Question 1

From 1700 to 1776,who was the largest group of people that came to England's mainland colonies?

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A)  Irish. 
B)  Scottish. 
C)  Africans. 
D)  English. 
E)  Germans. 
A)  Irish. 
B)  Scottish. 
C)  Africans. 
D)  English. 
E)  Germans.

Question 2

The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

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A)  resulted mainly from the fears of English aristocrats that the birth of James II's son would lead to a Catholic succession. 
B)  ended parliamentary rule in Great Britain until Queen Anne's War in 1702. 
C)  was the work of an ambitious Danish prince out to avenge his father's murder by a British nobleman. 
D)  had no impact on the British colonies in America. 
E)  prompted Scotland's secession from Great Britain and thus a reduction in Scotch-Irish immigration to the colonies. 
A)  resulted mainly from the fears of English aristocrats that the birth of James II's son would lead to a Catholic succession. 
B)  ended parliamentary rule in Great Britain until Queen Anne's War in 1702. 
C)  was the work of an ambitious Danish prince out to avenge his father's murder by a British nobleman. 
D)  had no impact on the British colonies in America. 
E)  prompted Scotland's secession from Great Britain and thus a reduction in Scotch-Irish immigration to the colonies.

Question 3

William Penn called his colony a "holy experiment." Chronicle the development of Pennsylvania,with particular attention to the advantages that the colony offered to settlers.What liberties were guaranteed and to whom? Why and how did conflicts with the Indians start?

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Question 4

In what ways did England reduce colonial autonomy during the 1680s?

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A)  Charles II revoked the charters of all colonies that had violated the Navigation Acts. 
B)  It created the Dominion of New England,run by a royal appointee without benefit of an elected assembly. 
C)  Because Charles II and James II were at least closet Catholics,the colonies no longer could establish churches within their borders. 
D)  The king started appointing all judges. 
E)  Not at all; this was the era in which colonies achieved autonomy. 
A)  Charles II revoked the charters of all colonies that had violated the Navigation Acts. 
B)  It created the Dominion of New England,run by a royal appointee without benefit of an elected assembly. 
C)  Because Charles II and James II were at least closet Catholics,the colonies no longer could establish churches within their borders. 
D)  The king started appointing all judges. 
E)  Not at all; this was the era in which colonies achieved autonomy.

Question 5

Captain Jacob Leisler,the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689:

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A)  was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros,who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England. 
B)  was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years. 
C)  was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution. 
D)  sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war. 
E)  slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades. 
A)  was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros,who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England. 
B)  was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years. 
C)  was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution. 
D)  sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war. 
E)  slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades.

Question 6

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?

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A)  Like the mother country,the colonies had a titled aristocracy. 
B)  They controlled colonial government. 
C)  They often encountered financial trouble because they lacked connections to their counterparts back in the mother country. 
D)  Most of them were as wealthy as,if not wealthier than,the British aristocracy. 
E)  All of them were careful to marry outside their families. 
A)  Like the mother country,the colonies had a titled aristocracy. 
B)  They controlled colonial government. 
C)  They often encountered financial trouble because they lacked connections to their counterparts back in the mother country. 
D)  Most of them were as wealthy as,if not wealthier than,the British aristocracy. 
E)  All of them were careful to marry outside their families.

Question 7

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England.What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies,what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century,and what was life like for them?

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The answer of Explain why the colonies had fewer people...

Question 8

Indians in eighteenth-century British America:

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A)  were well integrated into the British imperial system. 
B)  benefited from the Walking Purchase of 1737. 
C)  were viewed in the same way by traders,British officials,and farmers. 
D)  never warred with the colonists. 
E)  had access to the liberties guaranteed to Englishmen. 
A)  were well integrated into the British imperial system. 
B)  benefited from the Walking Purchase of 1737. 
C)  were viewed in the same way by traders,British officials,and farmers. 
D)  never warred with the colonists. 
E)  had access to the liberties guaranteed to Englishmen.

Question 9

Over the course of the eighteenth century in colonial America,the:

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A)  percentage of landowners increased in urban areas. 
B)  economic rights of slaves increased. 
C)  wealthy wanted to spread the wealth to decrease poverty. 
D)  percentage of landowners became less in the colonies than in England. 
E)  rich became richer. 
A)  percentage of landowners increased in urban areas. 
B)  economic rights of slaves increased. 
C)  wealthy wanted to spread the wealth to decrease poverty. 
D)  percentage of landowners became less in the colonies than in England. 
E)  rich became richer.

Question 10

Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

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A)  By the end of the century,the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands. 
B)  Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century. 
C)  Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America. 
D)  The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake. 
E)  Indentured servants replaced African slaves in the West Indies once the demand for slaves in Carolina drained away the African population of the islands. 
A)  By the end of the century,the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands. 
B)  Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century. 
C)  Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America. 
D)  The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake. 
E)  Indentured servants replaced African slaves in the West Indies once the demand for slaves in Carolina drained away the African population of the islands.

Question 11

During the colonial era,Philadelphia:

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A)  became home to a varied population of artisans and craftsmen. 
B)  was one of the empire's least successful seaports. 
C)  was large by European standards. 
D)  was populated almost entirely by wealthy citizens. 
E)  came under the almost dictatorial control of Benjamin Franklin. 
A)  became home to a varied population of artisans and craftsmen. 
B)  was one of the empire's least successful seaports. 
C)  was large by European standards. 
D)  was populated almost entirely by wealthy citizens. 
E)  came under the almost dictatorial control of Benjamin Franklin.

Question 12

As in the Spanish empire,British North America developed a distinctive mulatto,or mixed-race,class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  A large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants. 
B)  Generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers. 
C)  Changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters,who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will. 
D)  The replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations. 
E)  An order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the militia. 
A)  A large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants. 
B)  Generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers. 
C)  Changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters,who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will. 
D)  The replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations. 
E)  An order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the militia.

Question 14

To Quakers,liberty was:

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A)  limited to white,landowning men. 
B)  strictly defined. 
C)  a universal entitlement. 
D)  extended to women but not to blacks. 
E)  limited to the spiritually inclined. 
A)  limited to white,landowning men. 
B)  strictly defined. 
C)  a universal entitlement. 
D)  extended to women but not to blacks. 
E)  limited to the spiritually inclined.

Question 15

The Glorious Revolution in England was bloody and violent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-mercantilism

Accepted Answer

A) elites in America becoming more culturally English 
B) allowed Protestant Dissenters to worship freely in England 
C) government regulation of the nation's economy (to assure national power) 
D) placed William of Orange on the English throne 
E) had a monopoly on the slave trade
F)a very liberal frame for government
G)English demanded this over their former Dutch rulers
H)agreement between New York and Iroquois
I)believed in the equality of all persons
J)law that regulated the shipping and selling of colonial products
K)the poor of Virginia demand change
L)war between New Englanders and Indians 
A) elites in America becoming more culturally English 
B) allowed Protestant Dissenters to worship freely in England 
C) government regulation of the nation's economy (to assure national power) 
D) placed William of Orange on the English throne 
E) had a monopoly on the slave trade
F)a very liberal frame for government
G)English demanded this over their former Dutch rulers
H)agreement between New York and Iroquois
I)believed in the equality of all persons
J)law that regulated the shipping and selling of colonial products
K)the poor of Virginia demand change
L)war between New Englanders and Indians

Question 17

By the eighteenth century,consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:

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A)  were found in many colonial residents' homes. 
B)  were specifically banned in the colonies by the Navigation Acts. 
C)  were rare in the colonies,thus demonstrating that the colonists lived in a premodern world. 
D)  were manufactured in several mainland English colonies but had to be shipped to England for sale. 
E)  were almost entirely Dutch-made. 
A)  were found in many colonial residents' homes. 
B)  were specifically banned in the colonies by the Navigation Acts. 
C)  were rare in the colonies,thus demonstrating that the colonists lived in a premodern world. 
D)  were manufactured in several mainland English colonies but had to be shipped to England for sale. 
E)  were almost entirely Dutch-made.

Question 18

Most colonists did not complain about the British regulating trade through the Navigation Acts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Explain how and why tobacco planters in the Chesapeake region came to rely on African slaves rather than European indentured servants over the course of the seventeenth century.At what point did the Chesapeake become a "slave society" rather than merely a "society with slaves"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain how and why tobacco planters in...

Question 20

Slave labor in the Chesapeake region increasingly supplanted indentured servitude during the last two decades of the seventeenth century,in part because:

Accepted Answer

A)  the opening of the new colony of North Carolina attracted enough whites to make up for the loss of those who would have come to the New World as indentured servants. 
B)  Bacon's Rebellion reminded leaders of the dangers of allowing racial intermarriage. 
C)  improving conditions in England reduced the number of transatlantic migrants. 
D)  a monopoly on the slave trade made it easier to import Africans. 
E)  indentured servants began forming associations that went on strike for better conditions. 
A)  the opening of the new colony of North Carolina attracted enough whites to make up for the loss of those who would have come to the New World as indentured servants. 
B)  Bacon's Rebellion reminded leaders of the dangers of allowing racial intermarriage. 
C)  improving conditions in England reduced the number of transatlantic migrants. 
D)  a monopoly on the slave trade made it easier to import Africans. 
E)  indentured servants began forming associations that went on strike for better conditions.

From 1700 to 1776,who was the largest group of people that came to England's mainland colonies?

The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

William Penn called his colony a "holy experiment." Chronicle the development of Pennsylvania,with particular attention to the advantages that the colony offered to settlers.What liberties were guaranteed and to whom? Why and how did conflicts with the Indians start?

In what ways did England reduce colonial autonomy during the 1680s?

Captain Jacob Leisler,the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689:

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England.What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies,what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century,and what was life like for them?

Indians in eighteenth-century British America:

Over the course of the eighteenth century in colonial America,the:

Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

During the colonial era,Philadelphia:

As in the Spanish empire,British North America developed a distinctive mulatto,or mixed-race,class.

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

To Quakers,liberty was:

The Glorious Revolution in England was bloody and violent.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -mercantilism

By the eighteenth century,consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:

Most colonists did not complain about the British regulating trade through the Navigation Acts.

Explain how and why tobacco planters in the Chesapeake region came to rely on African slaves rather than European indentured servants over the course of the seventeenth century.At what point did the Chesapeake become a "slave society" rather than merely a "society with slaves"?

Slave labor in the Chesapeake region increasingly supplanted indentured servitude during the last two decades of the seventeenth century,in part because:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

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 3: Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

From 1700 to 1776,who was the largest group of people that came to England's mainland colonies?

The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

William Penn called his colony a "holy experiment." Chronicle the development of Pennsylvania,with particular attention to the advantages that the colony offered to settlers.What liberties were guaranteed and to whom? Why and how did conflicts with the Indians start?

In what ways did England reduce colonial autonomy during the 1680s?

Captain Jacob Leisler,the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689:

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?

Explain why the colonies had fewer people in poverty than England.What economic and social conditions were at the root of this difference? For those who were in poverty in the colonies,what led to this condition increasing in the eighteenth century,and what was life like for them?

Indians in eighteenth-century British America:

Over the course of the eighteenth century in colonial America,the:

Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

During the colonial era,Philadelphia:

As in the Spanish empire,British North America developed a distinctive mulatto,or mixed-race,class.

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

To Quakers,liberty was:

The Glorious Revolution in England was bloody and violent.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -mercantilism

By the eighteenth century,consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:

Most colonists did not complain about the British regulating trade through the Navigation Acts.

Explain how and why tobacco planters in the Chesapeake region came to rely on African slaves rather than European indentured servants over the course of the seventeenth century.At what point did the Chesapeake become a "slave society" rather than merely a "society with slaves"?

Slave labor in the Chesapeake region increasingly supplanted indentured servitude during the last two decades of the seventeenth century,in part because:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

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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