning of time, God chose certain people to be of the elect and others to be of the damned. 
D)  God makes a contract with a group of people giving them the chance to perform a mission, and they must then enter into an agreement with each other to carry out that mission. 
A)  All the people of a community must participate in the process by which decisions are made. 
B)  The people of a community must agree to be law-abiding citizens. 
C)  Before the beginning of time, God chose certain people to be of the elect and others to be of the damned. 
D)  God makes a contract with a group of people giving them the chance to perform a mission, and they must then enter into an agreement with each other to carry out that mission.

Question 4

For which of the following reasons did the spread of tobacco cultivation in Virginia lead to conflict with the Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Indians were jealous of the prosperity that tobacco cultivation brought to the English settlers. 
B)  Indian religion associated tobacco with evil spirits and with death. 
C)  In an effort to get workers for their plantations, Virginia planters began to kidnap and enslave Indians. 
D)  The abundant land required for tobacco cultivation caused the settlers increasingly to encroach on Indian lands. 
A)  The Indians were jealous of the prosperity that tobacco cultivation brought to the English settlers. 
B)  Indian religion associated tobacco with evil spirits and with death. 
C)  In an effort to get workers for their plantations, Virginia planters began to kidnap and enslave Indians. 
D)  The abundant land required for tobacco cultivation caused the settlers increasingly to encroach on Indian lands.

Question 5

How did the headright system, the House of Burgesses, and indentured servitude each affect the socioeconomic and political development of Virginia from 1607 to 1640?

Accepted Answer

The headright system, the House of Burge

Question 6

How did Maryland differ from Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maryland's settlers congregated in towns. 
B)  Maryland's economy was based on trade. 
C)  Maryland offered freedom of religion to all Christian settlers. 
D)  Maryland planters could amass large landed estates. 
A)  Maryland's settlers congregated in towns. 
B)  Maryland's economy was based on trade. 
C)  Maryland offered freedom of religion to all Christian settlers. 
D)  Maryland planters could amass large landed estates.

Question 7

How did the lifestyles of white New England settlers differ from the lifestyles of their counterparts in the Chesapeake?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because New Englanders moved a great deal, their homes were not as sturdy as those in the Chesapeake. 
B)  Most New Englanders moved to America in family groups, while most Chesapeake migrants were single young men. 
C)  The harshness of the New England environment meant a higher infant mortality rate and smaller families in New England than in the Chesapeake. 
D)  Unlike New Englanders who cleared new fields every few years, residents of the Chesapeake used the same fields year after year. 
A)  Because New Englanders moved a great deal, their homes were not as sturdy as those in the Chesapeake. 
B)  Most New Englanders moved to America in family groups, while most Chesapeake migrants were single young men. 
C)  The harshness of the New England environment meant a higher infant mortality rate and smaller families in New England than in the Chesapeake. 
D)  Unlike New Englanders who cleared new fields every few years, residents of the Chesapeake used the same fields year after year.

Question 8

A number of English Calvinists moved to America in the 1620s and 1630s because they

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted to establish a society in which all religious beliefs were tolerated. 
B)  wanted to be free to practice their religious beliefs without interference by the English monarch. 
C)  were exiled to the New World after rebelling against the king. 
D)  wanted to establish an independent nation for themselves. 
A)  wanted to establish a society in which all religious beliefs were tolerated. 
B)  wanted to be free to practice their religious beliefs without interference by the English monarch. 
C)  were exiled to the New World after rebelling against the king. 
D)  wanted to establish an independent nation for themselves.

Question 9

Most English migrants to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century were

Accepted Answer

A)  landless aristocrats. 
B)  indentured servants. 
C)  wealthy merchants. 
D)  exiled criminals. 
A)  landless aristocrats. 
B)  indentured servants. 
C)  wealthy merchants. 
D)  exiled criminals.

Question 10

Why were devout Puritans in a perpetual state of anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)  They never knew with absolute certainty whether they were of the saved or of the damned. 
B)  They constantly worried about whether God wanted them to tithe. 
C)  They could never know whether they had done enough good deeds for God to consider them candidates for heaven. 
D)  They lived in constant fear that they had not shown enough tolerance toward others. 
A)  They never knew with absolute certainty whether they were of the saved or of the damned. 
B)  They constantly worried about whether God wanted them to tithe. 
C)  They could never know whether they had done enough good deeds for God to consider them candidates for heaven. 
D)  They lived in constant fear that they had not shown enough tolerance toward others.

Question 11

Why did some North American Indians find the religious ideas of Catholicism and Puritanism attractive?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were intrigued by the concept of the Trinity. 
B)  The religious ideas of the Jesuits and the Puritans closely resembled the ideas of traditional Indian religions. 
C)  European religious services included the singing of hymns, which the Indians enjoyed. 
D)  The Indians thought that the religious ideas of the Europeans could help them cope with the tremendous changes they had to face. 
A)  They were intrigued by the concept of the Trinity. 
B)  The religious ideas of the Jesuits and the Puritans closely resembled the ideas of traditional Indian religions. 
C)  European religious services included the singing of hymns, which the Indians enjoyed. 
D)  The Indians thought that the religious ideas of the Europeans could help them cope with the tremendous changes they had to face.

Question 12

Why was John Eliot unsuccessful in converting the New England Indians to Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was never able to convince the Indians of the superiority of the Christian God over their pantheon of gods. 
B)  He tried to employ elaborate rituals in the worship service. 
C)  He preached a covenant of works, which was a concept totally alien to the Indians. 
D)  He insisted that to be truly Christian the Indians had to reject their culture for English culture. 
A)  He was never able to convince the Indians of the superiority of the Christian God over their pantheon of gods. 
B)  He tried to employ elaborate rituals in the worship service. 
C)  He preached a covenant of works, which was a concept totally alien to the Indians. 
D)  He insisted that to be truly Christian the Indians had to reject their culture for English culture.

Question 13

What was the primary reason joint-stock companies failed in Virginia and Maine?

Accepted Answer

A)  The English government taxed their profits at exorbitant rates. 
B)  The colonies did not provide enough of a profit. 
C)  The colonists did not ask for enough investment in infrastructure. 
D)  The English government demanded control over the operations of the companies. 
A)  The English government taxed their profits at exorbitant rates. 
B)  The colonies did not provide enough of a profit. 
C)  The colonists did not ask for enough investment in infrastructure. 
D)  The English government demanded control over the operations of the companies.

Question 14

Discuss the different ways and conditions in which labor was organized and supplied in the Chesapeake region in the 1600s

Accepted Answer

In the Chesapeake region in the 1600s, l

Question 15

Compare the differences between French and Spanish colonization in the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

The French and Spanish colonization in t

Question 16

What was the most decisive factor in making Native Americans receptive to the Christian message of the Black Robes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their immunity to Smallpox 
B)  The Black Robes' scientific knowledge 
C)  The literacy of the Black Robes 
D)  The Black Robes' ability to convince through debate 
A)  Their immunity to Smallpox 
B)  The Black Robes' scientific knowledge 
C)  The literacy of the Black Robes 
D)  The Black Robes' ability to convince through debate

Question 17

Which of the following was a goal of the Congregationalist Puritans who decided to establish a colony in North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wanted to Christianize the Indians. 
B)  They wanted to build a society based on freedom of religious expression. 
C)  They wanted to establish a merchant-oriented society with trading ties to the major European nations. 
D)  They wanted to complete their reform of the Church of England. 
A)  They wanted to Christianize the Indians. 
B)  They wanted to build a society based on freedom of religious expression. 
C)  They wanted to establish a merchant-oriented society with trading ties to the major European nations. 
D)  They wanted to complete their reform of the Church of England.

Question 18

Why did the Pokanoket Indians extend aid to the Pilgrims?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their religion taught that all men were brothers. 
B)  They wanted to lull the Pilgrims into a false sense of security before enslaving them. 
C)  They wanted the Pilgrims as allies against the neighboring Narragansett Indians. 
D)  The Pilgrims supplied them with liquor. 
A)  Their religion taught that all men were brothers. 
B)  They wanted to lull the Pilgrims into a false sense of security before enslaving them. 
C)  They wanted the Pilgrims as allies against the neighboring Narragansett Indians. 
D)  The Pilgrims supplied them with liquor.

Question 19

Who would be most likely to emigrate to the New World in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  A member of the titled aristocracy who accepted the religious teachings of the Church of England 
B)  A wealthy English merchant who accepted the religious teachings of the Church of England 
C)  A former tenant farmer who had been forced off the land by the landowner, was looking for work in England's cities, and accepted Calvinist theology 
D)  A member of the landed gentry who accepted Calvinist theology and had recently combined a number of small land units into a large enclosed estate 
A)  A member of the titled aristocracy who accepted the religious teachings of the Church of England 
B)  A wealthy English merchant who accepted the religious teachings of the Church of England 
C)  A former tenant farmer who had been forced off the land by the landowner, was looking for work in England's cities, and accepted Calvinist theology 
D)  A member of the landed gentry who accepted Calvinist theology and had recently combined a number of small land units into a large enclosed estate

Exam 2: Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

Why was the House of Burgesses reinstated in Virginia in 1629?

Compare and contrast the lifestyles of the Chesapeake colonists and that of the New England colonists around 1640. What accounts for the differences that emerged?

Puritans believed in the doctrine of the covenant. Which of the following best expresses that doctrine?

For which of the following reasons did the spread of tobacco cultivation in Virginia lead to conflict with the Indians?

How did the headright system, the House of Burgesses, and indentured servitude each affect the socioeconomic and political development of Virginia from 1607 to 1640?

How did Maryland differ from Virginia?

How did the lifestyles of white New England settlers differ from the lifestyles of their counterparts in the Chesapeake?

A number of English Calvinists moved to America in the 1620s and 1630s because they

Most English migrants to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century were

Why were devout Puritans in a perpetual state of anxiety?

Why did some North American Indians find the religious ideas of Catholicism and Puritanism attractive?

Why was John Eliot unsuccessful in converting the New England Indians to Christianity?

What was the primary reason joint-stock companies failed in Virginia and Maine?

Discuss the different ways and conditions in which labor was organized and supplied in the Chesapeake region in the 1600s

Compare the differences between French and Spanish colonization in the seventeenth century.

What was the most decisive factor in making Native Americans receptive to the Christian message of the Black Robes?

Which of the following was a goal of the Congregationalist Puritans who decided to establish a colony in North America?

Why did the Pokanoket Indians extend aid to the Pilgrims?

Who would be most likely to emigrate to the New World in the seventeenth century?

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