Question 1

Delaware was originally part of Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

James I:

Accepted Answer

A)  confronted a Church of England that was divided between Puritans and Anglicans 
B)  openly favored the Puritans 
C)  recognized the supreme authority of Parliament 
D)  conquered Scotland 
E)  was wise and open-minded 
A)  confronted a Church of England that was divided between Puritans and Anglicans 
B)  openly favored the Puritans 
C)  recognized the supreme authority of Parliament 
D)  conquered Scotland 
E)  was wise and open-minded

Question 3

Discuss the various ways in which domestic political affairs in Britain affected colonization in the New World.

Accepted Answer

Effect of Colonization on Britain domest

Question 4

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-William Penn

Accepted Answer

A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia 
A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia

Question 5

A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Barbados 
B)  Maryland 
C)  Jamaica 
D)  Georgia 
E)  North Carolina 
A)  Barbados 
B)  Maryland 
C)  Jamaica 
D)  Georgia 
E)  North Carolina

Question 6

For the Pequots, the result of the 1637 war that they fought with New England settlers was:

Accepted Answer

A)  retention of most of their traditional lands 
B)  a religious crisis 
C)  slaughter and enslavement 
D)  revenge for the previous cruelties of the English 
E)  leadership of all other Indians in the region 
A)  retention of most of their traditional lands 
B)  a religious crisis 
C)  slaughter and enslavement 
D)  revenge for the previous cruelties of the English 
E)  leadership of all other Indians in the region

Question 7

Discuss the impact Bacon's Rebellion had on indentured servitude and African slavery.

Accepted Answer

Bacon's Rebellion had a significant impa

Question 8

Puritans sought to have Indians :

Accepted Answer

A)  executed when convicted of even minor crimes 
B)  pushed farther to the north and west 
C)  move to "praying towns" 
D)  move into English settlements 
E)  relocate to Rhode Island with Roger Williams 
A)  executed when convicted of even minor crimes 
B)  pushed farther to the north and west 
C)  move to "praying towns" 
D)  move into English settlements 
E)  relocate to Rhode Island with Roger Williams

Question 9

In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of:

Accepted Answer

A)  slaving activity 
B)  conversion to Christianity 
C)  raiding Indian villages to capture children 
D)  dishonest treaty making 
E)  missionary activity 
A)  slaving activity 
B)  conversion to Christianity 
C)  raiding Indian villages to capture children 
D)  dishonest treaty making 
E)  missionary activity

Question 10

Peter Stuyvesant was the defiant governor of Rhode Island.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-James Oglethorpe

Accepted Answer

A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia 
A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia

Question 12

The English Puritans :

Accepted Answer

A)  converted James I to their perspective 
B)  rejected the doctrines of Martin Luther 
C)  opposed Catholic elements in the Church of England 
D)  believed in religious freedom 
E)  believed people could be saved by their own actions, not just by God's grace 
A)  converted James I to their perspective 
B)  rejected the doctrines of Martin Luther 
C)  opposed Catholic elements in the Church of England 
D)  believed in religious freedom 
E)  believed people could be saved by their own actions, not just by God's grace

Question 13

One in six captives died during the Middle Passage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A major cause of King Philip's War was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Indian resentment over forced conversions to Christianity 
B)  King Philip's desire for territorial expansion 
C)  Indian anger over their destruction from European diseases 
D)  Indian feelings of racial superiority over the English 
E)  the need of Indian warriors to prove themselves in battle 
A)  Indian resentment over forced conversions to Christianity 
B)  King Philip's desire for territorial expansion 
C)  Indian anger over their destruction from European diseases 
D)  Indian feelings of racial superiority over the English 
E)  the need of Indian warriors to prove themselves in battle

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT true of the Iroquois League?

Accepted Answer

A)  was governed by the Great Law of Peace 
B)  was primarily based along the Mississippi River 
C)  was involved in the beaver pelt trade with the Dutch and English 
D)  was made up of the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Cayuga 
E)  believed in principles of equity and justice 
A)  was governed by the Great Law of Peace 
B)  was primarily based along the Mississippi River 
C)  was involved in the beaver pelt trade with the Dutch and English 
D)  was made up of the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Cayuga 
E)  believed in principles of equity and justice

Question 16

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John Winthrop

Accepted Answer

A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia 
A) Carolina 
B) Georgia 
C) Maryland 
D) Massachusetts Bay 
E) New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia

Question 17

When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill," he was referring to that colony's desire to:

Accepted Answer

A)  be financially successful 
B)  become independent of England 
C)  serve as a model Christian community 
D)  establish an ideal government 
E)  convert the Indians to Christianity 
A)  be financially successful 
B)  become independent of England 
C)  serve as a model Christian community 
D)  establish an ideal government 
E)  convert the Indians to Christianity

Question 18

Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:

Accepted Answer

A)  debtors 
B)  Puritans 
C)  ex-convicts 
D)  Anglicans 
E)  English Catholics 
A)  debtors 
B)  Puritans 
C)  ex-convicts 
D)  Anglicans 
E)  English Catholics

Question 19

For the English preparing to colonize America, one model of settlement was provided by their country's prior experience in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa 
B)  Scotland 
C)  Iceland 
D)  Ireland 
E)  the Canary Islands 
A)  Africa 
B)  Scotland 
C)  Iceland 
D)  Ireland 
E)  the Canary Islands

Question 20

Maryland sought to learn from the mistakes of Jamestown by:

Accepted Answer

A)  focusing all of its energies on tobacco 
B)  instituting an official religion 
C)  promoting unlimited pursuit of wealth 
D)  encouraging widespread settlement 
E)  recruiting a more committed group of colonists 
A)  focusing all of its energies on tobacco 
B)  instituting an official religion 
C)  promoting unlimited pursuit of wealth 
D)  encouraging widespread settlement 
E)  recruiting a more committed group of colonists

Exam 2: England’s Colonies

Delaware was originally part of Pennsylvania.

James I:

Discuss the various ways in which domestic political affairs in Britain affected colonization in the New World.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -William Penn

A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:

For the Pequots, the result of the 1637 war that they fought with New England settlers was:

Discuss the impact Bacon's Rebellion had on indentured servitude and African slavery.

Puritans sought to have Indians :

In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of:

Peter Stuyvesant was the defiant governor of Rhode Island.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -James Oglethorpe

The English Puritans :

One in six captives died during the Middle Passage.

A major cause of King Philip's War was:

Which of the following is NOT true of the Iroquois League?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John Winthrop

When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill," he was referring to that colony's desire to:

Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:

For the English preparing to colonize America, one model of settlement was provided by their country's prior experience in:

Maryland sought to learn from the mistakes of Jamestown by:

The Collision of Cultures

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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