Chapter 3 (Creating Anglo-America, 1660 - 1750)

Pennsylvania's Charter of Liberty: A. required all persons to affirm Jesus Christ's divinity. B. enforced no codes of morality, but suggested behaviors. C. allowed "licentiousness." D. offered "Christian liberty" even to religiously-devout Jews.

A. required all persons to affirm Jesus Christ's divinity.

Which of the following is true regarding the aftermath of King Philip's War? A. Metacom escaped to freedom in the West Indies. B. Puritans sold Indian children from the warring tribes into slavery. C. The Iroquois, having attacked the colonists, were destroyed. D. The image of Indians as peaceful people became entrenched in American colonial minds.

B. Puritans sold Indian children from the warring tribes into slavery.

One significant consequence of the Glorious Revolution for the American colonies was: A. an end to English regulation of commerce in the American colonies. B. a renewed sense of entitlement to political liberty for Anglican Protestants. C. a broadening of religious toleration and freedom for Catholics and Protestants. D. a growing sense among white southerners that slavery was wrong.

B. a renewed sense of entitlement to political liberty for Anglican Protestants.

T/F: During the early to mid-eighteenth century, consumption of manufactured goods penetrated deep into the colonial countryside.

True

T/F: During the first half of the eighteenth century, the flow of non-English migrants to British North America was larger than that of English migrants.

True

T/F: Under the seventeenth-century British Navigation Acts, certain goods produced in the colonies had to be transported in English ships and sold in ports in England.

True

In the mid-eighteenth-century colonies, this area of settlement was the most rapidly growing region in North America. A. the city B. the backcountry C. the coastal regions D. suburban areas within walking distance to the heart of the city

B. the backcountry

The Charter of Liberties and Privileges: A. allowed for religious toleration for all Catholics. B. allowed for a trial by jury and the security of property. C. revoked traditional English rights in favor of new, colonial rights. D. required elections be held every ten years among property owners of New York.

B. allowed for a trial by jury and the security of property.

Prior to being taken over by the English in 1664, New York was: A. unsettled by Europeans, and the English bought it from the Indians. B. called New Netherland and controlled by the Dutch empire. C. called New France and controlled by the French king. D. unsettled by Europeans and first purchased by the French.

B. called New Netherland and controlled by the Dutch empire.

Many British saw the colonists of British North America as religious dissidents, impoverished servants, and: A. elite landowners. B. middle-class artisans. C. slaves. D. convicts.

D. convicts.

Which of the following statements is true regarding Leisler's Rebellion (1689)? A. Jacob Leisler took control of Virginia' as head of a Committee of Safety. B. Rebels sacked the homes of poor Carolinians. C. Leisler's regime saw members of New York's Dutch majority reclaim local power. D. Leisler's success meant French domination of New York.

C. Leisler's regime saw members of New York's Dutch majority reclaim local power.

Which of the following is true regarding free blacks (such as Anthony Johnson) in Virginia and Maryland in the 1600s? A. They had to pay a poll tax. B. They could not own African slaves. C. They could sue or testify in court. D. They could not own land.

C. They could sue or testify in court.

Lord Baltimore's sudden voting restriction based on land accumulation resulted in: A.an increased push against the Cherokee population in the South. B. a decrease in the number of new Jewish settlers. C. a Protestant uprising calling for his removal from office. D. increased suffrage for all freemen.

C. a Protestant uprising calling for his removal from office.

Which of the following was a significant feature of the Salem witchcraft hysteria of the early 1690s? A. It reflected a widespread disbelief in the supernatural. B. Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convicted. C. Accusations of witchcraft tended to befall women who accepted prevailing gender norms. D. Many inhabitants accused others of witchcraft in order to deflect suspicion from themselves.

D. Many inhabitants accused others of witchcraft in order to deflect suspicion from themselves.

Which of the following was a major cause of Bacon's Rebellion? A. a desire to abolish slavery in Virginia. B. acceptance of restrictions on white settlement in Indian areas. C. praise of the governor's favoritism toward wealthy friends. D. frustration over high taxes and diminishing availability of land.

D. frustration over high taxes and diminishing availability of land.

In the prevailing theory of mercantilism, the government should: A. leave trade regulations to the colonies so they will learn to self-govern. B. reduce the amount of gold that entered England. C. discourage manufacturing and focus solely on agricultural products. D. regulate economic activity to promote the nation's power.

D. regulate economic activity to promote the nation's power.

The Maryland Act Concerning Negroes and Other Slaves (1664) held that white women who married slaves had to: A. serve time in prison. B. enter a Catholic convent to repent their sins to the clergy. C. migrate back to England. D. serve her husband's owner until the slave's death.

D. serve her husband's owner until the slave's death.

T/F: "Racism" - the idea that some races are inherently superior to others and entitled to rule over them - was fully developed in seventeenth-century colonial Virginia.

False

T/F: Slaves showed little inclination to challenge their enslavement in seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Virginia.

False