Chapter 2 Review and Study Set

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What occurred in 1688 when William and Mary became joint sovereigns of England in a bloodless coup?

The Glorious Revolution

What was true regarding the use of indentured servants and African slaves in early Virginia?

The colonists may have expected the Africans to be freed after a term of service AT first + most indentured servants were English immigrants.

Where was contest for control of North America most evident in?

The middle grounds.

What did the Pequot War result in?

The near elimination of local Indian tribes in the Connecticut Valley.

Why did members of Parliament fear James II's succession and instead invite Mary and William to reign?

The new king would be Catholic

Which best explains the connection between tobacco and territorial expansion in the Chesapeake area?

The profitability of tobacco crops spurred more demand for land.

How did Indians and Europeans live in the middle grounds?

They made concessions to each other and carved out ways of living with each other.

What is not correct about the Puritans' emigration from England?

They sought to find a colony where ALL people would be free to worship as they wished (Correct statement: they wanted to find a colony where THEY would worship freely)

What were the societies around the borders of British settlement like?

They were places where European and Indian cultures interacted and neither side had a military advantage.

Why did England pass the Navigation Acts?

To ensure profit from the growing commercial success of the colonies.

What was Virginia's first profitable crop?

Tobacco

Which of the following was a major factor in the inability of early settlers to build a real community in Jamestown?

Women had not been recruited for the expedition.

What kind of acts were passed around 1660 by the English government to regulate trade in the colonies?

3 Navigation Acts

What is an indenture?

A contract that binds someone to work for a set period of time

Which groups were excluded from James Oglethorpe's colony in Georgia?

Africans and Catholics

Where was the continuing contests for control of North America most visible?

Around the borders of the British Settlement

Religious dissenters in Massachusetts Bay formed colonies that later became:

Connecticut

What did the Quakers have in common with the Puritans?

Establishment of a religious refuge in North America

True or false: James governed the colony of New York personally until he became king in 1685.

False

True or false: The founders of Maryland established a policy of religious toleration that assured freedom of worship to all Christians because Protestants were outnumbered by Catholics.

False

True or false: The colonies in Connecticut were established to promote religious tolerance and freedom.

False! New Haven colony established a theocracy stricter than Massachusetts Bay.

True or false: James made a disastrous attempt to impose Catholic rule on its inhabitants

False; he did not impose Catholic rule on its inhabitants

Where did Spanish settlers begin moving to from their colony in Florida?

Georgia

How did the creation of the Dominion of New England impact colonies in New England?

It limited the authority of the colonists by increasing British authority to enforce laws.

Who commanded the expedition of 17 ships and 1,000 people bound for New England? It was the largest single migration of its kind in the seventeenth century.

John Winthrop

What was a serious problem for the settlers of Jamestown?

Many settlers became sick because they lacked prior exposure to malaria and other local diseases.

Were the Carolina proprietors successful in drawing an abundance of settlers?

No

Were the Puritans legally allowed to depart from England?

No, their departure was illegal at the time.

The Quakers were responsible for the efforts that eventually established the colony of...

Pennsylvania

What was James Oglethorpe investigating on the parliamentary committee?

Prisons; he was appalled by the plight of honest debtors and other vulnerable people.

What best describes the ration of Catholic settlers to Protestants in Maryland?

Protestants outnumbered Catholics.

Frontier areas in which settlers and Indians vied for control, with neither side able to establish clear dominance, were described as:

The "middle grounds"

The Pequot War was the result of hostilities between the Pequot Indians and English settlers where?

The Connecticut Valley

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the area between the Carolinas and Florida was the site of the following...

- English-Spanish Tensions - Spanish-French Tensions - Spanish efforts to build forts

What was true about the Dominion of New England created by James II?

- James II created a single Dominion of New England to increase control over the colonists. - The governments of Massachusetts, the rest of the New England colonies, New York, and New Jersey were combined.

What were some of the incentives to colonization offered by Carolina proprietors?

- Religious freedom for all Christians - Measure of political freedom with a representative assembly

What was true about the establishment of the Carolina colony?

- The eight proprietors reserved tremendous estates for themselves - Charles II gave the proprietors enormous powers over their grant - Its constitution was written with help from John Locke

What was true about the Massachusetts bay Company?

- The organizers acquired a charter from Charles I to create the company and establish a colony. - The company was founded by Puritan merchants. - The company's founders were motivated by both economic and spiritual interests.

What were reasons that the Puritan Separatists from England chose to leave their new home in Holland?

- Their children began to drift away from their church - They could only obtain jobs that paid poorly


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