History 170: InQuizitive chapters 1-4 (Unit 1)
Anne Hutchinson and John Cotton were denounced for Antinomianism, or putting their own judgment or faith above the teachings of the church. Identify the statements that describe the significance of Anne Hutchinson to the region's religious culture.
1.Although religious tolerance as a concept would not take root in the colonies for many years, Hutchinson showed other interpretations of the Bible and critiqued preachers. 2.Hutchinson demonstrated how Puritan belief in each individual's ability to interpret the Bible could lead to criticism of the establishment
The perception on the ground, however, was that some among the new and old populations in British North America were considered more assimilable than others. Place the groups listed below in order of perceived assimilability.
1.French Huguenots 3. Jews 4.Africans
Why did the public sphere grow in America during the eighteenth century?
1.Local colonial governments lacked full authority. 2.Political authority in the colonies was weak.
In 1689, news of the overthrow of James II triggered rebellions in several North American colonies. Match the particulars of each rebellion with the colony in which it took place.
1.Militias seize local officials, including Edmund Andros - Massachusetts 2.Rebels establish a new, Protestant-dominated government -Maryland 3.Dutch majority rebelled against English rule - New York
Identify the statements that describe seventeenth-century society in terms of freedom.
1.Settlers lived on a "spectrum" of freedom that encompassed a wide variety of different kinds of freedom. 2.People's ideas of liberty varied enormously depending on their status in society.
William Penn was a devout member of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. Identify the statements that describe this religious group.
1.believed in the equality of all persons (including women, blacks, and Indians) before God 2.faced persecution in England 3.the first group of whites to speak out against slavery
Many migrants settled into the British colonies. Identify the statements that describe the redemptioners.
1.indentured families that received passage to the New World in exchange for an agreement to work off their debts. 2.formed tightly knit farming communities in rural New York, western Pennsylvania, and the southern backcountry
An indentured servant in New France would most likely serve in which of the following positions?
A servant to anyone who held the labor contract
The Spanish, French, and Dutch approached colonial settlement from different perspectives. Unlike the French and Dutch, the Spanish developed an empire. Identify the statements that describe the population in Spanish colonies.
All single men were required to marry. Persons born in Spain were the minority of the population in the Spanish colonies. Wives of colonists were required to leave Spain and join their husbands in the colonies.
As English settlers expanded their land holdings in New England in the 1620s and 1630s, where did they mostly choose to settle?
Along the coast to pursue commercial fishing
The settlement at Roanoke represented an early failure for the English to colonize. Identify why it most likely failed.
Although it is not known for sure, the English colonists at Roanoke most likely moved and blended in with native tribes
Identify that statement that most accurately describes why Las Casas, after describing the ill treatment of Indians, would write, "And this was the freedom, the good treatment and the Christianity the Indians received."
Although the Spanish saw themselves as "Servents to God," an important tenet of Christian liberty, they had no issues enslaving and abusing the natives if they refused to convert
Identify that statement that most accurately describes why Las Casas, after describing the ill treatment of Indians, would write, "And this was the freedom, the good treatment and the Christianity the Indians received."
Although the Spanish saw themselves as servants to god, an important tenet of christian liberty, they had no issue enslaving and abusing the natives if they refused to convert
Select on the map the region of Spanish settlement in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Bottom left side of map
A large group of Native Americans constructed a series of giant semicircular mounds. Which tribe is known as "mound builders"?
Cahokia
The inhabitants of what Native American city near present-day St. Louis were known for building burial mounds?
Cahokia
Select on the map the route by which the ancestors of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians reached the region where they settled.
Cahokia: Line next to the last selectable one that is to the right
The Spanish and the English used the language of religion to explain their campaigns of North American conquest, but each used it differently. Fill in the blanks to complete the passage comparing the two.
Catholicism the pope Virginia
Most Native American societies were matrilineal. Which of the following is a characteristic of a matrilineal society?
Children become members of their mother's family, not their father's family
What country had a large naval fleet and could have located America before Columbus? Click on the country to select your answer.
China
Eighteenth-century North America's religious diversity increased as its population grew. Colonial governments took different approaches to managing this diversity. Match the correct approach to the appropriate colonies.
Church and state in most other colonies: -barred Catholics and Jews from voting and holding public office -levied taxes to pay ministers' salaries Church and state in New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania: -enshrined religious tolerance into law
Why was Columbus more confident than others about his ability to sail westward?
Columbus used the Bible to calculate that Asia was only 3,00 miles to the West
What do the images reveal about Quaker liberty in Pennsylvania?
Correct Answer(s) -Immigrants from around the world were welcome. -Women and men were viewed and treated as equals. Incorrect Answer(s) - Military brigades welcomed all those who arrived as immigrants, to set the tone of moral obedience that was required of all. -Natives Americans were shunned from Pennsylvania.
Identify the statements that describe the voyages of discovery across the Atlantic Ocean.
Correct Answers: - Columbus crossed the Atlantic from Europe four times, landing in the present-day Caribbean and South America. - Cabot was the only explorer to arrive in present-day Canada. - Magellan was the only explorer to sail around most of South America Wrong Answer: - Vescuppi crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice, landing both times in the present-day Bahamas
Europeans held numerous ideas of freedom. Identify the characteristics of Christian liberty.
Correct Answers: - Less a political or social status, and more a moral or spiritual condition - Servitude and freedom were mutually reinforced through the ideal of becoming a "servant to God" Wrong answers: - embraced religious toleration - very similar to native religious rites
Martin Luther, a German priest, gained much attention when he posted his Ninety-Five Theses. What arguments did Luther express in the document?
Correct Answers: - Luther wanted to stop the sale of indulgences, which granted forgiveness in exchange for a fee - Luther accused to the Catholic church of corruption - Luther wanted all Christians to read the bible for themselves
What were the outcomes of the Pueblo Revolt?
Correct Answers: - The Spanish adopted a more tolerant attitude in their relations with natives - Natives rebuilt their places of worship - The Pueblos rejected all symbols of European Culture Wrong Answer: - The Spanish military was victorious
Most Native American tribes were individual groups before Europeans arrived; however, five Iroquois peoples did unite and formed a Great League of Peace. Identify the most likely reasons the five tribes of Iroquois united under one confederacy.
Correct Answers: - To combine their fighting forces to defeat other native tribes in the area - To coordinate diplomatic relations between members of the league Wrong Answers: - To form an alliance against European invasion - To more effectively isolate and quarantine themselves against European diseases
Using the map and information from the chapter, what conclusions can you draw from the activities of Spanish explorers in North America up to 1600?
Correct Answers: - They generally overcame whatever armed resistance they encountered. - They ventured into the western part of the continent long before French or English explorers. Wrong Answers: - Their relationships with Native Americans were generally peaceful. - Their primary aim was to identify natural harbors for use as commercial ports.
Identify the most likely reasons the five tribes of Iroquois united under one confederacy.
Correct answers: - to form an alliance against European invasion - to combine their fighting forces to defeat other native tribes in the area
To what degree did ideas of freedom inspire English settlers in North America?
Correct answers: The English believed that they were bringing freedom to the Native American population and rescuing them from the Spanish The English prided themselves on being exemplars of freedom
What do these images reveal about the relationship between the settlers and Indians in New England in the 1600s?
Correct: -While English settlers perceived Indians to be in need of their help, in reality they were skilled hunters and farmers and offered assistance to the settlers. -Europeans were drawn to the New World because they felt it was their Christian responsibility to "save" the Indians. -By the time settlers arrived, some Indians were accustomed to Europeans, and both offered them assistance and traded with them.
Identify the statements that describe the Great Migration and its impact on New England.
Describes the Great Migration: 1. involved the emigration of Puritans from England to Massachusetts between 1629 and the 1640s 2. created the foundation for a stable and thriving society in Massachusetts
Mercantilism encouraged the use of commerce to enrich countries. Identify the statement that describes how the Navigation laws supported mercantilism between England and its colonies.
English colonies of the new world had to export their raw materials only on English ships and sell them at English ports.
European ideas of "freedom" were very different than native ideas of freedom. Identify whether the following characteristics applied to native or European societies' definitions of freedom.
Europeans: - Moral behavior was directed by a written code of laws. - Individual freedom was prioritized over group needs. - Freedom was associated with individual ownership of property. Natives: -They supported the idea of freedom of religious choice - Family ties and kinship were prioritized over individual needs. - Families "owned" the right to use land.
American colonial voting and political participation was extremely restricted, and as such, directly reflected the English political heritage of North America's dominant colonial founders.
False
An unintended but very real consequence of the Great Awakening was that it reduced colonial impulses toward democracy in civic life.
False
Merchants and commercial interests in northern colonies, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, were opposed to the slave trade and did not benefit from it.
False
The Dutch were more tolerant of diverse religious faiths. However tolerant, Governor Petrus Stuyvesant of New Netherland was a strong supporter of the Dutch Reformed Church and wanted to alienate those of other religious faiths. What petition was filed by Quakers demanding they be allowed to settle in a Dutch colony?
Flushing Remonstrance
Which nation's group of settlers was located well away from all the others in North America in the 1760s?
French
Identify the key characteristics of the French and Dutch colonies.
French: - They married Indian women, relying on them as guides, traders, and interpreters Dutch: - Legal rights existed for women - Religious toleration existed for colonists - This country had patrons, who were landowners who had tenants work on their land for profits
According to the map below, what was the language of the largest non-English-speaking group of European settlers in the 1760s?
German
Native and English colonial groups traded many goods and ideas. Identify the goods and ideas Indians shared with the colonists.
Goods and ideas shared by the Indians 1. furs and animal skins 2. native farming techniques 3. free, uncultivated land
consider the map below depicting Atlantic trading routes in the eighteenth century. For each good traded across the Atlantic between the Old World and the New, identify the destination.
Goods shipped to north America: -various manufactured goods -horses -linen Goods shipped to Europe: -grain -lumber -furs -tobacco
Map- The isalnd of Hispaniola is located where?
Haiti and Dominican Republic
Identify why Christopher Columbus most likely brought ten inhabitants from the island of Hispaniola back to Spain.
He brought them back for conversion to Christianity
It took convincing to get Queen Elizabeth I to support colonization. Identify the ideas that were reflected in Richard Hakluyt's A Discourse Concerning Western Planting, which listed twenty-three reasons why Queen Elizabeth I should support the establishment of colonie
Hekluyt argued: - English could compete against the Spanish Catholics for converted Indian souls in the new world, - New world needed rescuing from Spanish, - colonies would be a solution for unemployment. `
How did the English Toleration Act of 1690 impact the society of Massachusetts?
It created tension by forcing Puritans to accept protestants into their communities and leadership roles.
What impact did the unifying of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile have on potential westward expansion for Spain?
It enabled them to complete the reconquista of Spain from the Moors
Identify the statement that does not describe the eighteenth-century event known as the "Great Awakening."
It was a phenomenon unique to North America
Select on the map the region (or regions) of English settlement before 1664.
James river area and lake Champlain
Select on the map the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States.
Jamestown, Virginia
MAP- Although Roanoke is often described as the first European settlement in North America, Spanish mercenaries left their mark earlier. Match each Spanish mercenary with the region he explored.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo - left Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - middle Hernando de Soto - right
Identify the statement about the British empire that can be inferred by the symbolism in the image
Liberty was the bond of the British Empire
Select on the map the route Magellan took from 1519 to 1522.
Long green line that travels around South America
Identify the statements as describing the Lords of Trade or the Dominion of New England.
Lords of Trade: - established in England to oversee colonial affairs Dominion of New England: - ruled by the former New York governor - super-colony made up of New England colonies by James II in order to extract more money from America
Given his recommendation for the improvement of Indian and Spanish relations, Bartolomé de Las Casas would have most in common with which other reform-minded individual?
Martin Luther
Select on the map the region with the least amount of ethnic diversity in 1760.
Massachusetts
Select on the map the region where the Spanish had established the greatest number of missions by the mid-eighteenth century.
Mexico
Select on the map the location where the Pequot War was centered.
Mystic
Columbus went to his grave believing he discovered a westward route to Asia. He referred to the native peoples he encountered as Indians, a term that has endured to this day. But who were the people that Christopher Columbus actually "discovered"?
Native Americans
MAP IMAGE- On the map below, match the following European colonies to their correct locations on the eastern portion of North America.
New France- top; Canada area New Netherlands- Middle; New York area New Spain- bottom; Florida area
Which present-day state was fully contained within New Netherland when the Dutch surrendered the entire region to the English in 1664?
New Jersey
Different economic conditions in different European colonies in North America produced different kinds of societies. Match each colony with a brief description of its social dynamics.
New Spain: The need for labor led to conflicts with the native population New France: The need for allies in the fur trade led to interdependence with the native population New England: The need for land led to conflict with the native population
The "Columbian Exchange" was a process of introducing animals, plants, technology, and disease from one part of the world to another. The exchange went both ways. Identify the country of origin of the goods that were part of this exchange.
Old world: - smallpox - horses and cattle - sugarcane New world: - corn and potatoes
Select on the map one of the foreign powers that blocked Portugal's overland access to trading partner nations in the Far East.
Ottoman Empire
Life in the Spanish New World was complex, hierarchical, and full of new social distinctions that had not existed in Europe. Match the new social category with its correct descriptor
Peninsular: A person of high birth born in Europe and transplanted to the Americas Criollo: A person of Spanish ancestry born in the Americas Mestizo: A person of mixed ancestry
Identify the statement that best describes religious freedom in seventeenth-century Europe.
People in seventeenth century europe
In 1620, the Mayflower, an expedition carrying 150 settlers who hoped to establish a base for profitable trade, set off for Virginia from England. Select on the map the region where the expedition landed.
Plymouth
Select on the map the first (or oldest) settlement.
Plymouth
The map below depicts slave trade in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries. Select the arrow associated with the colonial empire that received the largest portion of slaves from Africa
Portuguese empire
In the reading, Franklin is troubled by the "proportionably very small" number of "purely white people" in the world. Franklin's system of racial typology is, to say the least, peculiar. Which complexions does he assign to the peoples of which countries and continents?
Purely white:-England and Saxony (Northern Germany and Denmark) Not Purely white: -Asia, parts of Africa, pre-Columbian America -Africa -Spain, Italy, France, Russia, Sweden
Which of the following statements about Puritanism are historically accurate?
Puritans believed that the Church of England had not broken cleanly enough with the Catholic Church. Puritans followed the teachings of theologian John Calvin.
Identify the issue that was not a point of contention between colonial assemblies and their respective royal governors.
Royal government effectively carrying out the wishes of the crown
Select on the map the route Columbus took during his voyage of 1492.
Second line from the top. The line that crosses and makes a loop
Stories of the Black Legend of Spain spread throughout Europe and the colonies through both writings and visual imagery. Identify the statement that best describes the Black Legend.
Spain's reputation as a brutal and exploitative colonizer
Identify the statement that describes the French treatment of Indians.
The French had great admiration for the native societies, and as a result, frequently adopted their ways
What does it reveal about the origins and status of migrants to British North American colonies from 1700-1775?
The largest portion of English/Welsh migrants were convicts. The plurality of migrant were slaves.
Select on the map the region of Dutch settlement prior to 1664.
The middle area to the right of lake Champlain and to the right of Lake Ontario
British North America in the mid-eighteenth century was quite economically diverse. Match each region below to its dominant form(s) of social and economic organization.
The northern and western frontiers: -fur-trading outposts the Hudson Valley: -vast, feudal-sized estates New England: -small farms and towns
Identify the locations where slaves were most frequently sent after being transported to the New World on the Middle Passage.
The west indies Brazil
Identify the statements that describe the English Civil War in 1642.
There were religious disputes about how fully the Church of England should distance its doctrines from Catholicism. There was conflict over restrictions to liberties, including the king issuing taxes without parliamentary consent. There was conflict over the concept of "English Liberty."
In the late 1400s, Bartholomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama led expeditions sailing under the flag of Portugal. Based on the map below, what can you infer was the goal of those expeditions?
To find sea routes to East Asia, bypassing overland routes controlled by foreign powers
Which map represents the possible directions that the first Americans traveled?
Traveling down the western hemisphere
Identify the differences between native ways of life in the northern and southern portions of what became the United States.
Tribes in South: - HUnted Alligators - Managed Orchards - Foraged along the seacoast Tribes in the North: - Gathered wild rice - Relied on fishing
At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, most American colonists identified heavily with the British empire and viewed the British victory as their own.
True
Many Europeans believed Natives were too free, and were surprised that their language lacked words for concepts such as "oppressed" or "obedient subjects," which were commonplace in European languages.
True
Tobacco played a transformative role in the colonies. Both the crown and colonial planters grew rich from the sales of tobacco to the ever-expanding mass market in Europe. As such, it became Virginia's substitute for gold.
True
By the mid-eighteenth century, the different regions of the British colonies had developed distinct economic and social orders. Identify the economic and social orders of each of the regions.
VIRGINIA & South CAROLINA: -slave plantations that produced tobacco NEW ENGLAND: -small family farms that produced food for local consumption MIDDLE COLONIES: -farmers that produced grain for their own use and sale abroad
As the English continued to settle North America and it became clear that they were interested in establishing a permanent colony, conflict with local Indians became inevitable. Select on the map the region in which the Uprising of 1622 took place.
Virgina
According to the map, by 1640, the English settlement was located almost entirely within which colony?
Virginia
The establishment of Virginia and Maryland shared many similarities and also some notable differences. Identify the characteristics that corresponded to either Virginia, Maryland, or both settlements.
Virginia:-settlement was established by a company of investors Maryland:-people of Catholic faith could find refuge and were encouraged to settle here Both:-indentured servants were relied upon for the majority of labor in the early years -tobacco was the leading cash crop-the headright system was in place -conditions were unhealthy, leading to a high death rate for adults and children
Page 173 Use the map to match each Native American tribe with its geographic location in the 1760s.
West Florida: Natchez New York: Iroquois South Carolina: Catawba Southern Great Lakes Region: Delaware
Select on the map the tribal regions where the way of life involved intensive horticulture.
Yachi: Bottom left Hopi and Zuni: Next to Yachi to the right
In the seventeenth century, approximately 500,000 people emigrated from England, largely due to the poor economic conditions in the country. List the emigrants' destinations in order of popularity.
[from the most populated to least] 1. Ireland and the West Indies 2. Virginia and Maryland 3. the Middle Colonies and New England
Identify the statements that describe women and the household economy in the colonies.
describes women and the household economy in the colonies: - Women contributed by managing the cooking, cleaning, and assisting with farming chores, among other responsibilities. - All members of the family, including women, were required to contribute in order to support the family.
Using the information on the map, as English settlers expanded their land holdings in Virginia in the 1620s and 1630s, where did they mostly choose to settle?
on fertile land near navigable waterways
While Native Americans have few common characteristics between their societies, they do share a central religious belief throughout North America called "animism." Identify the statement that best defines animism.
the belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things
Identify the definition of métis.
the child of an Indian woman and French man
Which of the following statements correctly describe the founding of Harvard College in Massachusetts?
the first college established in the English colonies of North America. established by Massachusetts leaders to ensure an educated ministry
Identify the territory that would be considered a borderland
the middle ground of the upper great lakes
On the map, why are some racial and ethnic groups represented by red capital letters instead of by colored areas?
they were limited to specific cities or small regions
In English Liberties, Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance (1680), British journalist Henry Care describes various forms of government. Match each one to the country he cites as a specific example. Note that some countries and/or descriptions may not have a match.
"...each man having a fixed fundamental right born with him as to the freedom of his person and property in his estate, which he cannot be deprived of, but either by his consent, or some crime for which the law has imposed..."---England "Arbitrary tyranny...whose wills (or rather lusts) dispose of the lives and fortunes of their unhappy subjects."---France Turkey
The late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries are often described as the early years of Europe's age of exploration. Place the following European voyages in chronological order.
#1: The Vikings established a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland #2: The Columbian expedition makes landfall in the Bahamas #3: Amerigo Vespucci explores the coast of South Africa #4: Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe
According to the widespread legal doctrine known as "coverture," when a woman married she surrendered her legal identity and became "covered" by that of her husband. What did coverture mean for married women?
- A married woman couldn't own property or sign contracts in her name. - Family life was dependent on male dominance and female submission. - A married woman couldn't go to court to seek divorce.
Identify the statements that describe the encounters between the peoples of the Americas and the Europeans.
- Europeans sought wealth in the New World, initially relying on natives for either trade or labor. - The invention of printing made it possible for Europeans to share information and follow in each other's sailing paths. - The Europeans competed with each other, trying to amass as many native converts to their specific religion as possible.
Identify the statements that describe John Winthrop and his beliefs about the concept of liberty.
- John Winthrop was the first governor of Massachusetts. - John Winthrop believed that true freedom required individuals to submit to both religious and secular authorities.
In 1550, Spain abolished the encomienda system and replaced it with a new repartimiento system. Identify the key characteristics of the repartimiento system.
- Natives were paid wages. - Natives remained legally free. - Natives were required to perform a fixed amount of labor.
Identify the statements that describe poverty in the colonies in the eighteenth century.
- Poor colonists were viewed as lazy and responsible for their poverty - Half the wealth in the colonies was held by the richest ten percent - Poverty was not as wide spread in the colonies as it was in England
Identify the characteristics that correctly describe Great Britain in the eighteenth century.
- Strong sense of national identity - Single political-cultural-economic capital - Devotion to Protestantism - Common Law
Identify the statements that describe what the Florentine Codex reveals about Cortés's attack on the Aztecs.
- The Spanish had superior weapons - Aztec men, women, and children were willing to fight against the Spanish
Use the map to match each Spanish conquistador to the region he explored.
- West coast of North America: Cabrillo - Peru: Pizarro - Hispaniola and the East Caribbean: Ponce de León
Identify the key characteristics of the Hopi and Zuni civilizations of Western Indians
- constructed dams and canals to gather and distribute water - built planned towns with large multi-family dwellings
The development of new technologies allowed Europeans to explore west across the Atlantic. Identify the new technologies that enabled this travel.
- invention of the compass - the invention of the quadrant - development of the caravel
What aspects of white behavior does Scarouyady object to?
- stereotyping all Indians as foes
The Stono Rebellion of 1739 in South Carolina ultimately resulted in which of the following outcomes?
- the introduction of a more restrictive set of slave codes in the colony - an increase in the level of taxation applied to slaves imported into the colony
In the late eighteenth century, there was a stark difference between a "society with slaves" and a "slave society." Identify the statements that describe life for blacks in Virginia's "slave society."
-Blacks were not allowed to own arms. -Blacks were tried in separate courts from whites. -Blacks had to be able to demonstrate they were free or show passes from their owners if found off the plantation.
Identify the statements that are consistent with the "social contract."
-Citizens were in possession of certain natural rights that were universal and not subject to restriction -Citizens voluntarily gave up complete freedom to be part of a society
Traders, religious missionaries, and colonial authorities all sought to reshape Indian society and culture. Identify the statements that describe the recurrent warfare between colonists and Indians.
-Colonists frequently forced out Indians, and then settled on the land that they had cleared. -The conflicts resulted in feelings of superiority from the colonists and further encouraged their creation of boundaries between the two cultures
Identify the statements that describe staple crops and why they were so important to settlers.
-Crops like tobacco and rice that were produced for the world market created great wealth for the farmers. -Because of the lack of credit and money, colonists had to rely on creating their own wealth, and farming staple crops was a reliable source of revenue.
What can be inferred about the establishment of missions and forts from the map below?
-Forts and presidios were usually built near ports or waterways. -The Spanish made a concerted effort to colonize their territory north of Mexico.
Indian culture was transformed by acquiring new items from the English colonists through trading. Identify what Indians acquired and were exposed to by the colonists.
-Indians were exposed to disease, which devastated many tribes. -Indians traded for alcohol, which caused social problems. -Indians acquired guns, which led to overhunting.
In the mid-seventeenth century, some Puritan leaders began to worry about their society's growing commercialization and declining piety, or "declension." Identify the statements that describe the Half-Way Covenant and its impact on the church.
-Massachusetts churches were forced to deal with a growing problem—the religious status of the third generation. This led to the creation of the Half-Way Covenant. -The Half-Way Covenant made ancestry, not religious conversion, the pathway into the church and inclusion among the elect
What does it reveal about ethnic diversity on the Atlantic coast of North America in 1760?
-North Carolina was a very diverse colony, with settlers from Germany, the Scottish Highlands, and England, as well as slaves from Africa -Dutch settlements were primarily along the Hudson River in present-day New York -The majority of Scotch-Irish lined inland, not directly on the Atlantic coast
What facts about North America at the end of the Seven Years' War does the map reflect?
-The French no longer had a presence in North America - The Indians, formerly under French influence, did not want British rule
Based on this map, what can be inferred about the Atlantic slave trade?
-The vast majority of Africans in the slave trade landed in Brazil or the West Indies. -Only a small proportion of Africans in the slave trade were destined for North America.
The legal status of Africans—slave or free—deteriorated over the course of the seventeenth century. Place the following events in the order in which they occurred.
-Virginia law banned blacks from serving in militias -Maryland law stipulated that children born to a lave mother and free father will be slaves -Virginia law stipulated that converting to the Christianity did not release a slave from bondage
Identify the commonalities between "republicanism" and "liberalism."
-both philosophies believed in placing limits upon the absolute power of a government -both concepts worked their way across the Atlantic to the colonies
Identify the statements that describe the results of "salutary neglect" toward the colonies
-it allowed colonial legislatures to use their control of colonial finance to increase their influence -it was a byproduct of the growth, size, and complexity of the British empire in the early eighteenth century
The slave trade was a vital part of world commerce during the eighteenth century, one in which every European empire participated. Complete the following passage, which describes an integral component of that system.
1. Asiento 2. Slaves 3. Dutch
. What concepts and institutions dominated colonial politics in the eighteenth century? . Fill in the blanks to complete the following passage.
1. Church 2. Pluralism 3. Anglicans
Given the aims of the English colonial empire, what would have been the main benefit in seizing New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664?
1. Control of Philadelphia 2. Control of New Amsterdam (which became New York City)
How did the Spanish and French empires in America develop in the eighteenth century? Place the following events relevant to Father Serra in chronological order.
1. First Spanish mission is established in North America 2. Father Junipero Serra dies 3. Mexico achieves independence from Spain 4. Father Junipero Serra is elevated to the sainthood by the catholic church
Colonists from ___ settled along the St. Lawrence River and established the cities of ___ and Quebec
1. France 2. Montreal
Place the following events in chronological order to describe early English colonization.
1. Hakluyt wrote A Discourse Concerning Western Planting, Arguing that Queen Elizabeth I should support colonies in the New World 2. Roanoke Island was settled but ultimately failed due to lack of planting 3. Jamestown, Virginia, was established 4. Pilgrims settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts 5. The Mayflower compact, the first written frame of government in what is now the United States, is created
Identify which criticisms of the church and the King of England resulted in Roger Williams's banishment from the colony of Massachusetts.
1. He believed in religious toleration, citing that God had singled out not only the Puritans for salvation. 2. He was critical of the King of England for taking land from the natives without payment.
Identify the correct statements about the life of Ayuba Diallo.
1. He was the subject of a portrait painted by the artist William Hoare. 2. He was a Senegalese merchant who was captured by slave traders in 1731.
Place the following major events and processes from the early history of the Americas in chronological order
1. Hunters and fishers cross the Bergin Land Bridge from Siberia to Alaska 2. Glaciers begin to melt, submerging the land bridge between Asia and North America 3. the first humans reach the southern most tip of South America. 4. Agriculture emerges Mesopotamia and the Andes.
In the eighteenth century, a series of triangular trading routes crisscrossed the Atlantic, carrying manufactured goods, colonial products, and slaves. Each arrow on the map below represents a leg of this system. Place the following labels on the map to identify each leg.
1. Manufactured goods went to Africa 2. Colonial products such as tobacco, indigo and rice went to Europe 3. Slaves went to the new world
Place in chronological order the events and actions that led to Cortés conquering the Aztecs.
1. The Aztecs alienate neighboring tribes 2. Cortes befriends non-Aztec tribes 3. Disease overtakes the Aztecs 4. The king was captured and killed
Colonial North America was notable for its high rates of literacy and its active and relatively free press. Match the colonial-era newspaper to the statement that describes it most accurately.
1. The Pennsylvania Gazette: Considered one of the best edited colonial newspapers, it was established in Philadelphia in 1728 and later purchased by Benjamin Franklin. 2. New-York Weekly Journal: Its founder, William Zenger, was arrested and tried for seditious libel after criticizing the governor. 3. Public Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic: Established in Boston in 1690, it was shut down after a single issue for criticizing a British military alliance with the Iroquois.
European powers were slower to take an interest in North America than in South America and the Caribbean. Place the following North American settlements in chronological order according to their establishment.
1. The Virginia Company finances Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. 2. Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in North America, is founded. 3. Henry Hudson's exploration leads to the founding of New Netherland, the first permanent Dutch settlement in North America. 4. The Spanish settle Santa Fe as the capital of New Mexico.
Using the information in both maps, place the colonies in order of their settlement.
1. Virginia 2. Plymouth 3. Massachusetts 4. Connecticut
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing trade in the Atlantic world.
1. West Indies 2. Chesapeake 3. North American Colonies
When the English took over New York from the Dutch, they continued to allow religious toleration but minimized the rights the Dutch had given to which of the following groups of people?
1. Women 2. Blacks
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about the slave population in the mid-eighteenth century
1. a more healthy climate 2. small 3. in constant contact with
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about an aspect of British political thinking in the eighteenth century.
1. citizens 2. property holders 3. a king
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about the political dynamic in the colonies.
1. governor 2. colonial assemblies 3. economic value
The idea of freedom suddenly took on new and expanded meanings between 1640 and 1660. Identify the statements that describe the Levellers and their contributions to the expanded idea of freedom during this time.
1. offered a glimpse of the modern definition of freedom as a universal entitlement based on equal rights, not a function of social class 2. was the first democratic political movement that proposed a written constitution, which proposed to abolish the monarchy and expand the right to vote
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing Spain's North American colonies.
1. ranching and trade 2. Europe 3. French
Identify the statements that describe the religion of African slaves.
1.Africans tended to adopt and incorporate some features of Christianity into their belief systems. 2.There was a general belief in a connection between the spiritual world and the forces of nature.
