Ch 3. Reading Quiz

The Puritans of England were so named because they were trying to:

"purify" the English Church from within.

The Glorious Revolution in England had significant implications for the colonies because:

England now had a constitutional monarchy

The Anglo-Dutch Wars resulted in:

English takeover of New Amsterdam.

Juan de Oñante's expedition:

Enslaved many Indians.

The primary reason for the establishment of the colony at Plymouth was the settlers desire to:

Establish their own church independent of the Anglican Church.

From 1650 to 1700, English colonies were:

Expanding into the interior and triggering violent conflicts.

The Puritans were unique in the seventeenth century colonies of North America because of their

Impressive educational system.

Which one of the following is NOT true of indentured servants in the Chesapeake of the 1600s? A) They were evenly divided between men, women and children B) Two out of every five died. C) Most were young unskilled males, sometimes convicts D) They could receive "freedom dues" at the end of their service. E) Some of their descendants would ultimately play leading role in colonial life.

A) They were evenly divided between men, women and children

Which one of the following is the RESULT of the other four? A) First commercial shipment of tobacco to England. B) Opechancanough wars on Jamestown. C) John Rolfe develops hybrid tobacco. D) Virginia company makes headright grants. E) English settlers did not trade with Indians.

B) Opechancanough wars on Jamestown.

Which one of the following is LEAST true of community life in the Chesapeake of the 1600s? A) The scarcity of women gave them some advantages in bargaining. B) Houses and settlements were generally crude. C) They were developing a distinctive American culture D) Few schools and churches existed. E) There were problems with insects and the lack of potable water

C) They were developing a distinctive American culture

Which one of the following was NOT part of William Penn's "Holy Experiment?" A) dealing fairly with the Indians B) religious freedom C) equality of sexes D) elected representation E) access to purchase land

C) equality of sexes

The "praying towns" were

Centers for Indians who had converted to Christianity

French interest in the Indians was based primarily in:

Commercial concerns

The cultivation of tobacco by the English colonists:

Created pressure for more expansion into Indian territory

Which one of the following was NOT an early part of the French colonial system? A) It was based on commerce. B) It was dispersed among the Indian communities. C) Christian conversion was seen as a supplement to Indian life. D) It was based on land ownership and exclusion. E) Its principal livelihoods were fishing and fur trading.

D) It was based on land ownership and exclusion.

Which one of the following is NOT an accommodation of the Pueblo and Spanish communities in the 1690s? A) Pueblos overtly observed Catholicism. B) The Spanish tolerated traditional Pueblo religious practices. C) Pueblo forced labor was abandoned. D) The Spanish were granted more Pueblo lands. E) The Pueblos pledge their loyalty to the Spanish monarch.

D) The Spanish were granted more Pueblo lands.

Which one of the following was NOT often included as victims in witchcraft scares? A) women who didn't fit the social order B) older women C) members of non-Puritan groups D) people of economically stagnant communities E) men who did not conform to the religious tradition of the communities

D) people of economically stagnant communities

Which one of the following is NOT true of English and Massachusetts Indians' land relationships? A) The English viewed most Indian land as "unused. B) The Indians were pressured into signing quitclaims. C) Treachery and dishonest deals were common. D) The English were impatient in dealing with the Indians. E) Formal treaties and land purchases were made.

E) Formal treaties and land purchases were made

Which one of the following is NOT properly paired? A) Separatists-Plymouth B) Catholics-Maryland C) Quakers-Pennsylvania D) Anglicans-Virginia E) Puritans-Rhode Island

E) Puritans-Rhode Island

The seventeenth-century Pueblo Indians approached Christianity by:

Making Christianity part of their already complex culture.

Hispanic settlers in New Mexico:

Name their road to New Spain, "the road of gold."

The cultural ideal for Puritan women in the New England community social order was

Subordination to men.

Both Bacon's Rebellion and Culpeper's Rebellion showed conflict between these two communities:

Tidewater and frontier regions of Virginia and North Carolina

In contrast to the Chesapeake, New England communities

Were mainly family groups

If you had been an indentured servant in the Chesapeake colonies in the mid-1600s, which one of the following would you have been MOST likely to be?

Young, single, unskilled male