Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A royal charter is a formal grant issued

Question 2

What lessons do you think English colonists learned from their early Jamestown experience? Focus on matters of fulfilling expectations,financial support,leadership skills,and relations with the Indians.What specific developments illustrate that the English living in the plantation colonies tried to apply these lessons?

Accepted Answer

The English colonists learned several im

Question 3

Relations between the English colonists and the Powhatan were at first conciliatory,but remained tense,especially

Accepted Answer

A)  when the English attempted to capture all the Indians from his tribe. 
B)  as the Indians attempted to assimilate into the English culture. 
C)  as the starving colonists took to raiding Indian food supplies. 
D)  when the Indians joined tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy to unite against the English. 
E)  when Powhatan allied with the Spanish. 
A)  when the English attempted to capture all the Indians from his tribe. 
B)  as the Indians attempted to assimilate into the English culture. 
C)  as the starving colonists took to raiding Indian food supplies. 
D)  when the Indians joined tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy to unite against the English. 
E)  when Powhatan allied with the Spanish.

Question 4

Like Virginia,Maryland

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A)  cultivated tobacco on plantations. 
B)  was founded as a religious refuge. 
C)  created a high demand for labor. 
D)  was founded by a joint-stock company. 
E)  had a house of Burgesses. 
A)  cultivated tobacco on plantations. 
B)  was founded as a religious refuge. 
C)  created a high demand for labor. 
D)  was founded by a joint-stock company. 
E)  had a house of Burgesses.

Question 5

The Iroquois leader who helped his nation revive its old customs was

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A)  Powhatan. 
B)  Handsome Lake. 
C)  Pocahontas. 
D)  De La Warr. 
E)  Pontiac. 
A)  Powhatan. 
B)  Handsome Lake. 
C)  Pocahontas. 
D)  De La Warr. 
E)  Pontiac.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Spanish Armada

Accepted Answer

The Spanish Armada was a fleet of ships

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The House of Burgesses was the first rep

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elizabeth I

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I, also known as Elizabeth Tud

Question 10

A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 was to

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A)  establish a defensive buffer against Spanish colonies in the South. 
B)  be financially profitable and create a refuge for the Catholics. 
C)  help the Protestants, by giving them a safe haven. 
D)  allow Lord Baltimore to keep all the land for himself. 
E)  repudiate the feudal way of life. 
A)  establish a defensive buffer against Spanish colonies in the South. 
B)  be financially profitable and create a refuge for the Catholics. 
C)  help the Protestants, by giving them a safe haven. 
D)  allow Lord Baltimore to keep all the land for himself. 
E)  repudiate the feudal way of life.

Question 11

The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except

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A)  the destruction of the soil. 
B)  a great demand for controlled labor. 
C)  soaring prosperity in the colony. 
D)  diversification of the colony's economy. 
E)  the broad-acred plantation system. 
A)  the destruction of the soil. 
B)  a great demand for controlled labor. 
C)  soaring prosperity in the colony. 
D)  diversification of the colony's economy. 
E)  the broad-acred plantation system.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

After the purchases of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers,additional purchases of Africans were few because

Accepted Answer

A)  they were poor workers. 
B)  many colonists were morally opposed to slavery. 
C)  their labor was not needed. 
D)  indentured servants refused to work with them. 
E)  they were too costly. 
A)  they were poor workers. 
B)  many colonists were morally opposed to slavery. 
C)  their labor was not needed. 
D)  indentured servants refused to work with them. 
E)  they were too costly.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Walter Raleigh

Accepted Answer

Walter Raleigh (also spelled Ralegh) was

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A nation-state is a political entity cha

Question 16

Analyze the contribution to European expansion by two of the following developments:
Renaissance thought
Search for new trade routes
New development in technology

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance thought and the search f

Question 17

Identify the statement that is false.

Accepted Answer

A)  England's victory over the Spanish Armada helped ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic. 
B)  England never experienced any religious unity or stability as it continued to have years and years of bloody warfare over religious radicalism. 
C)  England's victory over the Spanish Armada started England on its way to becoming master of the world oceans. 
D)  England had a strong, unified national state under a popular monarch. 
E)  England had a strong vibrant sense of nationalism and national destiny. 
A)  England's victory over the Spanish Armada helped ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic. 
B)  England never experienced any religious unity or stability as it continued to have years and years of bloody warfare over religious radicalism. 
C)  England's victory over the Spanish Armada started England on its way to becoming master of the world oceans. 
D)  England had a strong, unified national state under a popular monarch. 
E)  England had a strong vibrant sense of nationalism and national destiny.

Question 18

Two major exports of the Carolinas were

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A)  rice and Indian slaves. 
B)  sugar and corn. 
C)  tobacco and furs. 
D)  black slaves and cotton. 
E)  sugar and cotton. 
A)  rice and Indian slaves. 
B)  sugar and corn. 
C)  tobacco and furs. 
D)  black slaves and cotton. 
E)  sugar and cotton.

Question 19

Write your definition of progress.Then use this definition to demonstrate that the discovery of America did or did not lead to progress in human history.

Accepted Answer

Progress can be defined as the advanceme

Question 20

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Roanoke Island

Accepted Answer

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

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

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

Relations between the English colonists and the Powhatan were at first conciliatory,but remained tense,especially

Like Virginia,Maryland

The Iroquois leader who helped his nation revive its old customs was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Spanish Armada

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elizabeth I

A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 was to

The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except

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

After the purchases of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers,additional purchases of Africans were few because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Walter Raleigh

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

Analyze the contribution to European expansion by two of the following developments: Renaissance thought Search for new trade routes New development in technology

Identify the statement that is false.

Two major exports of the Carolinas were

Write your definition of progress.Then use this definition to demonstrate that the discovery of America did or did not lead to progress in human history.

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Roanoke Island

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

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

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

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

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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