Question 1

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Instructions: 
Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Caribbean that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Barbados

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Question 2

How did colonial New England farmers alter their ecosystem?

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A)  They introduced crop rotation and soil conservation techniques. 
B)  They required Native Americans live on reservations that would specialize in only one product. 
C)  They ended the time-honored Indian practice of fencing the land, thereby allowing pigs and deer to roam freely. 
D)  They introduced the one-crop plantation system. 
E)  They cleared away trees for fields and for use as fuel and building material.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
William Berkeley, Nathaniel Bacon, Bacon's Rebellion

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Question 4

Discuss the changes in the labor system in Virginia between 1625 and 1700. What types of labor were used? What were the characteristics of the different labor systems? Why did some systems prove more successful than others? Explain.

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Question 5

Why did the Puritans adopt the Halfway Covenant in 1662?

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A)  They wanted to expand church membership by allowing children of church members to join. 
B)  They wanted to allow non-Puritans the opportunity to join their church as non-voting members. 
C)  They wanted to convert Indians by showing them different ways to become Christians. 
D)  They wanted to establish the rules for governing in the colony before they reached the New World. 
E)  They wanted to reconcile with the Anglican Church by adopting some of that church's rituals.

Question 6

Why was the Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It protected Puritans in Massachusetts from religious persecution and was America's first law affirming freedom of worship. 
B)  It allowed Native Americans to perform their own religious rites in "praying towns." 
C)  It embodied the fundamental anti-authoritarian tenets of the Antinomians. 
D)  It protected Catholics in Maryland from religious persecution. 
E)  It promoted social stability in the British West Indies.

Question 7

What was the Great Migration of the 17th century?

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A)  It was the movement of Africans to the New World. 
B)  It was the movement of Puritans to New England. 
C)  It was the movement of Anglicans to Virginia. 
D)  It was the movement of Catholics to Maryland 
E)  It was the movement of Huguenots to South Carolina.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
House of Burgesses, county-court system

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Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Robert Cavelier de La Salle

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Question 10

What was the main purpose of France's North American empire?

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A)  to convert native Americans to Christianity. 
B)  to provide furs and agricultural surpluses for the West Indies and timber for the French navy. 
C)  to pressure the British into ending their expansion. 
D)  to block attempts by the Dutch to gain a monopoly of the sugar trade. 
E)  to provide a location for French Protestants to worship without fear of persecution.

Question 11

Which of the following facts characterized life in the Chesapeake region in the early seventeenth century?

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A)  Widows enjoyed greater economic power in the Chesapeake than women did in other regions. 
B)  There were more men in the Chesapeake than women. 
C)  Male and female life expectancy in the 1600s Chesapeake was twenty years lower than in New England. 
D)  Chesapeake colonists began to live longer as they developed immunities to disease. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 12

Which of the following reduced the Native American population in New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Diseases introduced by Europeans 
B)  The Pequot War 
C)  King Philip's War 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices

Question 13

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the government in Pennsylvania under William Penn?

Accepted Answer

A)  A strong executive 
B)  An assembly with limited power 
C)  Quaker domination of politics 
D)  A desire to keep the rabble in check 
E)  Discrimination against non-Quakers

Question 14

Describe Bacon's Rebellion. Why did the rebellion occur, and who were the key leaders for and against the rebels? How did the rebellion come to an end? How did it influence Virginia's land and labor systems?

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Question 15

Which of the following was not a Quaker belief?

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A)  The Holy Spirit could inspire every soul. 
B)  An individual's Inner Light could best be revealed with the help of clergy and through elaborate religious services, rituals and ceremony. 
C)  Individuals should be trusted to speak and share their divine inspiration. 
D)  Individuals deserved recognition for their spiritual state rather than their wealth or family status. 
E)  Women and men were equal in their ability to understand the Inner Light.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Act for Religious Toleration

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Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant

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Question 18

Which statement accurately describes the county court system in Virginia?

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A)  It was undemocratic because the justices were chosen by the governor. 
B)  It was modeled after the court system in England. 
C)  It was the basic unit of local government and administered local affairs. 
D)  It had justices of the peace who acted like judges. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 19

How did the nature of slavery change in the Chesapeake between 1640 and 1700?

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A)  It no longer included indentured servants. 
B)  Slaves coexisted with free blacks for the first time. 
C)  People began to argue that slaves should not be held for life. 
D)  Colonies passed laws making slavery a lifelong condition, inherited based on whether a person's mother was a slave or not. 
E)  As costs declined dramatically, slaves were affordable to rich and poor planters alike.

Question 20

Which of the following was a result of the Pequot War?

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A)  Connecticut seized Pequot land and gave it to its colonists. 
B)  The Pequots temporarily stopped the advances of white settlers. 
C)  Although defeated, the Pequots praised the colonists for their mercy in sparing civilians. 
D)  Colonists came to respect Indians for their willingness to defend their rights. 
E)  None of these choices

Exam 3: The Emergence of Colonial Societies

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Caribbean that correctly identifies each of the following: Barbados

How did colonial New England farmers alter their ecosystem?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William Berkeley, Nathaniel Bacon, Bacon's Rebellion

Discuss the changes in the labor system in Virginia between 1625 and 1700. What types of labor were used? What were the characteristics of the different labor systems? Why did some systems prove more successful than others? Explain.

Why did the Puritans adopt the Halfway Covenant in 1662?

Why was the Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 significant?

What was the Great Migration of the 17^th century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. House of Burgesses, county-court system

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Robert Cavelier de La Salle

What was the main purpose of France's North American empire?

Which of the following facts characterized life in the Chesapeake region in the early seventeenth century?

Which of the following reduced the Native American population in New England?

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the government in Pennsylvania under William Penn?

Describe Bacon's Rebellion. Why did the rebellion occur, and who were the key leaders for and against the rebels? How did the rebellion come to an end? How did it influence Virginia's land and labor systems?

Which of the following was not a Quaker belief?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Act for Religious Toleration

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant

Which statement accurately describes the county court system in Virginia?

How did the nature of slavery change in the Chesapeake between 1640 and 1700?

Which of the following was a result of the Pequot War?