Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Francis Drake

Accepted Answer

Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596) was an En

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The Act of Toleration, formally known as

Question 3

The financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by

Accepted Answer

A)  a joint-stock company. 
B)  a royal proprietor. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth II. 
D)  the law of primogeniture. 
E)  an expanding wool trade. 
A)  a joint-stock company. 
B)  a royal proprietor. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth II. 
D)  the law of primogeniture. 
E)  an expanding wool trade.

Question 4

The statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originated in

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A)  England. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  Brazil. 
D)  Barbados. 
E)  Spain. 
A)  England. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  Brazil. 
D)  Barbados. 
E)  Spain.

Question 5

The English treatment of the Irish,under the reign of Elizabeth I,can best be described as

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A)  firm but fair. 
B)  better than their treatment of any English subjects. 
C)  the prime example of salutary neglect. 
D)  violent and unjust. 
E)  supportive of their Catholic faith. 
A)  firm but fair. 
B)  better than their treatment of any English subjects. 
C)  the prime example of salutary neglect. 
D)  violent and unjust. 
E)  supportive of their Catholic faith.

Question 6

By 1750,all the southern plantation colonies

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A)  based their economies on the production of staple crops for export. 
B)  practiced slavery. 
C)  provided tax support for the Church of England. 
D)  had few large cities. 
E)  All of these 
A)  based their economies on the production of staple crops for export. 
B)  practiced slavery. 
C)  provided tax support for the Church of England. 
D)  had few large cities. 
E)  All of these

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry VIII

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII (1491–1547) was King of Engla

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Santa Fe

Accepted Answer

Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, hol

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Barbados slave code

Accepted Answer

The Barbados Slave Code was a set of law

Question 10

Captain John Smith's role at Jamestown can best be described as

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A)  very limited. 
B)  saving the colony from collapse. 
C)  persuading the colonists to continue their hunt for gold. 
D)  worsening the colonists' relationship with the Indians. 
E)  reducing the terrible death toll. 
A)  very limited. 
B)  saving the colony from collapse. 
C)  persuading the colonists to continue their hunt for gold. 
D)  worsening the colonists' relationship with the Indians. 
E)  reducing the terrible death toll.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Handsome Lake

Accepted Answer

Handsome Lake (1735–1815) was a Seneca r

Question 12

In 1650,Virginia counted only 300 blacks in its population,although by the end of the century,blacks,most of them enslaved,made up approximately ____ percent of the colony's population.

Accepted Answer

A)  6 
B)  14 
C)  25 
D)  56 
E)  73 
A)  6 
B)  14 
C)  25 
D)  56 
E)  73

Question 13

All of the following provided motives for English colonization except

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A)  unemployment. 
B)  thirst for adventure. 
C)  desire for markets. 
D)  desire for religious freedom. 
E)  need for a place to exploit slave labor. 
A)  unemployment. 
B)  thirst for adventure. 
C)  desire for markets. 
D)  desire for religious freedom. 
E)  need for a place to exploit slave labor.

Question 14

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ North Carolina

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 15

On the eve of its colonizing adventure,England possessed a

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A)  unified national state. 
B)  measure of religious unity. 
C)  sense of nationalism. 
D)  popular monarch. 
E)  All of these 
A)  unified national state. 
B)  measure of religious unity. 
C)  sense of nationalism. 
D)  popular monarch. 
E)  All of these

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Second Anglo-Powhatan War was a conf

Question 17

The colony of Georgia was founded

Accepted Answer

A)  by a joint-stock company. 
B)  as a defensive buffer against Spain for the valuable Carolinas. 
C)  by eight proprietors chosen by Charles II. 
D)  in the seventeenth century. 
E)  to supply New England with much-needed African slaves. 
A)  by a joint-stock company. 
B)  as a defensive buffer against Spain for the valuable Carolinas. 
C)  by eight proprietors chosen by Charles II. 
D)  in the seventeenth century. 
E)  to supply New England with much-needed African slaves.

Question 18

In many ways,North Carolina was the least typical of the five plantation colonies.Describe the unique features of colonial North Carolina,and explain why this colony was so unlike its southern neighbors.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In many ways,North Carolina was the least...

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Town

Accepted Answer

Charles Town, now known as Charleston, i

Question 20

The result of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1644 can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  halting white settlement on the frontier. 
B)  returning the Chesapeake Indians to their ancestral lands. 
C)  making peaceful coexistence possible between the European and native peoples. 
D)  ending any chance of assimilating the native peoples into Virginia society. 
E)  bringing together areas of white and Indian settlement. 
A)  halting white settlement on the frontier. 
B)  returning the Chesapeake Indians to their ancestral lands. 
C)  making peaceful coexistence possible between the European and native peoples. 
D)  ending any chance of assimilating the native peoples into Virginia society. 
E)  bringing together areas of white and Indian settlement.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Francis Drake

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

The financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by

The statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originated in

The English treatment of the Irish,under the reign of Elizabeth I,can best be described as

By 1750,all the southern plantation colonies

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry VIII

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Santa Fe

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Barbados slave code

Captain John Smith's role at Jamestown can best be described as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Handsome Lake

In 1650,Virginia counted only 300 blacks in its population,although by the end of the century,blacks,most of them enslaved,made up approximately ____ percent of the colony's population.

All of the following provided motives for English colonization except

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ North Carolina

On the eve of its colonizing adventure,England possessed a

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

The colony of Georgia was founded

In many ways,North Carolina was the least typical of the five plantation colonies.Describe the unique features of colonial North Carolina,and explain why this colony was so unlike its southern neighbors.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Town

The result of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1644 can best be described as

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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

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Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

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The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

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Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

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