Question 1

Which combination of factors account for the Powhatans´ failure to stem the tide of English expansion around the James River?

Accepted Answer

A)  The devastation of Old World diseases, a lack of unity among Indian tribes compared to the tight-knit, militarily disciplined English settlers, and the English view of the Indians as economic obstacles, rather than assets, in their quest for land 
B)  The deadly spread of malaria, the English desire to take over Indian gold mines, and the unstinting hostility of the Powhatan Indians towards the English 
C)  The failure of the English to find gold on Indian land, the hatred of John Rolfe for the Indians, and the spread of smallpox 
D)  The similarity of the Indians and the Irish in Lord De La Warr´s eyes, the susceptibility of the Indians to smallpox and measles, and the paucity of natural resources in the area 
E)  The Indians´ inability to understand the value to the English of the abundant gold deposits in the area, the Indians´ willingness to let the English settlers take their land, and the devastation of diseases like measles and smallpox 
A)  The devastation of Old World diseases, a lack of unity among Indian tribes compared to the tight-knit, militarily disciplined English settlers, and the English view of the Indians as economic obstacles, rather than assets, in their quest for land 
B)  The deadly spread of malaria, the English desire to take over Indian gold mines, and the unstinting hostility of the Powhatan Indians towards the English 
C)  The failure of the English to find gold on Indian land, the hatred of John Rolfe for the Indians, and the spread of smallpox 
D)  The similarity of the Indians and the Irish in Lord De La Warr´s eyes, the susceptibility of the Indians to smallpox and measles, and the paucity of natural resources in the area 
E)  The Indians´ inability to understand the value to the English of the abundant gold deposits in the area, the Indians´ willingness to let the English settlers take their land, and the devastation of diseases like measles and smallpox

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Oliver Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell was a key figure in Engl

Question 3

Compare and contrast the ways in which tobacco and sugar affected the social and economic development of colonial America.

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Tobacco and sugar both played significan

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-House of Burgesses

Accepted Answer

The House of Burgesses was the first rep

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-First Anglo-Powhatan War of 1614

Accepted Answer

The First Anglo-Powhatan War was a serie

Which combination of factors account for the Powhatans´ failure to stem the tide of English expansion around the James River?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Oliver Cromwell

Compare and contrast the ways in which tobacco and sugar affected the social and economic development of colonial America.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -House of Burgesses

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -First Anglo-Powhatan War of 1614

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

Which combination of factors account for the Powhatans´ failure to stem the tide of English expansion around the James River?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Oliver Cromwell

Compare and contrast the ways in which tobacco and sugar affected the social and economic development of colonial America.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -House of Burgesses

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -First Anglo-Powhatan War of 1614

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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