Question 1

As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

Accepted Answer

A)  there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants, whom the British government aided with an early form of welfare. 
B)  efforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to settle in the New World, thereby easing the British population crisis. 
C)  mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor. 
D)  there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock. 
E)  the spread of the Black Plague decreased because of the elimination of cramped living quarters. 
A)  there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants, whom the British government aided with an early form of welfare. 
B)  efforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to settle in the New World, thereby easing the British population crisis. 
C)  mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor. 
D)  there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock. 
E)  the spread of the Black Plague decreased because of the elimination of cramped living quarters.

Question 2

The Pilgrims intended to set sail for Cape Cod in 1620.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Even Jewish people enjoyed religious freedom under Maryland's Act concerning Religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Compared to the Chesapeake colonies,New England had more economic equality because it had more:

Accepted Answer

A)  cash crops. 
B)  timber. 
C)  landowners. 
D)  slaves. 
E)  religious toleration. 
A)  cash crops. 
B)  timber. 
C)  landowners. 
D)  slaves. 
E)  religious toleration.

Question 5

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:

Accepted Answer

A)  both started out as proprietary colonies. 
B)  tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. 
C)  John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. 
D)  both offered settlers total religious freedom. 
E)  the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament. 
A)  both started out as proprietary colonies. 
B)  tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. 
C)  John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. 
D)  both offered settlers total religious freedom. 
E)  the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament.

Question 6

Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their officials in Massachusetts punished Quakers financially and physically, even hanging several of them. 
B)  They welcomed the Quakers and thus were happy to help them set up the Pennsylvania colony. 
C)  They fought Charles II's efforts to oppress and suppress Quakers. 
D)  They passed a law ordering all Quakers to leave Massachusetts or face imminent death. 
E)  They resented the Quakers for their shrewd business practices. 
A)  Their officials in Massachusetts punished Quakers financially and physically, even hanging several of them. 
B)  They welcomed the Quakers and thus were happy to help them set up the Pennsylvania colony. 
C)  They fought Charles II's efforts to oppress and suppress Quakers. 
D)  They passed a law ordering all Quakers to leave Massachusetts or face imminent death. 
E)  They resented the Quakers for their shrewd business practices.

Question 7

The minister Thomas Hooker:

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted the separation of church and state in Rhode Island. 
B)  was the first governor of Massachusetts. 
C)  agreed with Anne Hutchinson's challenges to the Puritan church elders. 
D)  pointed the way to the rock on shore that Plymouth Colony was founded on. 
E)  expanded the amount of men who could vote in Connecticut. 
A)  wanted the separation of church and state in Rhode Island. 
B)  was the first governor of Massachusetts. 
C)  agreed with Anne Hutchinson's challenges to the Puritan church elders. 
D)  pointed the way to the rock on shore that Plymouth Colony was founded on. 
E)  expanded the amount of men who could vote in Connecticut.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England,who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

Accepted Answer

A)  She ascended to the throne immediately after a long period of civil war and successfully unified the nation. 
B)  Her refusal to marry led to her designation as "the Virgin Queen," after whom Virginia was named. 
C)  When the Pope refused to allow her to divorce her French royal husband, she founded an independent Church of England. 
D)  She temporarily restored Catholicism as the state religion of England. 
E)  Under her authority, colonists established the first permanent English settlement in North America. 
A)  She ascended to the throne immediately after a long period of civil war and successfully unified the nation. 
B)  Her refusal to marry led to her designation as "the Virgin Queen," after whom Virginia was named. 
C)  When the Pope refused to allow her to divorce her French royal husband, she founded an independent Church of England. 
D)  She temporarily restored Catholicism as the state religion of England. 
E)  Under her authority, colonists established the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Question 9

How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  They became abolitionists, fighting to end slavery in British North America. 
B)  Some of them ran away or were disobedient to their masters. 
C)  They sent letters home telling their fellow Englishmen that the American colonies offered special opportunities for freedom. 
D)  They insisted on their right to serve in the militia, because they believed in the right to bear arms. 
E)  They published pamphlets criticizing their masters, displaying their love of free speech. 
A)  They became abolitionists, fighting to end slavery in British North America. 
B)  Some of them ran away or were disobedient to their masters. 
C)  They sent letters home telling their fellow Englishmen that the American colonies offered special opportunities for freedom. 
D)  They insisted on their right to serve in the militia, because they believed in the right to bear arms. 
E)  They published pamphlets criticizing their masters, displaying their love of free speech.

Question 10

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

Accepted Answer

A)  It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage. 
B)  It fired John Smith and brought in a more popular leader. 
C)  It gave control back to the king, who straightened out its problems. 
D)  It required all settlers to grow tobacco, a highly profitable crop. 
E)  It created an executive committee that really ran the colony and a committee of colonists who thought they were running it. 
A)  It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage. 
B)  It fired John Smith and brought in a more popular leader. 
C)  It gave control back to the king, who straightened out its problems. 
D)  It required all settlers to grow tobacco, a highly profitable crop. 
E)  It created an executive committee that really ran the colony and a committee of colonists who thought they were running it.

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Mayflower Compact

Accepted Answer

A) principles of religious toleration 
B) believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons 
C) gave five to seven years of service for passage to America 
D) first elected assembly in colonial America 
E) charter company that established Jamestown
F)first written frame of government in British America
G)a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great Migration
H)primary crop of the Chesapeake colonies
I)argued that the Church of England was still too Catholic
J)granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passage
K)a political movement favoring expanded liberties
L)written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedom 
A) principles of religious toleration 
B) believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons 
C) gave five to seven years of service for passage to America 
D) first elected assembly in colonial America 
E) charter company that established Jamestown
F)first written frame of government in British America
G)a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great Migration
H)primary crop of the Chesapeake colonies
I)argued that the Church of England was still too Catholic
J)granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passage
K)a political movement favoring expanded liberties
L)written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedom

Question 12

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

Accepted Answer

A)  new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church. 
B)  groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges. 
C)  writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, because it caused too much controversy. 
D)  the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment. 
E)  thousands of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War. 
A)  new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church. 
B)  groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges. 
C)  writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, because it caused too much controversy. 
D)  the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment. 
E)  thousands of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War.

Question 13

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-an Act concerning Religion

Accepted Answer

A) principles of religious toleration 
B) believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons 
C) gave five to seven years of service for passage to America 
D) first elected assembly in colonial America 
E) charter company that established Jamestown
F)first written frame of government in British America
G)a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great Migration
H)primary crop of the Chesapeake colonies
I)argued that the Church of England was still too Catholic
J)granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passage
K)a political movement favoring expanded liberties
L)written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedom 
A) principles of religious toleration 
B) believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons 
C) gave five to seven years of service for passage to America 
D) first elected assembly in colonial America 
E) charter company that established Jamestown
F)first written frame of government in British America
G)a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great Migration
H)primary crop of the Chesapeake colonies
I)argued that the Church of England was still too Catholic
J)granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passage
K)a political movement favoring expanded liberties
L)written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedom

Question 15

The 104 settlers who remained in Virginia after the ships that brought them from England returned home:

Accepted Answer

A)  were all men, reflecting the Virginia Company's interest in searching for gold as opposed to building a functioning society. 
B)  included women and children, because the Virginia Company realized that a stable society would improve the settlers' chances of success, economic and otherwise. 
C)  included representatives of several other countries, part of England's effort to build a strong network of supporters in case of Spanish attack. 
D)  built the second permanent British settlement in North America after Roanoke. 
E)  were only half of those who originally set sail; the rest turned around and went back. 
A)  were all men, reflecting the Virginia Company's interest in searching for gold as opposed to building a functioning society. 
B)  included women and children, because the Virginia Company realized that a stable society would improve the settlers' chances of success, economic and otherwise. 
C)  included representatives of several other countries, part of England's effort to build a strong network of supporters in case of Spanish attack. 
D)  built the second permanent British settlement in North America after Roanoke. 
E)  were only half of those who originally set sail; the rest turned around and went back.

Question 16

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Pope had banned England from exploring the New World because the Church already had limited land ownership there to Spain and Portugal. 
B)  He wanted a divorce, and the Pope refused to grant it. 
C)  He was trying to unify Great Britain. 
D)  He wanted to be pope, and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic. 
E)  He thought the Catholic Church was corrupt, and he wanted to protect the English people from its abuses. 
A)  The Pope had banned England from exploring the New World because the Church already had limited land ownership there to Spain and Portugal. 
B)  He wanted a divorce, and the Pope refused to grant it. 
C)  He was trying to unify Great Britain. 
D)  He wanted to be pope, and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic. 
E)  He thought the Catholic Church was corrupt, and he wanted to protect the English people from its abuses.

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Winthrop

Accepted Answer

A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown 
A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown

Question 18

Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why did many women in Virginia not start a family until their mid-twenties?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women mostly came to Virginia as indentured servants. 
B)  Women were busy running the family business. 
C)  Women outnumbered men, so they had a difficult time finding a husband. 
D)  Women focused on doing work for the church. 
E)  Women and men were not together often due to men fighting in wars with Indians. 
A)  Women mostly came to Virginia as indentured servants. 
B)  Women were busy running the family business. 
C)  Women outnumbered men, so they had a difficult time finding a husband. 
D)  Women focused on doing work for the church. 
E)  Women and men were not together often due to men fighting in wars with Indians.

Question 20

Which English group did the most to reshape Native American society and culture in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Traders. 
B)  Religious missionaries. 
C)  Colonial authorities. 
D)  Settlers farming the land. 
E)  The Royal Geographical Society. 
A)  Traders. 
B)  Religious missionaries. 
C)  Colonial authorities. 
D)  Settlers farming the land. 
E)  The Royal Geographical Society.

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

The Pilgrims intended to set sail for Cape Cod in 1620.

Even Jewish people enjoyed religious freedom under Maryland's Act concerning Religion.

Compared to the Chesapeake colonies,New England had more economic equality because it had more:

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:

Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?

The minister Thomas Hooker:

Which of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England,who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Mayflower Compact

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -an Act concerning Religion

The 104 settlers who remained in Virginia after the ships that brought them from England returned home:

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Winthrop

Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.

Why did many women in Virginia not start a family until their mid-twenties?

Which English group did the most to reshape Native American society and culture in the seventeenth century?

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