Question 1

In England,the idea of working for wages:

Accepted Answer

A)  was so dishonorable that many refused to accept money for their work and instead received food and shelter. 
B)  was associated with servility and the loss of liberty. 
C)  was romanticized in ballads and tales. 
D)  meant true freedom. 
E)  grew more popular among the poor during the sixteenth century. 
A)  was so dishonorable that many refused to accept money for their work and instead received food and shelter. 
B)  was associated with servility and the loss of liberty. 
C)  was romanticized in ballads and tales. 
D)  meant true freedom. 
E)  grew more popular among the poor during the sixteenth century.

Question 2

Explain the reasons behind the various conflicts between the English and the Indians.How do differing perceptions of land and liberty fit into the story? How do trade and religion play a part?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the reasons behind the various conflicts...

Question 3

Virginia women who were femes sol were more likely to have the opportunity to conduct business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it ultimately did not make money. 
B)  Jamestown suffered Native American attacks. 
C)  Pocahontas died in England. 
D)  King James criticized tobacco. 
E)  Spain gained control of the company's colony. 
A)  it ultimately did not make money. 
B)  Jamestown suffered Native American attacks. 
C)  Pocahontas died in England. 
D)  King James criticized tobacco. 
E)  Spain gained control of the company's colony.

Question 5

At the heart of the English Civil War was:

Accepted Answer

A)  which family would rule the English throne. 
B)  whether Puritans should separate from the Church of England. 
C)  who should control the colonies in the New World. 
D)  whether England should be an ally of Spain. 
E)  a question of sovereignty in who would make decisions for the government. 
A)  which family would rule the English throne. 
B)  whether Puritans should separate from the Church of England. 
C)  who should control the colonies in the New World. 
D)  whether England should be an ally of Spain. 
E)  a question of sovereignty in who would make decisions for the government.

Question 6

Where in the Americas did the Pilgrims originally plan to go?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Netherland. 
B)  Plymouth Rock. 
C)  Boston. 
D)  Virginia. 
E)  Pennsylvania. 
A)  New Netherland. 
B)  Plymouth Rock. 
C)  Boston. 
D)  Virginia. 
E)  Pennsylvania.

Question 7

In the 1650s,who pushed England toward a policy of expanding territory and commercialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oliver Cromwell. 
B)  John Smith. 
C)  Charles I. 
D)  Charles II. 
E)  James I. 
A)  Oliver Cromwell. 
B)  John Smith. 
C)  Charles I. 
D)  Charles II. 
E)  James I.

Question 8

Anne Hutchinson:

Accepted Answer

A)  was no threat to the Puritan establishment because women were so clearly considered inferior. 
B)  angered Puritan authorities by supporting the claims of Roger Williams. 
C)  engaged in Antinomianism, a sexual practice that the Puritans considered threatening to traditional gender relations. 
D)  opposed Puritan ministers who distinguished saints from the damned through church attendance and moral behavior rather than through focusing on an inner state of grace. 
E)  would have been left alone if she had not also run for a seat in the General Court. 
A)  was no threat to the Puritan establishment because women were so clearly considered inferior. 
B)  angered Puritan authorities by supporting the claims of Roger Williams. 
C)  engaged in Antinomianism, a sexual practice that the Puritans considered threatening to traditional gender relations. 
D)  opposed Puritan ministers who distinguished saints from the damned through church attendance and moral behavior rather than through focusing on an inner state of grace. 
E)  would have been left alone if she had not also run for a seat in the General Court.

Question 9

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

Accepted Answer

A)  an outdated idea. 
B)  to be unquestioned. 
C)  so absolute that a husband could order the murder of his wife. 
D)  not supposed to resemble God's authority in any way, because that would be blasphemous. 
E)  limited only by the number of children-the more, the better. 
A)  an outdated idea. 
B)  to be unquestioned. 
C)  so absolute that a husband could order the murder of his wife. 
D)  not supposed to resemble God's authority in any way, because that would be blasphemous. 
E)  limited only by the number of children-the more, the better.

Question 10

As leader of the Jamestown Colony,John Smith:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a failure and had to return to England. 
B)  improved relations with Native Americans by marrying Pocahontas. 
C)  used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together. 
D)  used an elaborate reward system to persuade colonists to work. 
E)  set up the first representative assembly in the New World. 
A)  was a failure and had to return to England. 
B)  improved relations with Native Americans by marrying Pocahontas. 
C)  used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together. 
D)  used an elaborate reward system to persuade colonists to work. 
E)  set up the first representative assembly in the New World.

Question 11

To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In regard to geography,English colonies:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not have good land for farming. 
B)  were in colder climates than Spanish colonies. 
C)  benefited from harbors on the Gulf of Mexico. 
D)  had very little coastline. 
E)  had virtually no water for irrigation of crops. 
A)  did not have good land for farming. 
B)  were in colder climates than Spanish colonies. 
C)  benefited from harbors on the Gulf of Mexico. 
D)  had very little coastline. 
E)  had virtually no water for irrigation of crops.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Tobacco is a plant native to the America

Question 14

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church. 
B)  Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles. 
C)  The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings. 
D)  Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it. 
E)  The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid. 
A)  Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church. 
B)  Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles. 
C)  The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings. 
D)  Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it. 
E)  The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Pocahontas, whose real name was Amonute

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-headright system

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

Puritanism was a religious and social mo

Question 18

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

Accepted Answer

A)  began with the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas. 
B)  was common. 
C)  was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691. 
D)  created a mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved. 
E)  produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief. 
A)  began with the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas. 
B)  was common. 
C)  was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691. 
D)  created a mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved. 
E)  produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief.

Question 19

When comparing the Chesapeake colonies to the New England settlements:

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia emphasized religion. 
B)  New England had much more peaceful relations with the Native Americans. 
C)  tobacco grew better in New England. 
D)  there were more indentured servants in the Chesapeake region. 
E)  in the beginning, Virginia had more women. 
A)  Virginia emphasized religion. 
B)  New England had much more peaceful relations with the Native Americans. 
C)  tobacco grew better in New England. 
D)  there were more indentured servants in the Chesapeake region. 
E)  in the beginning, Virginia had more women.

Question 20

When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

Accepted Answer

A)  only Spain was interested in finding gold. 
B)  England used Native Americans more for labor. 
C)  England sent more people to the Americas in the seventeenth century. 
D)  Spain relied much more on indentured servant labor. 
E)  only England was interested in converting the Native Americans. 
A)  only Spain was interested in finding gold. 
B)  England used Native Americans more for labor. 
C)  England sent more people to the Americas in the seventeenth century. 
D)  Spain relied much more on indentured servant labor. 
E)  only England was interested in converting the Native Americans.

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

In England,the idea of working for wages:

Explain the reasons behind the various conflicts between the English and the Indians.How do differing perceptions of land and liberty fit into the story? How do trade and religion play a part?

Virginia women who were femes sol were more likely to have the opportunity to conduct business.

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

At the heart of the English Civil War was:

Where in the Americas did the Pilgrims originally plan to go?

In the 1650s,who pushed England toward a policy of expanding territory and commercialism?

Anne Hutchinson:

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

As leader of the Jamestown Colony,John Smith:

To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

In regard to geography,English colonies:

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

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -headright system

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

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

When comparing the Chesapeake colonies to the New England settlements:

When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

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The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

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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

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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

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