Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Anthony Johnson

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 2

Nathaniel Bacon:

Accepted Answer

A)  actually was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him. 
B)  had no connection to Virginia's wealthiest planters. 
C)  won unanimous support for his effort to reduce taxes, but his effort to remove all Native Americans from the colony doomed his rebellion. 
D)  burned down Jamestown but never succeeded in taking over the colony or driving out Governor Berkeley. 
E)  was the first colonist to open his own slaughterhouse. 
A)  actually was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him. 
B)  had no connection to Virginia's wealthiest planters. 
C)  won unanimous support for his effort to reduce taxes, but his effort to remove all Native Americans from the colony doomed his rebellion. 
D)  burned down Jamestown but never succeeded in taking over the colony or driving out Governor Berkeley. 
E)  was the first colonist to open his own slaughterhouse.

Question 3

The letter from the Swiss-German immigrant would have

Accepted Answer

A)  served to deter other immigrants coming to America. 
B)  attracted immigrants facing starvation. 
C)  led to more Germans coming for religious freedom. 
D)  attracted slaveowners. 
E)  served as a cautionary tale about colonial taxes. 
A)  served to deter other immigrants coming to America. 
B)  attracted immigrants facing starvation. 
C)  led to more Germans coming for religious freedom. 
D)  attracted slaveowners. 
E)  served as a cautionary tale about colonial taxes.

Question 4

Which of the following best sums up population diversity in colonial English America?

Accepted Answer

A)  From the beginning of English settlement, the colonies were highly diverse in race and religion. 
B)  England originally promoted emigration to the colonies as a means of ridding itself of excess population but cut back in the eighteenth century. 
C)  Men and women arrived in almost equal numbers because English officials encouraged women to leave, believing that fewer women in the mother country would equal slower population growth. 
D)  England urged professionals and skilled craftspeople to go to its colonies in America because it wanted to create a model society there, but eventually it began to urge vagabonds and "masterless men" to go instead. 
E)  Germans were the only non-British group allowed to live in the colonies. 
A)  From the beginning of English settlement, the colonies were highly diverse in race and religion. 
B)  England originally promoted emigration to the colonies as a means of ridding itself of excess population but cut back in the eighteenth century. 
C)  Men and women arrived in almost equal numbers because English officials encouraged women to leave, believing that fewer women in the mother country would equal slower population growth. 
D)  England urged professionals and skilled craftspeople to go to its colonies in America because it wanted to create a model society there, but eventually it began to urge vagabonds and "masterless men" to go instead. 
E)  Germans were the only non-British group allowed to live in the colonies.

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-King Philip

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 6

Captain Jacob Leisler,the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros, who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England. 
B)  was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years. 
C)  was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution. 
D)  sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war. 
E)  slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades. 
A)  was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros, who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England. 
B)  was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years. 
C)  was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution. 
D)  sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war. 
E)  slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades.

Question 7

New Netherland never became an important or sizable colony in the Dutch empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  The economy was doing so well that even though they made less money than large-scale planters, their problems were too small to justify their rebellion. 
B)  They had access to the best land, but a glut in the tobacco market left them in poverty. 
C)  Their taxes were incredibly low-the one issue with which they were pleased. 
D)  They could count on the government to help them take over Native American lands and thereby expand their meager holdings. 
E)  The lack of good land, high taxes on tobacco, and falling prices reduced their prospects. 
A)  The economy was doing so well that even though they made less money than large-scale planters, their problems were too small to justify their rebellion. 
B)  They had access to the best land, but a glut in the tobacco market left them in poverty. 
C)  Their taxes were incredibly low-the one issue with which they were pleased. 
D)  They could count on the government to help them take over Native American lands and thereby expand their meager holdings. 
E)  The lack of good land, high taxes on tobacco, and falling prices reduced their prospects.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Leisler's Rebellion was a brief uprising

Question 10

German immigrants greatly enhanced the ethnic and religious diversity of Britain's colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Some colonial towns would "warn out" victims of poverty,meaning these poor people were expelled from the town.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Parliament enacted a bill of rights upon the completion of the Glorious Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

"Liberty of conscience," wrote a German newcomer in 1739,was the "chief virtue" of British North America,"and on this score I do not repent my immigration." Explain what he meant by that remark.What did immigrants find attractive about the British colonies? What liberties and freedoms were available to the newcomers?

Accepted Answer

The answer of "Liberty of conscience," wrote a German newcomer...

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Navigation Act

Accepted Answer

A) elites in America becoming more culturally English 
B) allowed Protestant Dissenters to worship freely in England 
C) government regulation of the nation's economy (to assure national power) 
D) placed William of Orange on the English throne 
E) had a monopoly on the slave trade
F)a very liberal frame for government
G)English demanded this over their former Dutch rulers
H)agreement between New York and Iroquois
I)believed in the equality of all persons
J)law that regulated the shipping and selling of colonial products
K)the poor of Virginia demand change
L)war between New Englanders and Indians 
A) elites in America becoming more culturally English 
B) allowed Protestant Dissenters to worship freely in England 
C) government regulation of the nation's economy (to assure national power) 
D) placed William of Orange on the English throne 
E) had a monopoly on the slave trade
F)a very liberal frame for government
G)English demanded this over their former Dutch rulers
H)agreement between New York and Iroquois
I)believed in the equality of all persons
J)law that regulated the shipping and selling of colonial products
K)the poor of Virginia demand change
L)war between New Englanders and Indians

Question 15

For an eighteenth-century middle-class colonial woman,what would have been the top priority in daily life?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helping her artisan husband make his product. 
B)  Taking to market corn harvested by her husband. 
C)  Cooking the family meals. 
D)  Teaching her children to sing and dance properly. 
E)  Keeping a family journal. 
A)  Helping her artisan husband make his product. 
B)  Taking to market corn harvested by her husband. 
C)  Cooking the family meals. 
D)  Teaching her children to sing and dance properly. 
E)  Keeping a family journal.

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William Penn

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 17

Indians in eighteenth-century British America:

Accepted Answer

A)  were well integrated into the British imperial system. 
B)  benefited from the Walking Purchase of 1737. 
C)  were viewed in the same way by traders, British officials, and farmers. 
D)  never warred with the colonists. 
E)  had access to the liberties guaranteed to Englishmen. 
A)  were well integrated into the British imperial system. 
B)  benefited from the Walking Purchase of 1737. 
C)  were viewed in the same way by traders, British officials, and farmers. 
D)  never warred with the colonists. 
E)  had access to the liberties guaranteed to Englishmen.

Question 18

Over the course of the eighteenth century in colonial America,the:

Accepted Answer

A)  percentage of landowners increased in urban areas. 
B)  economic rights of slaves increased. 
C)  wealthy wanted to spread the wealth to decrease poverty. 
D)  percentage of landowners became less in the colonies than in England. 
E)  rich became richer. 
A)  percentage of landowners increased in urban areas. 
B)  economic rights of slaves increased. 
C)  wealthy wanted to spread the wealth to decrease poverty. 
D)  percentage of landowners became less in the colonies than in England. 
E)  rich became richer.

Question 19

"North America at mid-eighteenth century was home to a remarkable diversity of people and different kinds of social organization." In a thoughtful essay,defend this statement,touching on each of the colonies,the various groups of people living in those colonies,and the freedoms and liberties extended to them.

Accepted Answer

In the mid-eighteenth century, North Ame

Question 20

By the eighteenth century,colonial farm families:

Accepted Answer

A)  almost always owned at least three slaves. 
B)  were in decline as bigger cities like Philadelphia expanded. 
C)  saw freedom as depending on their political rights, not their ownership of property. 
D)  viewed land ownership almost as a right, a precondition of freedom. 
E)  engaged in arranged intermarriages. 
A)  almost always owned at least three slaves. 
B)  were in decline as bigger cities like Philadelphia expanded. 
C)  saw freedom as depending on their political rights, not their ownership of property. 
D)  viewed land ownership almost as a right, a precondition of freedom. 
E)  engaged in arranged intermarriages.

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Anthony Johnson

Nathaniel Bacon:

The letter from the Swiss-German immigrant would have

Which of the following best sums up population diversity in colonial English America?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -King Philip

Captain Jacob Leisler,the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689:

New Netherland never became an important or sizable colony in the Dutch empire.

Which of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia?

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

German immigrants greatly enhanced the ethnic and religious diversity of Britain's colonies.

Some colonial towns would "warn out" victims of poverty,meaning these poor people were expelled from the town.

Parliament enacted a bill of rights upon the completion of the Glorious Revolution.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Navigation Act

For an eighteenth-century middle-class colonial woman,what would have been the top priority in daily life?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Penn

Indians in eighteenth-century British America:

Over the course of the eighteenth century in colonial America,the:

By the eighteenth century,colonial farm families:

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