Question 1

Bacon's Rebellion was caused by a conflict between blacks and whites in Virginia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

As in the Spanish empire,British North America developed a distinctive mulatto,or mixed-race,class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

Accepted Answer

A)  resulted mainly from the fears of English aristocrats that the birth of James II's son would lead to a Catholic succession. 
B)  ended parliamentary rule in Great Britain until Queen Anne's War in 1702. 
C)  was the work of an ambitious Danish prince out to avenge his father's murder by a British nobleman. 
D)  had no impact on the British colonies in America. 
E)  prompted Scotland's secession from Great Britain and thus a reduction in Scotch-Irish immigration to the colonies. 
A)  resulted mainly from the fears of English aristocrats that the birth of James II's son would lead to a Catholic succession. 
B)  ended parliamentary rule in Great Britain until Queen Anne's War in 1702. 
C)  was the work of an ambitious Danish prince out to avenge his father's murder by a British nobleman. 
D)  had no impact on the British colonies in America. 
E)  prompted Scotland's secession from Great Britain and thus a reduction in Scotch-Irish immigration to the colonies.

Question 4

Which of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  a single young woman whose attractiveness meant that some saw her as a threat to Puritan values. 
B)  a married woman who normally was subservient to her husband and the community, which made her behavior seem all the more bizarre. 
C)  a widow who presumably was too lonely or too dependent on the community to be taken seriously, but who had to be tried and convicted to keep others from thinking similarly. 
D)  a married woman who had just lost a child. 
E)  a woman beyond childbearing age who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband. 
A)  a single young woman whose attractiveness meant that some saw her as a threat to Puritan values. 
B)  a married woman who normally was subservient to her husband and the community, which made her behavior seem all the more bizarre. 
C)  a widow who presumably was too lonely or too dependent on the community to be taken seriously, but who had to be tried and convicted to keep others from thinking similarly. 
D)  a married woman who had just lost a child. 
E)  a woman beyond childbearing age who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband.

Question 5

The separation of church and state:

Accepted Answer

A)  existed only in Virginia and North Carolina. 
B)  was due largely to the increasing Jewish presence in the colonies. 
C)  was in the majority of colonies because of the proliferation of many different Protestant groups. 
D)  expanded in the colonies because of the English Civil War. 
E)  was not the norm, as most colonies had taxes to pay the salary of clergy. 
A)  existed only in Virginia and North Carolina. 
B)  was due largely to the increasing Jewish presence in the colonies. 
C)  was in the majority of colonies because of the proliferation of many different Protestant groups. 
D)  expanded in the colonies because of the English Civil War. 
E)  was not the norm, as most colonies had taxes to pay the salary of clergy.

Question 6

English observers of New Netherland believed religious toleration led to Dutch prosperity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it was a longer trip from Africa to North America, making slavery less profitable. 
B)  planters in Virginia and Maryland agreed that indentured servants were far less troublesome. 
C)  the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time. 
D)  Parliament passed a law in 1643 that gave tax breaks to British West Indian planters who imported slaves but not to American colonists who imported slaves. 
E)  those living in the British West Indies opposed slavery until the American colonies won their independence in the Revolutionary War. 
A)  it was a longer trip from Africa to North America, making slavery less profitable. 
B)  planters in Virginia and Maryland agreed that indentured servants were far less troublesome. 
C)  the high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time. 
D)  Parliament passed a law in 1643 that gave tax breaks to British West Indian planters who imported slaves but not to American colonists who imported slaves. 
E)  those living in the British West Indies opposed slavery until the American colonies won their independence in the Revolutionary War.

Question 8

Race and racism are modern concepts and had not been fully developed by the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William of Orange

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 10

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England.What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies,what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century,and what was life like for them?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain why the colonies had fewer people...

Question 11

Which of the following was true of poverty in the colonial period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poverty was greater in the colonies than it was in Great Britain, which had more economic activity. 
B)  The percentage of colonists living in poverty was great because the northern colonists considered slaves poverty-stricken. 
C)  Limited supplies of land, especially for inheritance, contributed to poverty. 
D)  Colonists differed greatly from the British back in England in how they viewed poverty and those living in poverty. 
E)  It declined in the cities because of the rise of consumer markets. 
A)  Poverty was greater in the colonies than it was in Great Britain, which had more economic activity. 
B)  The percentage of colonists living in poverty was great because the northern colonists considered slaves poverty-stricken. 
C)  Limited supplies of land, especially for inheritance, contributed to poverty. 
D)  Colonists differed greatly from the British back in England in how they viewed poverty and those living in poverty. 
E)  It declined in the cities because of the rise of consumer markets.

Question 12

Most of those accused of witchcraft in Salem were young children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

When England gained control of New York from the Dutch,what happened to African-Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  They banned the institution of slavery in their new colony. 
B)  They introduced the practice of slavery in New York. 
C)  The free black population gained more job opportunities. 
D)  The English moved the free black population to nearby New Jersey. 
E)  Free blacks lost employment opportunities in skilled jobs. 
A)  They banned the institution of slavery in their new colony. 
B)  They introduced the practice of slavery in New York. 
C)  The free black population gained more job opportunities. 
D)  The English moved the free black population to nearby New Jersey. 
E)  Free blacks lost employment opportunities in skilled jobs.

Question 14

Charleston was the richest city in British North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage:

Accepted Answer

A)  every other colonial assembly followed suit. 
B)  Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion. 
C)  it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians. 
D)  mass protests followed. 
E)  slaves quit attending church. 
A)  every other colonial assembly followed suit. 
B)  Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion. 
C)  it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians. 
D)  mass protests followed. 
E)  slaves quit attending church.

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Bacon's Rebellion

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 17

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  A large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants. 
B)  Generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers. 
C)  Changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters, who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will. 
D)  The replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations. 
E)  An order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the militia. 
A)  A large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants. 
B)  Generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers. 
C)  Changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters, who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will. 
D)  The replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations. 
E)  An order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the militia.

Question 18

The first English Navigation Act,adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:

Accepted Answer

A)  required the Royal Navy to use only Protestant navigators on its ships. 
B)  aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch. 
C)  freed England's North American colonies from economic regulations (to stimulate prosperity). 
D)  added New Netherland to the British empire. 
E)  authorized several mapmaking expeditions to the New World. 
A)  required the Royal Navy to use only Protestant navigators on its ships. 
B)  aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch. 
C)  freed England's North American colonies from economic regulations (to stimulate prosperity). 
D)  added New Netherland to the British empire. 
E)  authorized several mapmaking expeditions to the New World.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

William Berkeley (1605-1677) was a colon

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The title "Duke of York" has been signif

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Bacon's Rebellion was caused by a conflict between blacks and whites in Virginia.

As in the Spanish empire,British North America developed a distinctive mulatto,or mixed-race,class.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

Which of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England?

The separation of church and state:

English observers of New Netherland believed religious toleration led to Dutch prosperity.

Slavery developed more slowly in North America than in the English West Indies because:

Race and racism are modern concepts and had not been fully developed by the seventeenth century.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William of Orange

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England.What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies,what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century,and what was life like for them?

Which of the following was true of poverty in the colonial period?

Most of those accused of witchcraft in Salem were young children.

When England gained control of New York from the Dutch,what happened to African-Americans?

Charleston was the richest city in British North America.

When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Bacon's Rebellion

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

The first English Navigation Act,adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:

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

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

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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