Question 1

James II and his successors, William and Mary, would most likely have agreed on which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

A)  England should exercise tighter control over its colonies in North America. 
B)  The British constitution gives the English monarch absolute power. 
C)  Representative assemblies in the British colonies should be abolished. 
D)  English regulations concerning colonial trade should be relaxed. 
A)  England should exercise tighter control over its colonies in North America. 
B)  The British constitution gives the English monarch absolute power. 
C)  Representative assemblies in the British colonies should be abolished. 
D)  English regulations concerning colonial trade should be relaxed.

Question 2

Which of the following was a consequence of the Yamasee War?

Accepted Answer

A)  White colonists abandoned the city of Charleston. 
B)  Unity was established among the various Indian tribes in the Carolinas. 
C)  For self-protection, the Yamasees moved south. 
D)  The Creeks established a lasting alliance with the white South Carolina settlers. 
A)  White colonists abandoned the city of Charleston. 
B)  Unity was established among the various Indian tribes in the Carolinas. 
C)  For self-protection, the Yamasees moved south. 
D)  The Creeks established a lasting alliance with the white South Carolina settlers.

Question 3

Which labor system gave each slave a daily or weekly quota of tasks to complete?

Accepted Answer

A)  Job System 
B)  Eliza Lucas System 
C)  Task System 
D)  Working System 
A)  Job System 
B)  Eliza Lucas System 
C)  Task System 
D)  Working System

Question 4

Which of the following may be considered the "linchpin" of the Atlantic trading system?

Accepted Answer

A)  European manufactured goods 
B)  Slaves 
C)  European food products 
D)  Natural resources from the Americas 
A)  European manufactured goods 
B)  Slaves 
C)  European food products 
D)  Natural resources from the Americas

Question 5

Which of the following was a consequence of the Navigation Acts?

Accepted Answer

A)  They gave Chesapeake planters a ready market for their staple crops. 
B)  They caused a depression in the fishing industry in the Middle Colonies. 
C)  They stimulated the colonial shipbuilding industry, especially in New England. 
D)  They had a negative economic impact on all of the colonies. 
A)  They gave Chesapeake planters a ready market for their staple crops. 
B)  They caused a depression in the fishing industry in the Middle Colonies. 
C)  They stimulated the colonial shipbuilding industry, especially in New England. 
D)  They had a negative economic impact on all of the colonies.

Question 6

Which of the following is true of Bacon's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rebellion was an attempt by Nathaniel Bacon and his followers to force the Virginia government to compensate the Susquehannocks for lost tribal lands. 
B)  The rebellion was a clash of personalities between Nathaniel Bacon and Governor William Berkeley. 
C)  The rebellion involved land-hungry whites who alternately attacked Indians and battled with established authorities in Virginia. 
D)  The rebellion allowed the Piedmont planters to permanently gain control over the colonial government of Virginia. 
A)  The rebellion was an attempt by Nathaniel Bacon and his followers to force the Virginia government to compensate the Susquehannocks for lost tribal lands. 
B)  The rebellion was a clash of personalities between Nathaniel Bacon and Governor William Berkeley. 
C)  The rebellion involved land-hungry whites who alternately attacked Indians and battled with established authorities in Virginia. 
D)  The rebellion allowed the Piedmont planters to permanently gain control over the colonial government of Virginia.

Question 7

Which of the following was a reason for the eventual division of Carolina into two separate colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The network of rivers that crossed Carolina from east to west created a geographical division that led to the division of Carolina into two separate colonies. 
B)  It developed two distinct population centers, which then divided into separate colonies under royal rule. 
C)  Disagreement between the colony's two proprietors led to an agreement between them to divide Carolina into two separate colonies. 
D)  The constitution that John Locke drafted at the request of Carolina's proprietors mandated that Carolina be divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. 
A)  The network of rivers that crossed Carolina from east to west created a geographical division that led to the division of Carolina into two separate colonies. 
B)  It developed two distinct population centers, which then divided into separate colonies under royal rule. 
C)  Disagreement between the colony's two proprietors led to an agreement between them to divide Carolina into two separate colonies. 
D)  The constitution that John Locke drafted at the request of Carolina's proprietors mandated that Carolina be divided into North Carolina and South Carolina.

Question 8

Which of the following was a consequence of New England's population growth in the late seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The death rate among children increased substantially as population outstripped the food supply. 
B)  A significant number of New Englanders moved back to England. 
C)  Overcrowded conditions increased the incidence of epidemic diseases. 
D)  The scarcity of land caused some New Englanders to abandon agriculture and learn new skills so that they could support themselves in the developing towns. 
A)  The death rate among children increased substantially as population outstripped the food supply. 
B)  A significant number of New Englanders moved back to England. 
C)  Overcrowded conditions increased the incidence of epidemic diseases. 
D)  The scarcity of land caused some New Englanders to abandon agriculture and learn new skills so that they could support themselves in the developing towns.

Question 9

Why did contact with the Europeans intensify the Iroquois' need to wage war?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Iroquois needed to increase the power of their Confederacy in order to combat the powerful Europeans. 
B)  The Iroquois had to prevent neighboring tribes from allying with the Europeans. 
C)  European expansion constantly pushed the Iroquois from old tribal lands into new unconsecrated territories. 
D)  As European diseases increased the death rate within the Iroquois Confederacy, their need to replenish their population with captives increased. 
A)  The Iroquois needed to increase the power of their Confederacy in order to combat the powerful Europeans. 
B)  The Iroquois had to prevent neighboring tribes from allying with the Europeans. 
C)  European expansion constantly pushed the Iroquois from old tribal lands into new unconsecrated territories. 
D)  As European diseases increased the death rate within the Iroquois Confederacy, their need to replenish their population with captives increased.

Question 10

What impact did the slave trade have on the Gold Coast of Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  By changing the sex ratio in the region, it encouraged polygyny. 
B)  By creating animosity between the Africans and the Europeans, it led to a series of bloody wars. 
C)  It drastically depopulated the region. 
D)  It led the West Africans to adopt written languages. 
A)  By changing the sex ratio in the region, it encouraged polygyny. 
B)  By creating animosity between the Africans and the Europeans, it led to a series of bloody wars. 
C)  It drastically depopulated the region. 
D)  It led the West Africans to adopt written languages.

Question 11

Which of the following was the most successful Indian resistance movement against European dominance in colonial North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 
B)  King Philip's War of the 1670s 
C)  Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 
D)  The Beaver Wars of the 1640s 
A)  The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 
B)  King Philip's War of the 1670s 
C)  Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 
D)  The Beaver Wars of the 1640s

Question 12

How did the relationship between the colonists and the Indians of South Carolina, lead to the Tuscarora and the Yamasee Wars?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between the colonists a

Question 13

Which of the following provided a major market for New England goods in the late seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Continental Europe 
B)  England 
C)  South America 
D)  The Caribbean 
A)  Continental Europe 
B)  England 
C)  South America 
D)  The Caribbean

Question 14

Why, beginning in the mid-1660s, did Chesapeake planters begin to purchase more African slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  They could no longer obtain an adequate supply of white indentured servants. 
B)  The price of slaves dropped as more and more were imported from Africa. 
C)  It became clear that Native Americans could not be used successfully as slaves. 
D)  It became necessary for white indentured servants to serve in the militia to defend against Indian attacks. 
A)  They could no longer obtain an adequate supply of white indentured servants. 
B)  The price of slaves dropped as more and more were imported from Africa. 
C)  It became clear that Native Americans could not be used successfully as slaves. 
D)  It became necessary for white indentured servants to serve in the militia to defend against Indian attacks.

Question 15

Examine the introduction of African slavery into the Americas. Why was it introduced into England's colonies in North America? How did slave societies evolve?

Accepted Answer

The introduction of African slavery into

Question 16

Discuss the economic philosophy of mercantilism, and examine British Parliament's attempts to apply mercantilist philosophy to the economic relationship with its American colonies.

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism was an economic philosophy

Question 17

With regard to the rulers of the West African coastal states of Dahomey and Asante, which of the following statements accurately describes their role in the slave trade and the trade's impact on them?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although they controlled aspects of the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely the puppets of European traders who controlled them and the territory they governed. 
B)  By centralizing and controlling the slave trade, the kings of these states oversaw the emergence of powerful kingdoms. 
C)  Since the Europeans completely controlled the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely figureheads with no real power. 
D)  Although the coastal kings allowed the Europeans to control the slave trade, they acquired power and wealth by gaining control over the trans-Saharan trade. 
A)  Although they controlled aspects of the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely the puppets of European traders who controlled them and the territory they governed. 
B)  By centralizing and controlling the slave trade, the kings of these states oversaw the emergence of powerful kingdoms. 
C)  Since the Europeans completely controlled the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely figureheads with no real power. 
D)  Although the coastal kings allowed the Europeans to control the slave trade, they acquired power and wealth by gaining control over the trans-Saharan trade.

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

James II and his successors, William and Mary, would most likely have agreed on which of the following statements?

Which of the following was a consequence of the Yamasee War?

Which labor system gave each slave a daily or weekly quota of tasks to complete?

Which of the following may be considered the "linchpin" of the Atlantic trading system?

Which of the following was a consequence of the Navigation Acts?

Which of the following is true of Bacon's Rebellion?

Which of the following was a reason for the eventual division of Carolina into two separate colonies?

Which of the following was a consequence of New England's population growth in the late seventeenth century?

Why did contact with the Europeans intensify the Iroquois' need to wage war?

What impact did the slave trade have on the Gold Coast of Africa?

Which of the following was the most successful Indian resistance movement against European dominance in colonial North America?

How did the relationship between the colonists and the Indians of South Carolina, lead to the Tuscarora and the Yamasee Wars?

Which of the following provided a major market for New England goods in the late seventeenth century?

Why, beginning in the mid-1660s, did Chesapeake planters begin to purchase more African slaves?

Examine the introduction of African slavery into the Americas. Why was it introduced into England's colonies in North America? How did slave societies evolve?

Discuss the economic philosophy of mercantilism, and examine British Parliament's attempts to apply mercantilist philosophy to the economic relationship with its American colonies.

With regard to the rulers of the West African coastal states of Dahomey and Asante, which of the following statements accurately describes their role in the slave trade and the trade's impact on them?

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