Question 1

As enclosure of land resulted in fewer farmers,many of these people moved to English cities,becoming jobless and causing vagrancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Maryland's founder,Cecilius Calvert:

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted Maryland to be like a feudal domain,with power limited for ordinary people. 
B)  supported total religious freedom for all of the colony's inhabitants. 
C)  gave a great deal of power to the elected assembly but not to the royal governor. 
D)  lost ownership of the colony and died a pauper. 
E)  actually hated Catholics,which is why he set up a colony for them in a swamp. 
A)  wanted Maryland to be like a feudal domain,with power limited for ordinary people. 
B)  supported total religious freedom for all of the colony's inhabitants. 
C)  gave a great deal of power to the elected assembly but not to the royal governor. 
D)  lost ownership of the colony and died a pauper. 
E)  actually hated Catholics,which is why he set up a colony for them in a swamp.

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-tobacco

Accepted Answer

Tobacco is a plant native to the America

Question 4

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it ultimately did not make money. 
B)  Jamestown suffered Native American attacks. 
C)  Pocahontas died in England. 
D)  King James criticized tobacco. 
E)  Spain gained control of the company's colony. 
A)  it ultimately did not make money. 
B)  Jamestown suffered Native American attacks. 
C)  Pocahontas died in England. 
D)  King James criticized tobacco. 
E)  Spain gained control of the company's colony.

Question 5

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Anne Hutchinson

Accepted Answer

A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown 
A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown

Question 6

________ describes best the actions of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay.

Accepted Answer

A)  Fair-minded 
B)  Loving 
C)  Irreligious 
D)  Lazy 
E)  Intolerant 
A)  Fair-minded 
B)  Loving 
C)  Irreligious 
D)  Lazy 
E)  Intolerant

Question 7

As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

Accepted Answer

A)  there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants,whom the British government aided with an early form of welfare. 
B)  efforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to settle in the New World,thereby easing the British population crisis. 
C)  mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism,because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor. 
D)  there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock. 
E)  the spread of the Black Plague decreased because of the elimination of cramped living quarters. 
A)  there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants,whom the British government aided with an early form of welfare. 
B)  efforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to settle in the New World,thereby easing the British population crisis. 
C)  mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism,because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor. 
D)  there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock. 
E)  the spread of the Black Plague decreased because of the elimination of cramped living quarters.

Question 8

In England,the idea of working for wages:

Accepted Answer

A)  was so dishonorable that many refused to accept money for their work and instead received food and shelter. 
B)  was associated with servility and the loss of liberty. 
C)  was romanticized in ballads and tales. 
D)  meant true freedom. 
E)  grew more popular among the poor during the sixteenth century. 
A)  was so dishonorable that many refused to accept money for their work and instead received food and shelter. 
B)  was associated with servility and the loss of liberty. 
C)  was romanticized in ballads and tales. 
D)  meant true freedom. 
E)  grew more popular among the poor during the sixteenth century.

Question 9

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William Bradford

Accepted Answer

A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown 
A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown

Question 10

Who received most of the profits from trade between Native Americans and colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans. 
B)  English soldiers. 
C)  Colonial and European merchants. 
D)  The king. 
E)  Parliament. 
A)  Native Americans. 
B)  English soldiers. 
C)  Colonial and European merchants. 
D)  The king. 
E)  Parliament.

Question 11

Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

Accepted Answer

A)  It lay beside a malarial swamp. 
B)  The ample food was full of botulism. 
C)  It was not high; most of the colonists survived. 
D)  Constant Native American attacks decimated the population. 
E)  Many of the colonists committed suicide. 
A)  It lay beside a malarial swamp. 
B)  The ample food was full of botulism. 
C)  It was not high; most of the colonists survived. 
D)  Constant Native American attacks decimated the population. 
E)  Many of the colonists committed suicide.

Question 12

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Boston merchants:

Accepted Answer

A)  challenged the subordination of economic activity to Puritan control. 
B)  refused to trade with anyone outside the Puritan faith. 
C)  paid for Anne Hutchinson's prosecution. 
D)  had enjoyed widespread freedom to trade since the establishment of the colony. 
E)  controlled John Winthrop. 
A)  challenged the subordination of economic activity to Puritan control. 
B)  refused to trade with anyone outside the Puritan faith. 
C)  paid for Anne Hutchinson's prosecution. 
D)  had enjoyed widespread freedom to trade since the establishment of the colony. 
E)  controlled John Winthrop.

Question 14

In contrast to the Chesapeake region,the population in New England:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not stress family-based activities. 
B)  focused on rice and tobacco. 
C)  grew rapidly because of healthier surroundings. 
D)  included even fewer women. 
E)  was not as deeply religious. 
A)  did not stress family-based activities. 
B)  focused on rice and tobacco. 
C)  grew rapidly because of healthier surroundings. 
D)  included even fewer women. 
E)  was not as deeply religious.

Question 15

Who was most likely to build the best relationships with the Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Puritans. 
B)  Jamestown settlers. 
C)  Connecticut settlers. 
D)  Pilgrims. 
E)  John Winthrop. 
A)  Puritans. 
B)  Jamestown settlers. 
C)  Connecticut settlers. 
D)  Pilgrims. 
E)  John Winthrop.

Question 16

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast,disease and:

Accepted Answer

A)  European religion significantly transformed their societies. 
B)  environmental factors dramatically altered their way of life. 
C)  trade contradicted each other. 
D)  Spanish incursions into the Chesapeake significantly altered their lives. 
E)  English mining altered the landscape. 
A)  European religion significantly transformed their societies. 
B)  environmental factors dramatically altered their way of life. 
C)  trade contradicted each other. 
D)  Spanish incursions into the Chesapeake significantly altered their lives. 
E)  English mining altered the landscape.

Question 17

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

Accepted Answer

A)  began with the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas. 
B)  was common. 
C)  was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691. 
D)  created a mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved. 
E)  produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief. 
A)  began with the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas. 
B)  was common. 
C)  was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691. 
D)  created a mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved. 
E)  produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief.

Question 18

What role did the "enclosure" movement play in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England?

Accepted Answer

A)  It created a crisis where many people had no way to make a living. 
B)  Queen Mary's failure to address the problem helped lead to her overthrow. 
C)  Spain reacted by launching an invasion of England. 
D)  Poverty rates were worse in New England than England. 
E)  The problem was such a crisis that Henry VIII authorized judges to order the jobless to work. 
A)  It created a crisis where many people had no way to make a living. 
B)  Queen Mary's failure to address the problem helped lead to her overthrow. 
C)  Spain reacted by launching an invasion of England. 
D)  Poverty rates were worse in New England than England. 
E)  The problem was such a crisis that Henry VIII authorized judges to order the jobless to work.

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Puritanism

Accepted Answer

Puritanism was a religious and social mo

Question 20

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Winthrop

Accepted Answer

A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown 
A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown

As enclosure of land resulted in fewer farmers,many of these people moved to English cities,becoming jobless and causing vagrancy.

Maryland's founder,Cecilius Calvert:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -tobacco

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Anne Hutchinson

________ describes best the actions of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay.

As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

In England,the idea of working for wages:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Bradford

Who received most of the profits from trade between Native Americans and colonists?

Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Boston merchants:

In contrast to the Chesapeake region,the population in New England:

Who was most likely to build the best relationships with the Native Americans?

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast,disease and:

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

What role did the "enclosure" movement play in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Puritanism

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Winthrop

A New World

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

As enclosure of land resulted in fewer farmers,many of these people moved to English cities,becoming jobless and causing vagrancy.

Maryland's founder,Cecilius Calvert:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -tobacco

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Anne Hutchinson

________ describes best the actions of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay.

As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

In England,the idea of working for wages:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Bradford

Who received most of the profits from trade between Native Americans and colonists?

Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Boston merchants:

In contrast to the Chesapeake region,the population in New England:

Who was most likely to build the best relationships with the Native Americans?

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast,disease and:

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

What role did the "enclosure" movement play in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Puritanism

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Winthrop

A New World

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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