history chp. 1-4

By the end of the colonial period, American cities:

held no more than 10 percent of the total population.

The Declaratory Act of 1766:

reasserted the government's right to tax the colonists.

One of the chief objectives of policy under George Grenville was to:

reduce Britain's enormous debt.

The Navigation Act of 1651:

required all goods imported into Britain or the colonies to be shipped in British vessels.

the stamp act

required revenue stamps on legal and commercial documents.

By 1750, the French population in North America:

was vastly outnumbered by the English.

All of the following are true of the Pilgrims, EXCEPT that they:

were a sect of radical Catholics.

Which of the following foods did Europeans introduce to the New World?

wheat

One of the most controversial elements of the Great Awakening was

women who rose to speak during religious services.

Which of the following is NOT true of early colonial slavery?

All slaves could expect a lifetime in bondage.

Which of the following is true of the Boston Tea Party?

Americans destroyed forty-six tons of tea.

A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:

Barbados

Which country did Sir Walter Raleigh argue should establish colonies in the New World?

England

Due to its harsh winters, New England's death rate was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.

False

Pueblos were communities built by the Aztecs on cliffsides.

False

The brutal and exploitative systems that the Spanish implemented in the New World were largely the work of Bartolomé de Las Casas.

False

The Protestant Reformation was launched in Europe by:

Martin Luther

Around 1500 B.C.E., which group in Middle America (Mesoamerica) began developing large cities, including gigantic pyramids?

Mayas

Which of the following is NOT true of New England home life?

Most New Englanders had well-appointed homes with glass windows.

The largest number of German immigrants to the colonies settled in:

Pennsylvania.

In 1565, the first European town established in the current-day United States was:

St. Augustine.

During the colonial period, prostitution:

was especially common in port cities.

Many of the New World's early explorers were looking for a shorter and safer route around Africa to India.

True

Mexica tribes were deeply spiritual and incorporated human sacrifice into their religious worship.

True

A writ of assistance was:

a blanket search warrant that did not specify the place to be searched.

The witch craze in Salem started when:

adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions.

Food crops exported from the Americas:

allowed a population explosion

In 1624, a British court dissolved the struggling Virginia Company, and Virginia:

became a royal colony.

The Spanish Armada:

caused Spain to give up New World colonization as a result of its defeat.

The triumph of what Britain called the Great War saw Americans:

celebrating as joyously as Londoners.

The covenant theory from which the Puritans drew their ideas contained:

certain kernels of democracy in both church and state.

The primary objective of the thousands of priests in New Spain was to:

convert the Indians.

The Navigation Act of 1660 specified "enumerated" goods that:

could only be shipped to England or its colonies.

Prime Minister Robert Walpole's relaxed policy toward the colonies:

enabled the Americans to pursue greater political independence.

Although the Seven Years' War has often been called a world war, there was very little international conflict.

false

Like his grandfather and great-grandfather, George III cared little about England.

false

The Gaspee incident involved the burning of a church in Boston by British soldiers.

false

The Stamp Act placed the first tax on the new colonial postal system.

false

The stockholders who invested in the Virginia Company were motivated primarily by:

financial profit.

All of the following are true of the English Quakers, EXCEPT that they

followed charismatic preachers

The middle colonies:

geographically and culturally stood between New England and the southern colonies.

New Lights differed from Old Lights by:

incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688:

increased the power of Parliament.

Which of the following is true of the Anasazi?

lacked a rigid class structure engaged in warfare only for self-defense lived in the Southwest were destroyed by a prolonged drought All of these.

As Jamestown's leader, Captain John Smith:

made the colonists work in order to eat.

The Dominion of New England:

marked an attempt to bolster the authority of the Crown.

The early settlers of New England differed from those of the Chesapeake by being primarily

middle-class.

One change brought to the American colonies after the Glorious Revolution was that the:

monarchy attempted to tighten its grip on the colonies by making more of them royal colonies.

Puritans sought to have Indians:

moved to "praying towns."

Puritan commitment to education is best explained by their:

need to read the scriptures.

The English Puritans:

opposed Catholic elements in the Church of England.

Dutch sailors were essentially:

pirates

Legally speaking, slaves were:

property.

The Mayflower Compact:

provided the original government for the Plymouth colony.

The purpose of the Coercive Acts was to:

punish Boston for the Tea Party.

When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill," he was referring to that colony's desire to:

serve as a model Christian community.

In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of:

slaving activity

The presidios established by the Spaniards in the Southwest housed:

soldiers.

A major reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was:

storms in the North Sea.

Throughout the colonies, husbands expected what from their wives?

submission to their authority

Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World in:

the Bahamas.

The events surrounding a suspected slave revolt in New York City in 1741 offer parallels to:

the Salem witch craze.

One of the important factors aiding the survival of the early Jamestown settlers was:

the assistance they received from the Indians.

The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted in:

the disappearance of the colonists.

Pontiac's Rebellion involved all of the following, EXCEPT:

the return of French soldiers to Canada.

As a result of the Christianity that was forced upon African slaves, the fundamental theme of slave religion was deliverance.

true

Cahokia was a large, advanced regional center for the Mississippian culture.

true

Delaware was originally part of Pennsylvania

true

England transported more than 50,000 convicts to the North American colonies for settlement.

true

In British North America, black men and black women were often excluded from religious services out of the belief that Christianized slaves might seek to gain freedom.

true

Initially, in the early seventeenth century, many of the first slaves were treated like indentured servants and earned their freedom.

true

Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women.

true

One in six captives died during the Middle Passage.

true

The "Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina" established a formal nobility and provided for religious toleration.

true

The Indian wars of the mid-1670s caused proportionately more casualties than any other American war.

true

The Quartering Act required the colonies to provide provisions and barracks for British soldiers

true

The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.

true

Virginia Dare of Roanoke Island was the first British child born in the New World.

true

Slaves who lived in northern colonies:

usually lived and worked in cities and towns.

As royal governor of the Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros:

was deposed as a result of the Glorious Revolution.