Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Act of Toleration

Accepted Answer

The Act of Toleration, formally known as

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"rights of Englishmen"

Accepted Answer

The "rights of Englishmen" refers to the

Question 3

Which phrase best describes England's interest in the early 1500s in establishing overseas colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fervent and religiously motivated 
B)  Tepid, with limited forays into colonization 
C)  Virtually non-existent 
D)  Incredibly strong 
E)  Dangerously overambitious 
A)  Fervent and religiously motivated 
B)  Tepid, with limited forays into colonization 
C)  Virtually non-existent 
D)  Incredibly strong 
E)  Dangerously overambitious

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Humphrey Gilbert

Accepted Answer

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 Septem

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"starving time"

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-barter-and-exchange network

Accepted Answer

A barter-and-exchange network refers to

Question 7

Where did the statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originate?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  Virginia 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Caribbean Islands 
E)  Canada 
A)  England 
B)  Virginia 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Caribbean Islands 
E)  Canada

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-backcountry planters

Accepted Answer

The backcountry planters were a group of

Question 9

What most distinguished North Carolina from the neighboring colonies to the north and south?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its staunch defense of Indian rights 
B)  Its vegetation 
C)  Its tendency toward democratic principles 
D)  Its aristocratic cast 
E)  Its successful resistance to the importation of slave labor 
A)  Its staunch defense of Indian rights 
B)  Its vegetation 
C)  Its tendency toward democratic principles 
D)  Its aristocratic cast 
E)  Its successful resistance to the importation of slave labor

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-religious toleration

Accepted Answer

Religious toleration refers to the condi

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pocahontas

Accepted Answer

Pocahontas, whose real name was Amonute

Question 12

Why did the Lakota (Sioux)change from a sedentary forest-dwelling people to nomadic hunters living on the Great Plains?

Accepted Answer

A)  They lost most means of economic sustenance. 
B)  They began to live in larger agricultural towns. 
C)  They began to engage in warfare with other Indians. 
D)  They lost their oral traditions. 
E)  They acquired horses from the Spanish. 
A)  They lost most means of economic sustenance. 
B)  They began to live in larger agricultural towns. 
C)  They began to engage in warfare with other Indians. 
D)  They lost their oral traditions. 
E)  They acquired horses from the Spanish.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Protestant Reformation

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Reformation was a major r

Question 14

Spain's empire passed its peak and began its slow decline with the

Accepted Answer

A)  War of Spanish Succession. 
B)  defeat of the Spanish Armada. 
C)  loss of Brazil. 
D)  Treaty of Tordesillas. 
E)  conquest of Mexico by Portugal. 
A)  War of Spanish Succession. 
B)  defeat of the Spanish Armada. 
C)  loss of Brazil. 
D)  Treaty of Tordesillas. 
E)  conquest of Mexico by Portugal.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-nationalism

Accepted Answer

Nationalism is an ideological concept th

Question 16

Did Maryland fulfill Lord Baltimore´s hope of creating a vast domain modeled on feudal lines?

Accepted Answer

A)  No, it was soon the home of huge slave-based cotton plantations. 
B)  No, many of the would-be feudal peasants insisted on farming their own land as backcountry planters. 
C)  Yes, Maryland´s large estates drew many willing servants and embodied feudalism at its most successful. 
D)  No, a rebellion of poorer farmers in Maryland saw larger estates broken up and confiscated for redistribution. 
E)  Yes, but feudal-style farming proved unprofitable and was quickly abandoned. 
A)  No, it was soon the home of huge slave-based cotton plantations. 
B)  No, many of the would-be feudal peasants insisted on farming their own land as backcountry planters. 
C)  Yes, Maryland´s large estates drew many willing servants and embodied feudalism at its most successful. 
D)  No, a rebellion of poorer farmers in Maryland saw larger estates broken up and confiscated for redistribution. 
E)  Yes, but feudal-style farming proved unprofitable and was quickly abandoned.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lords Proprietors

Accepted Answer

The Lords Proprietors refer to a group o

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-charter

Accepted Answer

A charter is a formal document that gran

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"sea dogs"

Accepted Answer

"Sea dogs" were a group of sea captains

Question 20

The Virginia Charter guaranteed that English settlers in the New World would

Accepted Answer

A)  receive land parcels of 40 acres each. 
B)  enjoy freedom of religion. 
C)  be entitled to establish a separate government from that of England. 
D)  retain the rights of Englishmen. 
E)  conduct trade only with England and those countries approved by the British government. 
A)  receive land parcels of 40 acres each. 
B)  enjoy freedom of religion. 
C)  be entitled to establish a separate government from that of England. 
D)  retain the rights of Englishmen. 
E)  conduct trade only with England and those countries approved by the British government.

Exam 2: The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Act of Toleration

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"rights of Englishmen"

Which phrase best describes England's interest in the early 1500s in establishing overseas colonies?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Humphrey Gilbert

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"starving time"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -barter-and-exchange network

Where did the statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originate?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -backcountry planters

What most distinguished North Carolina from the neighboring colonies to the north and south?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -religious toleration

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pocahontas

Why did the Lakota (Sioux)change from a sedentary forest-dwelling people to nomadic hunters living on the Great Plains?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Protestant Reformation

Spain's empire passed its peak and began its slow decline with the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -nationalism

Did Maryland fulfill Lord Baltimore´s hope of creating a vast domain modeled on feudal lines?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lords Proprietors

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -charter

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"sea dogs"

The Virginia Charter guaranteed that English settlers in the New World would

New World Beginnings

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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