Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Squanto

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 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-House of Burgesses

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 3

Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700,which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ireland. 
B)  Chesapeake region. 
C)  West Indies. 
D)  New England. 
E)  Middle Colonies. 
A)  Ireland. 
B)  Chesapeake region. 
C)  West Indies. 
D)  New England. 
E)  Middle Colonies.

Question 4

Early settlers of Jamestown preferred gold to farming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How had the concept of English freedom...

Question 6

A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Diggers of Great Britain:

Accepted Answer

A)  proposed building a tunnel to Rome to surprise and overpower the Catholic Church, thereby eliminating a source of controversy in English society. 
B)  sought to eliminate male ownership of land as a means of promoting social equality for women. 
C)  influenced the development of the American colonies, because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World. 
D)  executed King James I. 
E)  overthrew parliamentary forces in 1642. 
A)  proposed building a tunnel to Rome to surprise and overpower the Catholic Church, thereby eliminating a source of controversy in English society. 
B)  sought to eliminate male ownership of land as a means of promoting social equality for women. 
C)  influenced the development of the American colonies, because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World. 
D)  executed King James I. 
E)  overthrew parliamentary forces in 1642.

Question 8

In early seventeenth-century Massachusetts,freeman status was granted to adult males who:

Accepted Answer

A)  owned land, regardless of their church membership. 
B)  had served their term as indentured servants. 
C)  were freed slaves. 
D)  were landowning church members. 
E)  voted. 
A)  owned land, regardless of their church membership. 
B)  had served their term as indentured servants. 
C)  were freed slaves. 
D)  were landowning church members. 
E)  voted.

Question 9

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

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 10

The Virginia Company accomplished its goals for the shareholders and for its settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

During the reign of ________,the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Mary I 
C)  James I 
D)  James II 
E)  Elizabeth I 
A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Mary I 
C)  James I 
D)  James II 
E)  Elizabeth I

Question 12

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662:

Accepted Answer

A)  set up civil government in Massachusetts. 
B)  allowed Baptists and Quakers to attend, but not join, Puritan churches. 
C)  gave women limited voting rights in Puritan congregations. 
D)  permitted anyone who paid a tithe to be baptized in a Puritan church. 
E)  did not require evidence of conversion to grant a kind of church membership. 
A)  set up civil government in Massachusetts. 
B)  allowed Baptists and Quakers to attend, but not join, Puritan churches. 
C)  gave women limited voting rights in Puritan congregations. 
D)  permitted anyone who paid a tithe to be baptized in a Puritan church. 
E)  did not require evidence of conversion to grant a kind of church membership.

Question 13

Indians mostly traded furs and animal skins for European goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Half-Way Covenant

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 significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Pequots were forced to pay reparations for the damage they caused New England settlers. 
B)  the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans, leading to the elimination of both tribes. 
C)  the Pequots lost, but survived to become a valuable ally of the Puritans. 
D)  the brutishness and ferocity of the colonists surprised New England tribes. 
E)  the Pequots defeated the Puritans in a battle that temporarily drove the Massachusetts Bay settlers into Plymouth Colony. 
A)  the Pequots were forced to pay reparations for the damage they caused New England settlers. 
B)  the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans, leading to the elimination of both tribes. 
C)  the Pequots lost, but survived to become a valuable ally of the Puritans. 
D)  the brutishness and ferocity of the colonists surprised New England tribes. 
E)  the Pequots defeated the Puritans in a battle that temporarily drove the Massachusetts Bay settlers into Plymouth Colony.

Question 16

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Native Americans realized that England wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony, not just a trading post. 
B)  Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 
C)  the House of Burgesses passed a law ordering Native Americans out of the colony. 
D)  Powhatan led an attack against the English settlers in 1644. 
E)  Spain formed a military alliance with Powhatan. 
A)  the Native Americans realized that England wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony, not just a trading post. 
B)  Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 
C)  the House of Burgesses passed a law ordering Native Americans out of the colony. 
D)  Powhatan led an attack against the English settlers in 1644. 
E)  Spain formed a military alliance with Powhatan.

Question 17

What key political,social,and religious ideas and institutions defined the English nation around 1600?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What key political,social,and religious ideas and institutions...

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Anne Hutchinson

Accepted Answer

Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643) was a Purita

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Puritans

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 20

Believing that tobacco was harmful to one's health,King James I warned against its use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Squanto

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -House of Burgesses

Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700,which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

Early settlers of Jamestown preferred gold to farming.

How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

The Diggers of Great Britain:

In early seventeenth-century Massachusetts,freeman status was granted to adult males who:

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

The Virginia Company accomplished its goals for the shareholders and for its settlers.

During the reign of ________,the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662:

Indians mostly traded furs and animal skins for European goods.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Half-Way Covenant

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

What key political,social,and religious ideas and institutions defined the English nation around 1600?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Anne Hutchinson

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Puritans

Believing that tobacco was harmful to one's health,King James I warned against its use.

A New World

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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