Question 1

By the late 1640s, which of the following was a major source of income for New England's farmers and merchants?

Accepted Answer

A)  Foodstuffs and wood for barrels which were sold to sugar planters in the Caribbean 
B)  Ever-increasing migrations to the area from England 
C)  Grains sold into European markets 
D)  Manufactured goods sold to English merchants 
A)  Foodstuffs and wood for barrels which were sold to sugar planters in the Caribbean 
B)  Ever-increasing migrations to the area from England 
C)  Grains sold into European markets 
D)  Manufactured goods sold to English merchants

Question 2

Discuss the beliefs of the Quakers and how they affected the social and economic development of Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

The Quakers, also known as the Religious

Question 3

Describe New Netherland under Dutch rule, and examine how it changed in the century after English acquisition.

Accepted Answer

New Netherland was a Dutch colony in Nor

Question 4

What forces were responsible for the Salem Village witchcraft crisis? Why did the crisis end so abruptly?

Accepted Answer

The Salem Village witchcraft crisis was

Question 5

What happened in the aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most Virginia landowners freed their indentured servants. 
B)  The Doegs and the Susquehannocks were forcibly removed from the Virginia Tidewater. 
C)  Nathaniel Bacon was elected governor of Virginia. 
D)  Territory previously reserved for the Indians was opened to white settlement. 
A)  Most Virginia landowners freed their indentured servants. 
B)  The Doegs and the Susquehannocks were forcibly removed from the Virginia Tidewater. 
C)  Nathaniel Bacon was elected governor of Virginia. 
D)  Territory previously reserved for the Indians was opened to white settlement.

Question 6

Which of the following was a feature of the Duke's Laws?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dutch residents were allowed to keep their long-standing legal practices even though New Netherland was under English rule. 
B)  They made the Church of England the established church in New Netherland. 
C)  They provided a representative assembly for New Netherland's inhabitants. 
D)  They voided land titles issued by the Dutch. 
A)  Dutch residents were allowed to keep their long-standing legal practices even though New Netherland was under English rule. 
B)  They made the Church of England the established church in New Netherland. 
C)  They provided a representative assembly for New Netherland's inhabitants. 
D)  They voided land titles issued by the Dutch.

Question 7

Who was the leader of the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish in 1680?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presidio 
B)  Comanches 
C)  Pope 
D)  Pablo Pueblo 
A)  Presidio 
B)  Comanches 
C)  Pope 
D)  Pablo Pueblo

Question 8

William Penn's policies in Pennsylvania ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  made the colony unattractive to non-Quakers 
B)  led to the influx of settlers who were enlightened and tolerant in their views 
C)  meant that Pennsylvania had the highest percentage of slaves outside the South 
D)  made the area attractive to Indians encountering difficulties with whites elsewhere 
A)  made the colony unattractive to non-Quakers 
B)  led to the influx of settlers who were enlightened and tolerant in their views 
C)  meant that Pennsylvania had the highest percentage of slaves outside the South 
D)  made the area attractive to Indians encountering difficulties with whites elsewhere

Question 9

What limited New York's economic growth under early British rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  Low birth rates slowed economic progress. 
B)  Dutch merchants refused to pay British taxes. 
C)  It was not a good port. 
D)  The Duke of York's decision to reward his friends at the expense of other colonists. 
A)  Low birth rates slowed economic progress. 
B)  Dutch merchants refused to pay British taxes. 
C)  It was not a good port. 
D)  The Duke of York's decision to reward his friends at the expense of other colonists.

Question 10

Which of the following accurately describes the Salem Village witchcraft crisis of 1692?

Accepted Answer

A)  It occurred in an area where people were especially fearful of potential Indian attacks from the north. 
B)  As the poor felt more and more powerless, they tried to take out their frustrations on the wealthy by charging them with practicing witchcraft. 
C)  Old-guard Puritans created the crisis to regain their power and restore morality to the community. 
D)  The crisis was primarily the result of a power struggle among leading Puritan families. 
A)  It occurred in an area where people were especially fearful of potential Indian attacks from the north. 
B)  As the poor felt more and more powerless, they tried to take out their frustrations on the wealthy by charging them with practicing witchcraft. 
C)  Old-guard Puritans created the crisis to regain their power and restore morality to the community. 
D)  The crisis was primarily the result of a power struggle among leading Puritan families.

Question 11

What is the main reason for the deaths of most white sailors during the "middle passage"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They died from African diseases contracted from the slaves. 
B)  They died from exposure to the elements when their ships were stalled at sea. 
C)  They were killed by mutinying slaves. 
D)  They were killed by pirates who seized slave ships. 
A)  They died from African diseases contracted from the slaves. 
B)  They died from exposure to the elements when their ships were stalled at sea. 
C)  They were killed by mutinying slaves. 
D)  They were killed by pirates who seized slave ships.

Question 12

What impact did the slave trade have on Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  The expanding trans-Atlantic trade in slaves and the products of slave labor became the basis of the European economic system. 
B)  It caused the European economy to become dependent on the whims of West African rulers. 
C)  It caused severe economic dislocations in the European states involved in the trade. 
D)  As European states involved in the trade colonized West Africa, their empires became worldwide in scope. 
A)  The expanding trans-Atlantic trade in slaves and the products of slave labor became the basis of the European economic system. 
B)  It caused the European economy to become dependent on the whims of West African rulers. 
C)  It caused severe economic dislocations in the European states involved in the trade. 
D)  As European states involved in the trade colonized West Africa, their empires became worldwide in scope.

Question 13

Which of the following was a series of conflicts over trade in the 1640s between the Huron and other Native peoples and the Iroquois?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Huron Wars 
B)  The Bear Wards 
C)  The Turkey Wards 
D)  The Beaver Wars 
A)  The Huron Wars 
B)  The Bear Wards 
C)  The Turkey Wards 
D)  The Beaver Wars

Question 14

All of the colonies founded during the reign of Charles II were

Accepted Answer

A)  founded by colonists who left or were banished from the Puritan colonies of New England. 
B)  given as rewards to men who had supported Charles II during the English Civil War. 
C)  established as military fortifications built to defend against Indian raids. 
D)  seized from the Dutch by military force. 
A)  founded by colonists who left or were banished from the Puritan colonies of New England. 
B)  given as rewards to men who had supported Charles II during the English Civil War. 
C)  established as military fortifications built to defend against Indian raids. 
D)  seized from the Dutch by military force.

Question 15

By the 1720s, which of the following was an important difference between northern and southern colonial societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The economy of the southern colonies was based on diversified agriculture, whereas that of the northern colonies was based on the production of staple crops. 
B)  The political institutions of the southern colonies were more representative of the masses than were those in the northern colonies. 
C)  There was more economic opportunity for new arrivals in the southern colonies than in the northern colonies. 
D)  The South had become a slave society, whereas the North was a society with slaves. 
A)  The economy of the southern colonies was based on diversified agriculture, whereas that of the northern colonies was based on the production of staple crops. 
B)  The political institutions of the southern colonies were more representative of the masses than were those in the northern colonies. 
C)  There was more economic opportunity for new arrivals in the southern colonies than in the northern colonies. 
D)  The South had become a slave society, whereas the North was a society with slaves.

Question 16

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the Royal African Company?

Accepted Answer

A)  This English company held a monopoly on all English trade with sub-Saharan Africa during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. 
B)  This West African company consisted of representatives from all West African kingdoms and coordinated slave-catching raids into the African interior. 
C)  This West African company established the rules and regulations under which Europeans were allowed to trade with states along the Guinea coast. 
D)  This English company acted as the coordinator and licensing agent for all independent trading companies seeking to transport slaves to the English colonies. 
A)  This English company held a monopoly on all English trade with sub-Saharan Africa during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. 
B)  This West African company consisted of representatives from all West African kingdoms and coordinated slave-catching raids into the African interior. 
C)  This West African company established the rules and regulations under which Europeans were allowed to trade with states along the Guinea coast. 
D)  This English company acted as the coordinator and licensing agent for all independent trading companies seeking to transport slaves to the English colonies.

Question 17

Describe the triangular trade and discuss the economic impact of slavery on the economic life of New England.

Accepted Answer

The triangular trade was a system of tra

Question 18

Which of the following was a consequence of King Philip's War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Not only were abandoned interior New England towns quickly rebuilt, but they expanded considerably. 
B)  Many of the Native American followers of King Philip were captured and sold into slavery. 
C)  New Englanders experienced unprecedented economic prosperity in the years immediately after the war. 
D)  The Wampanoags prevented New England settlers from encroaching on their ancestral lands. 
A)  Not only were abandoned interior New England towns quickly rebuilt, but they expanded considerably. 
B)  Many of the Native American followers of King Philip were captured and sold into slavery. 
C)  New Englanders experienced unprecedented economic prosperity in the years immediately after the war. 
D)  The Wampanoags prevented New England settlers from encroaching on their ancestral lands.

Question 19

The Navigation Acts, vice-admiralty courts, and enumerated goods are all associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  philosopher John Locke's constitution for Carolina. 
B)  English mercantilism. 
C)  the Dominion of New England. 
D)  a decline in American shipbuilding. 
A)  philosopher John Locke's constitution for Carolina. 
B)  English mercantilism. 
C)  the Dominion of New England. 
D)  a decline in American shipbuilding.

Question 20

Examine the impact of large-scale slavery on the socio-political, economic, and cultural development of the South.

Accepted Answer

The impact of large-scale slavery on the

Exam 3: North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

By the late 1640s, which of the following was a major source of income for New England's farmers and merchants?

Discuss the beliefs of the Quakers and how they affected the social and economic development of Pennsylvania.

Describe New Netherland under Dutch rule, and examine how it changed in the century after English acquisition.

What forces were responsible for the Salem Village witchcraft crisis? Why did the crisis end so abruptly?

What happened in the aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion?

Which of the following was a feature of the Duke's Laws?

Who was the leader of the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish in 1680?

William Penn's policies in Pennsylvania ________.

What limited New York's economic growth under early British rule?

Which of the following accurately describes the Salem Village witchcraft crisis of 1692?

What is the main reason for the deaths of most white sailors during the "middle passage"?

What impact did the slave trade have on Europe?

Which of the following was a series of conflicts over trade in the 1640s between the Huron and other Native peoples and the Iroquois?

All of the colonies founded during the reign of Charles II were

By the 1720s, which of the following was an important difference between northern and southern colonial societies?

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the Royal African Company?

Describe the triangular trade and discuss the economic impact of slavery on the economic life of New England.

Which of the following was a consequence of King Philip's War?

The Navigation Acts, vice-admiralty courts, and enumerated goods are all associated with

Examine the impact of large-scale slavery on the socio-political, economic, and cultural development of the South.

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