Unit 2-History

The Pilgrims at Plymouth benefited from local Indian assistance in which of the following ways?

The Indians showed the settlers how to hunt. The indians showed the settlers how to cultivate corn The indians provided the Pligirms with furs

Which of the following best explains what John Winthrop meant by a "city upon a hill"?

The Massachusetts settlers viewed themselves as an example to the wordl

During the early history of Jamestown, power in the region was held by

The Powhatan Confederacy

Which statement regarding the Puritans' emigration from England is not correct?

The Puritians sought to find a colony where all people would be free to worship as they wished

After an initial period of peaceful relations, tensions arose between white settlers and Native Americans in New England because of

The colonists' increasing demand for more land

Which of the following statements about the Hartford and New Haven colonies is not correct?

The fundamental Articles of New Haven in 1639 guaranteed religious freedom

The Pequot War resulted in

The near elimination of local Indian tribes in the Connecticut Valley

Which of the following statements regarding the Massachusetts Bay Company is not correct?

The organizers received a grants for an area almost identical to the present day commonwealth of Massachusetts

A 1637 war in Connecticut between English settlers and Indians in the region was known as

The pequot War

Which of the following established stability in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

The prevalence of families

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

The profitability of tobacco crops spurred demand for more land

Which of the following statements about land distribution in early Maryland is accurate?

The proprietor , Lord Baltimore, retained absolute authority over land distribution

Which best describes the outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?

The rebels were about to seize power when Bacon suddenly died

What was the most important effect the Restoration had on America?

The resumption of colonization efforts

Which of the following statements about King Philip's War is not correct?

The war brought an end to Indian resistance against white settlement in New England

Native Americans helped white settlers survive in the New World, but tensions soon developed due to which of the following?

The white colonists view of the natives as a threat to creating godly community The white colonist's appetite for colonial expansion

The government of the early Massachusetts Bay colony is best described as a

Theocracy

Rules and laws in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

forbid religious and political dissent

Under the new policies of the Virginia Company in 1609, poor people were

given free passage if they agreed to serve the company for seven years

Why did the settlers of the Maryland colony promote religious tolerance?

They could nor adequately populate the colony with only English Catholics

Which of the following were among the reasons the Puritan Separatists from England chose to leave their new home in Holland?

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

Which of the following accurately characterize the religious views of Massachusetts Puritans?

They favored thrift and hard work They were pious and serious They regarded material sucess as evidence of divine favor

Why did the Puritans sign the Mayflower Compact?

To establish a government for themselves

True or false: The strict rules and laws of the Massachusetts Bay colony produced a wave of critics who eventually left it to establish new colonies.

True

True or false: Unlike New York, New Jersey did not develop a class of wealthy landowners with large estates.

True

Upon assuming leadership, Chief Powhatan's brother focused on

Tyring to force the English to depart the region

Which of the following best characterizes England's Caribbean settlements in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?

Vital to Britain and the Atlantic trading world

The Plymouth colony survived in large part due to assistance from the

Wamponoags

What was the main point of contention between backcountry and tidewater Virginians?

Westward expansion

The first governor of Plymouth Plantation was

William Bradford

Who among the following was an outspoken evangelist who started and led a Quaker colony in America after receiving a royal grant?

William Penn

Which statement about Pennsylvania's 1701 Charter of Liberties is not correct?

William Penn remained in Pennsylvania to see that its provisions were implemented

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

Which of the following caused Maryland to modify its land grant procedure and adopt a headright system?

a labor shortage

For a time, Rhode Island was the only English colony in America where

members of all faiths (including Jews) could worship freely

Contest for the control of North America was most evident in

middle grounds

What did not influence the rise of slavery in the Caribbean during the 1600s?

A belief that Africans made ideal agricultural workers

Which of the following distinguished Roger Williams and the Rhode Island colony from the Massachusetts Bay colony?

A belief that the indians owned the land that the colonist occupied a belief in the separation of church and state

What is an indentured ?

A contract that binds someone

Where was the Mayflower Compact drawn up?

Aboard the Pilgrim's ship

Most slaves in the English colonies of North America during the seventeenth century

came from the Caribbean islands rather than directly from Africa.

Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between the Puritans and local Indians at Plymouth are correct?

After the first autumn harvest, settlers and natives joined together in a festival that later became known as thanksgiving Trade and other exchanges with the Puritians were attractive to the natives

What was the result of the treaty in which the English agreed not to settle west of of the Blue Ridge Mountains?

As the result of population growth, the English broke their promise

Which of the following events were part of Bacon's Rebellion?

Bacon led his troops to Jamestown to fight the governor Bacon's troops drove the governor into exile and burned much of the city

What was the conflict between the Dutch and English regarding the territory that became New York?

Both the Enlish and Dutch laid claim to the area

In the English Civil War, the king's supporters were known as the ______, and supporters of Parliament were known as the ______.

Cavaliers; Roundheads

After Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, his son tried and failed to maintain his authority, with the result that

Charles II assumed the throne, beginning the Restoration

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

Connecticut Valley

By permitting a representative assembly for the colony's southern counties, Pennsylvania's 1701 Charter of Liberties had the unintended consequence of

Creating a new colony, Delaware

In 1629, England's king Charles I ______, a state of affairs that remained in effect until 1640.

Dissolved Parliament

Which of the following are reasons that the English opposed the Dutch presence in America?

Dutch territory served as a wedge betwwen the northern and southern English colonies It provides bases for Dutch smugglers that evaded English laws There was a commercial rivalry between the two nations

What did the Quakers have in common with the Puritans?

Establishment of a religious refuge in North America

What did the colonies of New York and New Jersey have in common?

Ethnic and religious diversity

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

False

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

False

Which statement regarding the grant of land given by Charles II to William Penn is not correct?

Fearing the Penn would develop dictatorial powers, the king sharpy limited his authority in the colony

The Maryland colony was the vision of

George Calvert

Thanks to a new charter granted in 1609 by James I, the Virginia Company had

Greater land and power over the colony

In order to grow tobacco on a large scale, the British

Had to draw on indian expertise Needed more farmland

Which of the following statements about Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is false?

He envisioned the Rhode Island colony as a theocracy

Which of the following best describes Nathaniel Bacon?

He was an aristocrat who led a revolt of backcountry men

Which is true regarding Penn's relations with the Indians?

He worked to respect the natives and their culture

Penn's relatively good relations with the Indians was partly the result of

His quaker religious beliefs

In order to entice colonists to Virginia, the Virginia Company promised white male colonists a share in self-government, which resulted in the creation of the ______, the first elected legislature in the United States.

Houses of Burgesses

Which of the following was a result of Bacon's Rebellion?

Increased reliance on black slaves for labor

Bacon's Rebellion was part of a continuing struggle to determine

Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia

For which of the following reasons did the Pilgrims choose Plymouth as a site for their settlement?

It lay outside the London Company's territory It was too late in the year to sail farther south

Which of the following best describes the headright system?

It was an effort by the Virginia company to entice new workers to the colony

Which statement regarding the early government of New York is not correct?

James governed the colony personally until he became king in 1685

In 1630, ______ commanded an expedition of 17 ships and 1,000 people bound for New England, the largest single migration of its kind in the seventeenth century.

John winthrop

Which of the following caused Maryland to modify its land grant procedure and adopt a headright system?

Labor Shortage

Which statement explains how Bacon's Rebellion spurred the rise of slavery in Virginia?

Landed elites imported more slaves because they feared growth among the white lower classes

Which of the following clashes intensified during Bacon's Rebellion?

Landless versus landowing lower classes versus the aristocracy White versus Indians Tidewater planters versus backcountry farmers

Which of the following statements about the Quakers is not correct?

Like the Puritians, the Quakers suscribed to the ideas of predestination and original sin

Which of the following was serioud problem for the settlers at Jamestown?

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

Which statement about the rise of slavery in the Caribbean is not correct?

Moral consideration intially prevented the English from adopting slavery, but eventually they relented.

Which of the following are true regarding the use of indentured servants and African slaves in early Virginia?

Most indentured servants were English immigrants At first the colonist may have expected the Africans to be freed after a term if service

Which of the following were part of the Spanish colonies in the 1600s and early 1700s?

New Mexico California Florida Arizona Texas

Who became the leader of the Powhatans after Chief Powhatan died?

Opechancanough

A dissenting English protestant sect, the Quakers, was responsible for the efforts that eventually established the colony of

PA

Which four of the following were Restoration-era colonies established during the quarter-century reign of Charles II?

PA NJ Carolina NY

Which of the following was a way new settlers could receive headrights from the Virginia Company?

Paying for passage of another settler

Which of the following was a way new settlers could receive headrights from the Virginia Company?

Paying for the passage of another settler

Which statement about William Penn and the profitability of the Pennsylvania colony is not correct?

Penn was discouraged by years of economic turmoil in Pennsylavania and its lack of big cities

The first Pilgrim settlement in Massachusetts was known as

Plymouth Plantation

What was one major difference between tidewater and backcountry landowners in mid-seventeenth-century Virginia?

Policy toward natives

Which best describes the ratio of Catholic settlers to Protestants in Maryland?

Protestants outnumbered Catholics

Which best describes the ratio of Catholic settlers to Protestants in Maryland?

Protestants outnumbered catholics

Which statement about events leading up to the English Civil War is not correct?

Recognizing his mistakes with Parliament, Charles I in 1640 signed the Magna Carta.

Pennsylvania's Charter of Liberties was the result of

Resistance to the nearly absolute power of the proprietor

Who among the following dominated Virginia politics as a royal governor of Virginia for more than thirty years?

Sir William Berkeley

Which of the following were significant elements of Maryland's and Virginia's agricultural economies by the end of the seventeenth century?

Slave labor The headright system Tobacco cultivation

The Puritans were called "Separatists" because they

Sought to separate from the Church of England

The first settlers to Maryland established the village of

St. Mary's

True or false: Contest for control of North America was most clearly visible in the areas around the borders of British settlement.

T

True or false: William Penn recognized the Indians' claim to land and reimbursed them for it.

T

Why was the institution of slavery different in New York than in other colonies?

The Dutch West India Company granted slaves "half freedom"

The backcountry gentry most resented Berkeley's

refusal to allow settlers to move farther west