Chapter 2 quiz
On which modern-day location did Christopher Columbus's fleet first land in the New World?
the Bahamas
Which law had the greatest impact on the legal status of Africans in North America in the 1600s?
the law making slavery a hereditary condition inherited through a child's mother
What was the main goal of the French in colonizing the Americas?
trading, especially for furs
Which crop did the Europeans bring to the New World?
wheat
Why didn't England make stronger attempts to colonize the New World before the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century?
English attention was turned to internal struggles and the encroaching Catholic menace to Scotland and Ireland.
Why did European colonists choose to replace the slave labor of native peoples with that of West Africans?
Native Americans were not able to resist diseases carried by Europeans.
What happened in the late 1600s that led to changes in the legal status of Africans in the United States?
Other forms of inexpensive labor were becoming scarce.
Why did the Spanish crown continue to finance the Florida colony even after the explorers failed to find a passage to Asia?
The colony had become an important base for missionaries.
Why did slavery play a larger role in driving economic expansion in the southern colonies than those further north?
The southern colonies' economies depended more heavily on agriculture.
How were the Quakers different from other Protestant groups?
They were pacifists who were against fighting wars.
Which of the following most drove the governments of European nation states in colonizing the Americas?
competition with each other
Which of the following was most helpful to the success of the Columbian Exchange in the New World?
established Native American trade routes
The 1657 petition known as the Flushing Remonstrance concerned which of the following?
freedom of religion
Which New World crop soon became a dietary staple for Europeans?
potatoes
