EXAM 1- History

The financial strains of the Seven Years' War would later help to spark the A) Mexican-American War B) French Revolution C) War of 1812 D) American Civil War

B) French Revolution

True or False: "Rascism"- 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

True or False: After 1667, the Virginia House of Burgesses held that Christians could not enslave other Christians.

False

True or False: As colonial society became more structured, opportunities for women in the eighteenth century increased.

False

True or False: Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 was a rebellion over a tax increase on bacon.

False

True or False: By the middle of the eighteenth century, most elections were fiercely contested throughout the American colonies.

False

True or False: During the Great Awakening, most preachers explicitly condemned slavery.

False

True or False: In the Chesapeake region, men outnumbered women for most of the seventeenth century by a ratio of approximately twelve to one.

False

True or False: Ordinary settlers in Puritan Massachusetts were called "gentlemen" and "ladies" or "master" and "mistress".

False

True or False: Over the century between 1650 and 1750, the agricultural economies of New England, the Middle Colonies, and the backcountry grew more and more alike.

False

True or False: Possibly more than any other individual, Theodore Frelinghuysen, who declared "the whole world his parish," sparked the Great Awakening.

False

True or False: Slaves showed little inclination to challenge their enslavement in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Virginia.

False

True or False: The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669) ended hereditary nobility, and abolished landgraves and caciques.

False

True or False: The Seven Years' War was also known in the colonies as Queen Anne's War.

False

True or False: The early settlers of English America enjoyed the least amount of rights compared to colonists of other empires.

False

True or False: The eighteenth century was the height of the Atlantic slave trade, a commerce increasingly dominated by Spanish merchants and ships.

False

True or False: "Deism" was a religious adaptation of Enlightenment thought in both Europe and Colonial America.

True

True or False: According to the English minister George Whitefield, people could participate in their own salvation through their own actions; they were not, as predominant Protestant religions had traditionally held, predestined for damnation.

True

True or False: By 1700, almost 2 million acres of land was owned by five New York families.

True

True or False: Colonial Massachusetts was organized into self-governing towns.

True

True or False: Colonial political offices frequently passed from generation to generation in the same family.

True

True or False: 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

True or False: England's ongoing struggle to subdue Ireland delayed its entry into New World colonization.

True

True or False: Every European empire in the New World utilized slave labor and battled for control of the slave trade.

True

True or False: George Washington, a British soldier, was forced to surrender at Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania after he lost a third of his men in an ill-conceived effort to fight a larger French and Indian force.

True

True or False: Great Britain eclipsed the Dutch as the leading producer and trader of inexpensive consumer goods in the eighteenth century.

True

True or False: Harvard College was principally founded to educate young men into the ministry.

True

Approximately what percentage of slaves carried to the New World were destined for mainland North America? A) 5 percent B) 10 percent C) 15 percent D) 20 percent

A) 5 percent

The view that reason alone was capable of establishing the essentials of religion, and that outdated superstitions included belief in the revealed truth of the Bible and miracles was called A) Arminianism B) Antinomianism C) Calvinism D) Antidisestablishmentarianism

A) Arminianism

The leading promoter of the Great Awakening was A) George Whitefield B) Neolin. C) Junipero Serra. D) Benjamin Franklin.

A) George Whitefield

The richest group of mainland colonists were A) South Carolina planters B) New York merchants C) Pennsylvania craftsmen D) New Jersey shipbuilders

A) South Carolina planters

The English colonies differed from the Spanish in that Spanish women could A) jointly own all the wealth accumulated during marriage. B) claim rights to one-third of her husband's property in the event that he died before she did. C) hold a family's wealth as long as it was willed to a male heir. D) not hold any family wealth.

A) jointly own all the wealth accumulated during marriage.

Under the liberalism idea, the "social contract" extorted that A) men retain their natural rights, as they predated the establishment of political authority B) men were not to govern themselves as this was the role of the British government C) men would not surrender a part of their right to govern themselves in order to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law. D) the government formed a mutual agreement among all people, including women and non-property-owning males.

A) men retain their natural rights, as they predated the establishment of political authority

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

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

In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was A) the House of Burgesses in Virginia B) the Massachusetts General Court C) the State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania D) the Delaware State House in Christiana

A) the House of Burgesses in Virginia

Which of the following was an effect of Bacon's Rebellion? A) the increased use of African slaves B) the increased use of indentured servants C) the increased use of Native American slaves D) the increased use of the headright system

A) the increased use of African slaves

Which of the following crops did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies? A) tobacco B) cotton C) indigo D) silk

A) tobacco

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? A) founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony; founding of Plymouth Colony; founding of Jamestown Colony B) Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant C) English Civil War; Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church; Walter Raleigh's Roanoke colony venture D) introduction of headright system in Virginia; enactment of religious toleration in Maryland; Magna Carta

B) Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant

Which did not characterize free blacks (such as Anthony Johnson) in Virginia and Maryland in the 1600s? A) They sometimes purchased white servants. B) They could not own African slaves. C) They could sue or testify in court. D) They could own land.

B) They could not own African slaves.

A major reason for Jews to move to Spanish North America was A) the availability of jobs in the tobacco industry. B) few issues with the Indian population assured their assimilation into society. C) escape from the Inquisition in Mexico City. D) their religious acceptance in the Creole communities.

B) few issues with the Indian population assured their assimilation into society.

In the first two years of Jamestown's existence, relations with the Indians were A) hardly existent as both were cautiously afraid of the other. B) mostly peaceful and based on simple trade. C) hostile, with Indians killing many of the colonists and disease taking out entire tribes. D) excellent as both sides agreed to lay down weapons and form a cultural school in which to teach a common language.

B) mostly peaceful and based on simple trade.

This chief crop produced by Western Hemisphere slaves during the eighteenth century was also the first to be mass-marketed to consumers in Europe. A) rice B) sugar C) wheat D) tobacco

B) sugar

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

Which of the following was not prompted by Oliver Cromwell? A) English colonial expansion B) the return to tolerance toward Irish Catholics C) the promotion of Protestantism D) commercial empowerment in the Western Hemisphere

B) the return to tolerance toward Irish Catholics

Some slaves came to the colonies familiar with Christianity, but most North American slaves practiced A) Islam B) traditional African religions C) no religion as there was little cohesiveness in the African peoples D) Buddhism

B) traditional African religions

In an effort to discourage colonists and prevent newcomers from joining Indian societies, Puritans suggested the "godly society" A) avoid smoking peace pipes as the Indian tobacco had not been approved by the colony. B) write captivity narratives describing the brutality of the Indians. C) refrain from eating the same foods as Indians. D) intermarry so that they could convert the Indians to the Protestant religion.

B) write captivity narratives describing the brutality of the Indians.

The largest group of immigrants from continental Europe were the A) Italians. B) French. C) Germans. D) Dutch.

C) Germans.

In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial America's leading commercial port and cultural center was A) Baltimore. B) New York. C) Philadelphia D) Charleston.

C) Philadelphia

Which of the following did not happen in the 1630s? A) Pequot War B) Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts. C) The House of Burgesses was established. D) Anne Hutchinson's trial

C) The House of Burgesses was established.

Which was not part of the aftermath of King Philip's War? A) Metacom was captured and executed. 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 bloodthirsty savages became entrenched in the view of New England colonists.

C) The Iroquois, having attacked the colonists, were destroyed.

A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe A) an angel descended from heaven. B) a beatified Catholic. C) a person who had experienced a conversion experience. D) a scar or tattoo, usually on the forearm of the deceased.

C) a person who had experienced a conversion experience.

The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups? A) African slaves B) Native Americans C) indentured servants D) mestizos

C) indentured servants

In the eighteenth century, the British Constitution-the unwritten groundwork of British freedom-celebrated all except A) the rule of law. B) the right to a jury trial. C) the right for all men to vote. D) the right to live under laws to which one's representatives had consented.

C) the right for all men to vote.

In 1600s Virginia, a feme sole could do all of the following except A) acquire land. B) manage her own plantation. C) vote. D) act as a lawyer in court.

C) vote.

The Albany Plan of Union A) was rejected by the British Parliament B) was drafted by George Washington to create both a military and a governing body so that the colonies could govern themselves C) was the attempt to create a council composed of delegates from each colony to levy taxes and settle domestic issues. D) focused on religious issues around the city of Albany, New York

C) was the attempt to create a council composed of delegates from each colony to levy taxes and settle domestic issues.

During Pontiac's Rebellion, Neolin, the prophet, asserted all except: A) Indians must free themselves from dependence on alcohol. B) Indians must drive the British from their territory. C) He preached a pan-Indian identity. D) Indians must use British technology to defeat their enemies.

D) Indians must use British technology to defeat their enemies.

Following the Proclamation of 1763, A) lands were opened for new colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. B) Indian lands could be purchased only by private individuals. C) its ordinances were ignored and officials covered their involvement in land grabs. D) Indians were protected under the British government's rules and both parties sought to end border disputes.

D) Indians were protected under the British government's rules and both parties sought to end border disputes.

Pocahontas married A) John Winthrop. B) John Smith. C) John Williams. D) John Rolfe.

D) John Rolfe.

The first slave uprising of the eighteenth century, which occurred in _______________, included houses burned and the deaths of nine whites. A) North Carolina B) South Carolina C) Georgia D) New York

D) New York

The colony founded by a leader who hoped women and blacks would be given equality along with all persons was A) Rhode Island. B) Connecticut. C) There was no such British colonial leader. D) Pennsylvania.

D) Pennsylvania.

Who was the most prominent Native American leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia? A) Pocahontas B) Massasoit C) Squanto D) Powhatan

D) Powhatan

One change in Indian life after the English colonists settled was A) male Indians devoted less time to hunting beaver for fur trading B) Indians rejected the use of metal goods for cooking practices as they preferred to continue in their customs C) while woven cloth was immediately accepted, it took many years for the Indians to accept guns from the English D) alcohol became increasingly common and disruptive

D) alcohol became increasingly common and disruptive

Which of the following was not a significant outcome of the start of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation? A) a surge of revenue to the English crown B) the emergence of a landed gentry, which enjoyed great social and political influence C) a rush of newcomers from England, in pursuit of land and labor D) campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields

D) campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields

Benjamin Franklin is credited with all of the following except A) founding the Junto club B) purchasing the Pennsylvania Gazette C) established the Library Company of Philadelphia D) founding a Catholic Church in Baltimore

D) founding a Catholic Church in Baltimore

Which was not a characteristic of Roger William's Rhode Island colony? A) It was a refuge for religious nonconformists B) It had no religious qualification for voting in the 1600s. C) It had no established church D) It required citizens to attend church

D) it required citizens to attend church

The military outposts established by the Spanish in California and New Mexico were called A) haciendas B) asiendos C) casas D) presidios

D) presidios

The policy of leaving the colonists to govern themselves was called A) conventionalism B) colonialism C) laissez-faire D) salutary neglect

D) salutary neglect

Under the ____ system, individual slaves were able to cultivate crops of their own after their daily jobs. A) nonplantation B) yeoman farmer C) middle ground D) task

D) task

The agreement that ended the Seven Years' War was called A) the Geneva Convention B) the Hartford Convention C) the Albany Plan D) the Peace of Paris

D) the Peace of Paris

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was A) silver B) rum C) yellow corn D) tobacco

D) tobacco

True or False: In 1678, when the Lords of Trade in England queried the Massachusetts government about how well it was following the Navigation Acts, the Lords received the reply from the colony that the Navigation Acts did not apply to the colony unless the colony's own government (not the British Parliament, but rather the Massachusetts General Court) approved them.

True

True or False: In 1705, the House of Burgesses enacted strict slave codes.

True

True or False: In the English colonies as a whole, half of the wealth at mid-eighteenth century was concentrated in the hands of the richest 10 percent of the population.

True

True or False: John Rolfe married Powhatan's daughter.

True

True or False: Most African rulers took part in the Atlantic slave trade.

True

True or False: Most New England colonists sided with Parliament during the English Civil war.

True

True or False: Most colonists barred Catholics and Jews from voting and holding public office.

True

True or False: Most immigrants to America from England in the 1600s were poor, young, single men.

True

True or False: Newspaperman John Peter Zenger printed several issues targeting the governor of New York's corruption. He was found not guilty as his accusations were found to be true.

True

True or False: Primogeniture meant that estates must be passed intact to the oldest son.

True

True or False: Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.

True

True or False: Russian traders established a series of forts in an attempt to challenge the Spanish for North American territory.

True

True or False: The "Rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.

True

True or False: The English word "slave" derives from the word "Slav," that is, a people from Eastern Europe who were enslaved by other Europeans into the 1400s.

True

True or False: Tituba, who was one of the people accused of being a witch in Salem, was originally an Indian from the Caribbean who, in 1692, was a slave in Massachusetts.

True

True or False: Under the seventeenth-century British Navigation Acts, certain goods produced in the colonies had to be taken in English ships and sold in ports in England.

True

True or False: Virginia's upper class in the 1700s was sometimes called a "cousinocracy."

True

True or False: When supplies reached the Roanoke colony in 1590, the inhabitants had mysteriously vanished leaving only a word carved in a tree as a clue to their whereabouts.

True

True or False: During the eighteenth century, British colonies diversified along ethic, and religious lines.

True

True or False: In Puritan New England, a husband's authority in his house was nearly absolute; genuine freedom for a woman was understood to come from her subjection to her husband's will and desires.

True