Question 1

In its early years,Carolina was the "colony of a colony" because its original settlers included many:

Accepted Answer

A)  former indentured servants from Virginia. 
B)  supporters of Anne Hutchinson seeking refuge from Massachusetts. 
C)  landless sons of wealthy planters in Barbados. 
D)  Protestants upset over Catholic rule in Maryland. 
E)  planters from Cuba hoping to expand their sugarcane empires. 
A)  former indentured servants from Virginia. 
B)  supporters of Anne Hutchinson seeking refuge from Massachusetts. 
C)  landless sons of wealthy planters in Barbados. 
D)  Protestants upset over Catholic rule in Maryland. 
E)  planters from Cuba hoping to expand their sugarcane empires.

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Edmund Andros

Accepted Answer

A) established a Committee of Safety in New York 
B) a Protestant who became King of England 
C) Metacom 
D) formed Covenant Chain with Iroquois 
E) elite planter who called for reform in Virginia
F)governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion
G)a Catholic who became King of England
H)wealthy Virginian speaker of the House of Burgesses
I)proprietor of Pennsylvania
J)successful Jewish silversmith
K)overthrown in the Glorious Revolution
L)slave who became free and owned slaves himself 
A) established a Committee of Safety in New York 
B) a Protestant who became King of England 
C) Metacom 
D) formed Covenant Chain with Iroquois 
E) elite planter who called for reform in Virginia
F)governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion
G)a Catholic who became King of England
H)wealthy Virginian speaker of the House of Burgesses
I)proprietor of Pennsylvania
J)successful Jewish silversmith
K)overthrown in the Glorious Revolution
L)slave who became free and owned slaves himself

Question 3

The colonists that proved most harmful to Native Americans were:

Accepted Answer

A)  merchants. 
B)  slave traders. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  fur trappers. 
E)  silversmiths. 
A)  merchants. 
B)  slave traders. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  fur trappers. 
E)  silversmiths.

Question 4

According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:

Accepted Answer

A)  merchants should control the government because they contributed more than others to national wealth. 
B)  the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power. 
C)  the government should encourage manufacturing and commerce by keeping its hands off of the economy. 
D)  colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods. 
E)  England wanted the right to sell goods in France, but only to non-Catholic buyers. 
A)  merchants should control the government because they contributed more than others to national wealth. 
B)  the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power. 
C)  the government should encourage manufacturing and commerce by keeping its hands off of the economy. 
D)  colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods. 
E)  England wanted the right to sell goods in France, but only to non-Catholic buyers.

Question 5

How did English rule affect the Iroquois Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  After a series of complex negotiations, both groups aided each other's imperial ambitions. 
B)  The English destroyed the Iroquois Confederacy temporarily but revived it under Sir Edmund Andros's rule after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. 
C)  English oppression drove the Iroquois to the side of the French, who eagerly sought their support. 
D)  It enabled the Iroquois to build alliances with other tribes against a common enemy. 
E)  The Iroquois adopted the English constitutional system. 
A)  After a series of complex negotiations, both groups aided each other's imperial ambitions. 
B)  The English destroyed the Iroquois Confederacy temporarily but revived it under Sir Edmund Andros's rule after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. 
C)  English oppression drove the Iroquois to the side of the French, who eagerly sought their support. 
D)  It enabled the Iroquois to build alliances with other tribes against a common enemy. 
E)  The Iroquois adopted the English constitutional system.

Question 6

Anglicization meant that the colonial elites rejected all things British.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Robert "King" Carter

Accepted Answer

A) established a Committee of Safety in New York 
B) a Protestant who became King of England 
C) Metacom 
D) formed Covenant Chain with Iroquois 
E) elite planter who called for reform in Virginia
F)governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion
G)a Catholic who became King of England
H)wealthy Virginian speaker of the House of Burgesses
I)proprietor of Pennsylvania
J)successful Jewish silversmith
K)overthrown in the Glorious Revolution
L)slave who became free and owned slaves himself 
A) established a Committee of Safety in New York 
B) a Protestant who became King of England 
C) Metacom 
D) formed Covenant Chain with Iroquois 
E) elite planter who called for reform in Virginia
F)governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion
G)a Catholic who became King of England
H)wealthy Virginian speaker of the House of Burgesses
I)proprietor of Pennsylvania
J)successful Jewish silversmith
K)overthrown in the Glorious Revolution
L)slave who became free and owned slaves himself

Question 8

The ultimate goal for the English in gaining New Amsterdam and New Netherland from the Dutch was to:

Accepted Answer

A)  gain slaves. 
B)  control more territory. 
C)  control trade. 
D)  gain more farmland. 
E)  spread the Protestant faith. 
A)  gain slaves. 
B)  control more territory. 
C)  control trade. 
D)  gain more farmland. 
E)  spread the Protestant faith.

Question 9

Unlike slavery in America,slavery in Africa:

Accepted Answer

A)  declined in importance during the 1600s. 
B)  was more likely to be based in the household than on an agricultural plantation. 
C)  led to much higher death rates. 
D)  was entirely race-based. 
E)  existed only for women. 
A)  declined in importance during the 1600s. 
B)  was more likely to be based in the household than on an agricultural plantation. 
C)  led to much higher death rates. 
D)  was entirely race-based. 
E)  existed only for women.

Question 10

What was one of Pennsylvania's only restrictions on religious liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Settlers could belong to any denomination but had to sign an oath affirming that they would not oppress Quakers. 
B)  Holding office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews from serving. 
C)  Atheists were welcome as long as they promised not to publicly attack religion. 
D)  Church attendance was mandatory, but the state did not specify which type of church. 
E)  There were no restrictions. 
A)  Settlers could belong to any denomination but had to sign an oath affirming that they would not oppress Quakers. 
B)  Holding office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews from serving. 
C)  Atheists were welcome as long as they promised not to publicly attack religion. 
D)  Church attendance was mandatory, but the state did not specify which type of church. 
E)  There were no restrictions.

Question 11

Which of the following was true of agriculture in the colonies during the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was in decline in the backcountry as compared to coastal areas. 
B)  Because New York's landlords had taken over so much land, agriculture grew more slowly in New York than in other colonies. 
C)  New England moved away from smaller farming and increasingly toward large-scale farms and plantations. 
D)  The standard of living on farms was far lower than it was in Europe. 
E)  Farmers in the Middle Colonies had no interest in the market. 
A)  It was in decline in the backcountry as compared to coastal areas. 
B)  Because New York's landlords had taken over so much land, agriculture grew more slowly in New York than in other colonies. 
C)  New England moved away from smaller farming and increasingly toward large-scale farms and plantations. 
D)  The standard of living on farms was far lower than it was in Europe. 
E)  Farmers in the Middle Colonies had no interest in the market.

Question 12

In an English colony,a person was less likely than someone in Europe to be a landowner and voter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A West African captured and sold into slavery in 1650 most likely ended up in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Massachusetts. 
B)  The West Indies. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  The Carolinas. 
E)  Virginia. 
A)  Massachusetts. 
B)  The West Indies. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  The Carolinas. 
E)  Virginia.

Question 14

As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century,what were the effects on women?

Accepted Answer

A)  They received more legal rights, such as the right to own property in their own names. 
B)  Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home. 
C)  Their workloads decreased thanks to technological advances such as the spinning wheel and to declining infant mortality rates. 
D)  Women were permitted to practice law. 
E)  Women bore so few children that population levels slightly declined in the 1740s, then stabilized until the American Revolution. 
A)  They received more legal rights, such as the right to own property in their own names. 
B)  Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home. 
C)  Their workloads decreased thanks to technological advances such as the spinning wheel and to declining infant mortality rates. 
D)  Women were permitted to practice law. 
E)  Women bore so few children that population levels slightly declined in the 1740s, then stabilized until the American Revolution.

Question 15

By the end of the seventeenth century,who was most successful at using diplomacy in securing rights to use land?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hurons. 
B)  Iroquois. 
C)  Wampanoags. 
D)  Creeks. 
E)  Powhatan. 
A)  Hurons. 
B)  Iroquois. 
C)  Wampanoags. 
D)  Creeks. 
E)  Powhatan.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Charter of Liberties and Privileges

Question 17

What historical evidence demonstrates that blacks were being held as slaves for life by the 1640s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Property registers list white servants with the number of years they were to work, but blacks (with higher valuations) had no terms of service associated with their names. 
B)  Transcripts from legislative debates in the House of Burgesses show that Virginia lawmakers were debating whether permanent slave status was a good idea. 
C)  Records of declining tobacco prices show that it had become harder to keep labor, which would have forced planters to turn increasingly to Africans and away from white servants. 
D)  There is none, because slavery did not fully exist in Virginia until after Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. 
E)  Advertisements for slaves began appearing in newspapers regularly by 1642. 
A)  Property registers list white servants with the number of years they were to work, but blacks (with higher valuations) had no terms of service associated with their names. 
B)  Transcripts from legislative debates in the House of Burgesses show that Virginia lawmakers were debating whether permanent slave status was a good idea. 
C)  Records of declining tobacco prices show that it had become harder to keep labor, which would have forced planters to turn increasingly to Africans and away from white servants. 
D)  There is none, because slavery did not fully exist in Virginia until after Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. 
E)  Advertisements for slaves began appearing in newspapers regularly by 1642.

Question 18

Rice was Carolina's major cash crop,leading to a very wealthy elite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In seventeenth-century England,the main lines of division focused on:

Accepted Answer

A)  race. 
B)  ethnicity. 
C)  political ideals. 
D)  religion. 
E)  literature. 
A)  race. 
B)  ethnicity. 
C)  political ideals. 
D)  religion. 
E)  literature.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

William Penn (1644–1718) was an English

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

In its early years,Carolina was the "colony of a colony" because its original settlers included many:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Edmund Andros

The colonists that proved most harmful to Native Americans were:

According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:

How did English rule affect the Iroquois Confederacy?

Anglicization meant that the colonial elites rejected all things British.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert "King" Carter

The ultimate goal for the English in gaining New Amsterdam and New Netherland from the Dutch was to:

Unlike slavery in America,slavery in Africa:

What was one of Pennsylvania's only restrictions on religious liberty?

Which of the following was true of agriculture in the colonies during the eighteenth century?

In an English colony,a person was less likely than someone in Europe to be a landowner and voter.

A West African captured and sold into slavery in 1650 most likely ended up in:

As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century,what were the effects on women?

By the end of the seventeenth century,who was most successful at using diplomacy in securing rights to use land?

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

What historical evidence demonstrates that blacks were being held as slaves for life by the 1640s?

Rice was Carolina's major cash crop,leading to a very wealthy elite.

In seventeenth-century England,the main lines of division focused on:

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

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

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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