Ch. 2 Test

C

A Dutch patroonship was: (a) a high government office in North America (b) about $100 (c) a large estate (d) a fur trader

A

All of the following religious groups followed Calvinist principals except: (a) Lutherans (b) Presbyterians (c) Puritans (d) Huguenots

A

All of the following were problems faced by the early settlers of Jamestown except that (a) there were not enough gentlemen and specialized craftsmen to provide leadership for the colony (b) the colony was located in a malaria- and typhoid- infested area (c) the colonists often faced starvation due to lack of supplies and lack of farming skills (d) local Indians were unpredictable and often hostile toward the colonists

A

Among the Quakers hanged by MA was (a) Mary Dyer (b) Anne Hutchinson (c) Samuel Gorton (d) Henry Dinster

B

Anne Hutchinson was (a) one of the hysterical girls who participated in the Salem witchcraft trials (b) a Puritan women who was expelled from MA for claiming that she communicated directly with God (c) the wife of the first royal governor of MA (d) the first English women brought to Virginia as an indentured servant

C

Before becoming Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell gained fame as a (a) member of the House of Lords (b) member of the House of Commons (c) military commander (d) religious leader

A

By 1620, (blank) foreign trade probably exceeded that of the rest of Europe combined. (a) Dutch (b) Spanish (c) Portuguese (d) English

B

By 1645, the primary crop of Barbados was (a) cotton (b) sugar (c) tobacco (d) hemp

C

By 1700, the largest city in New France was (a) Quebec (b) Three Rivers (c) Montreal (d) Toronto

B

By the mid- eighteenth century, the most important French colony was (a) Matiniqui (b) St. Dominque (Hati) (c) Guadeloupe (d) Canada

C

Calvinists believe that (a) Christians should give away all their material possessions (b) women were spiritually inferior and could not be saved (c) a person's salvation or damnation was predestined by God (d) the elect earned their salvation through acts of penitence

B

Early Pennsylvania also was referred to as (a) the city upon a hill (b) the holy experiment (c) the city of God (d) the holy commune

C

Early colonial population statistics for Virginia and Maryland reveal that (a) women outnumbered men by a ration of five to one (b) most men outlived their first wives and immediatly remarried (c) most men lived to the age of 45 while most women died before the age of 40 (d) colonials were healthier and lived longer than people in England

B

English colonization efforts in Ireland and North America were similar in that in both places (a) the Protestants comprised an overwhelming majority of the population (b) the English used harsh tactics, including massacring of women and children, to subdue the native peoples (c) the English liberated the oppressed natives and introduced democratic self- government (d) the Enlish admired and copied many of the traditions and beliefs of the natives

A

Henry Hudson sailed for (a) the Netherlands (b) France (c) Rhode Island (d) MA

B

In the colony of New France, (a) high ranking government officials were elected by the local land owners (b) fur trading and wheat farming provided the basis for a properous economy (c) slavery was outlawed (d) the population was two times larger than that of France itself

C

Jamestown was established and settled by (a) Elizabeth I (b) coastal fishermen from NE (c) a joint- stock company (d) Puritans

B

John Smith is noted for (a) ecouraging the London Company to forget about colonization (b) saving the Jamestown colony by forcing the colonists to work (c) marrying Pocahontas (d) leading several successful English attacks on Panama

B

Of the 13,000 settlers who went to New England by 1631 (blank) were families. (a) few (b) most (c) none (d) all

C

Once of the primary founders of the colony of Rhode Island was: (a) Thomas Hooker (b) John Winthrop (c) Roger Williams (d) William Bradstreet

C

Puritans believed that a person's salvation depended on (a) good works (b) following the teachings of the church (c) God's covenant of grade (d) chance

D

Quakers believed that each individual could be saved by (a) attendance in church on Sundays (b) the active involvement of church ministers (c) the covenant (d) the "Inner Light"

A

Quakers were persecuted for all except which of the following reasons? (a) The believed in the absolute authority of a trained minister over the congregation (b) they were pacifists (c) The believed that God dwelt within each individual in the form of an Inner Light (d) They granted women complete social nad spiritual equality

A

Richard Nicolls was (a) the first English governor of NY (b) the founder of the Baptist Church (c) a properous NE shipbuilder (d) hanged for relious heresy in MA

C

Roger Williams and a handful of disciples founded (a) Newport (b) Portsmouth (c) Providence (d) New Haven

A

Roger Williams was banished from MA because he believed that (a) the king lacked the authority to grant title to Indian lands (b) only adult male Puritans should be allowed to vote and hold office (c) no Jews or atheists should be allowed in the colony (d) all colonial churches should be under the authority of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury

D

Settlers were attracted to Penn in large numbers because of (a) liberal land grants (b) religious toleration (c) the democratically elected assembly (d) all of the above

A

Sir Francis Drake was (a) an English slave trader and pirate who raided Spanish possessions in South America (b) an English explorer who led an expedition to locate the "Northwest Passage" (c) the Italian mapmaker for whom the continents of the Western Hemisphere were named (d) the founder of the colony of Jamestown

A

The "jeremiad" was (a) a sermon that lamented religious shortcomings (b) the rite practiced at Indian powwows (c)the good works individuals engaged in for salvation (d) indulgences sold by the church for salvation

B

The "lord protector" who led England following the beheading of Charles I was(a) James Harrington (b) Oliver Cromwell (c) William of Orange (d) John Locke

C

The Dutch Republic and its North American colonies (a) were primarily motivated by a desire to spread Christianity around the world (b) were ruled by centralized monarchical governments (c) promoted free trade, religious toleration, and local political control (d) were the smallest and poorest of European empires

C

The English Reformation (a) the monastic orders expanded their landholdings and increased church taxes (b) thousands of Catholics were burned as witches (c) Henry VIII proclaimed himself the "only supreme head" of the Church of England (d) all of the above

D

The English monarch most responsible for defining the Protestant Reformation in England was: (a) Mary of Scotland (b) James II (c) Charles I (d) Elizabeth I

A

The Half- way Covenant refers to (a) religious concessions made to those who had not the salvation experience (b) the responsibilities a person had to the community in which they lived (c) the status of a couple between engagement and marriage (d) contractual landholding responsibilites

C

The Indian warrior who lead the massacre of 1622 against the Virginia settlers was: (a) Powhatan (b) Massasoit (c) Opechancanough (d) Squanto

A

The Protestant Reformation argued that: a) a person could find salvation though faith alone (b) a person could find salvation through good works alone (c) a papal hierarchy was necessary for salvation (d) the seven sacraments were necessary for salvation

D

The Puritan idea that God would not punish the whole community for misdeeds of individuals stemmed from the (a) covenant of works (b) covenant of grade (c) church covenant (d) national covenant

D

The Restoration colonies were (a) the smallest and least profitable colonies in NE (b) founded by political exiles who were driven out of the Puritan colonies (c) RI, Conn, Maine, and Vermont (d) proprietary colonies founded by cavalier supporters of Charles II and James II

A

The Toleration Act applied to (a) Virginia (b) Maryland (c) Rhode Island (d) MA

A

The author of Oceana was (a) James Harrington (b) John Milton (c) Niccolo Machiavelli (D) King James II

B

The colony of MA bay was settled by: (a) Catholics (b) Puritans (c) Quakers (d) Anglicans

C

The colony of NY (a) attracted thousands of English colonists because of its democratic government and elected assembly (b) was established by a charter written by John Locke (c) remained predominately Dutch in population and culture throughout the 17th century (d) was founded by Quakers escaping from religious persecution in England

D

The colony that was established as a Catholic refuge was: (a) MA (b) NJ (c) Delaware (d) Maryland

B

The coureurs de bois were: (a) French Jesuits (b) French fur traders (c) French tax collectors (d) French craftsmen

D

The founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, was (a) John Milton (b) John Calvin (c) John Winthrop (d) George Fox

D

The last of the original thirteen colonies to be founded was (a) North Carolina (b) South Carolina (c) New Hampshire (d) Georgia

B

The man most responsible for the French colonization of North America was:(a) King Louis XIV (c) Francois Quebec (d) Carginal Richelieu

C

The model for England's conquest and colonization of North America was: (a) New Spain (b) Brazil (c) Ireland (d) Wales

B

The monarch who sat on the English throne during early seventeenth- century colonizaton in North America was: (a) Elizabeth I (b) James I (c) James II (d) Charles I

C

The popular religious leader who was banned from MA in 1630s was: (a) John Cotton (b) Increase Mather (c) Anne Hutchinson (d) Cotton Mather

C

The primary export of the Virginia Colony was: (a) cotton (b) wheat (c) tobacco (d) flax

D

The staple export of SC by the early 18th century was (a) tobacco (b) wheat (c) cotton (d) rice

A

Under the headlight system, (a) a colonist recieved fifty acres of free land for every person for whom he paid passage to Virginia (b) a head tax was levied on every adult man and woman in the colonies (c) serious crimes were punished by decapitation (d) the wealthiest males in the colonies were allowed to go first of community processions

B

Which of the following had established a permanent settlement in North America before 1600? (a) France (b) Spain (c) England (d) the Netherlands

B

Which of the following is not true of the society envisioned in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina? (a) Religious toleration was guaranteed (b) Slavery was prohibited (c) Nobles would control 40 percent of the land (d) Citizenship depended on church membership

B

Which of the following is true of Samuel de Champlain? (a) He was a devout Catholic who enslaved Indians (b) He explored the St. Lawrence River and founded the French colony of Quebec (c) He was the French king who offered religious toleration to Huguenots (D) He was so harsh and autocratic that his own soldiers murdered him

C

Which of the following is true of slavery in the English colonies? (a) By the time of the American Revolution, most colonies had outlawed slavery (b) most of the slaves in North America lived in the New England colonies (c) The Dutch first introduced slavery to the Virginia colony before 1619 (d) Since slavery was common in England, it also was a basic feature of all the colonies

D

Which of the following is true of the MA bay colony? (a) Its original colonists were mostly educated, prosperous property owners (b) it was founded by English Puritans who created their own joint- stock company (c) its colonies here healthier and lived longer than the Virginia Colonists (d) all of the above

D

Which of the following statements about early Jamestown in most correct? (a) It was a great success (b) Its success or failure was unclear (c) It was saved by the discovery of silver (d) It was a deathtrap

C

William Pen's constitution for Pennsylvania was called the (a) Plan for Government (b) Fundamental Governing Law (c) First Frame of Government (d) Governmental Outline