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Followers of the Great Awakening, who emphasized a powerful, emotional religion, were known

"New Lights"

Which statement provides an accurate description of a joint stock company?

A company that gets investment capital from shareholders

Which statement concerning indentured servitude is true?

A majority of Englishmen in the Chesapeake during the 1600s were indentured servants.

From the beginning of colonization, Spain regarded her New World domain as primarily

A source of precious metal.

The encomienda system implemented by the Spanish empire in the New World was intended to serve which purpose?

A system of large manors and estates withIndian slaves managed for the benefits of theconquistadores

The Navigation Acts established the principle that

A. All foreign goods that were to be sold in England had to be shipped in England B. Only English or colonial merchants could engage in colonial trade C. Certain American products could be sold only in England D. All of the above E. None of the above Correct Answer D. All of the above Explanation The Navigation Acts, established in the 17th century, were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that aimed to regulate colonial trade and increase England's wealth and power. These acts required all foreign goods to be shipped to England before being sold, thereby ensuring that England benefited economically from the trade. Additionally, the acts limited colonial trade to only English or colonial merchants, excluding foreign competitors. Certain American products, such as tobacco and sugar, were also restricted to be sold exclusively in England. Therefore, the correct answer is "all of the above" as all three statements accurately reflect the principles established by the Navigation Acts

What factor helps to explain the development of different Native American communities in the New World?

Agricultural Revolution

By 1631 in Massachusetts, which of the following people could vote?

All adult men who owned property and were members of the Congregational Church

Under the "headright" system in Virginia,

All new arrivals who had paid their trans-Atlantic fares received fifty-acre land grants

In eighteenth-century Great Britain, the constitution was

An expanding body of laws, statutes, and decisions

Which of the following was not a cause of Bacon's Rebellion?

An overabundance of labor

The sources of the witchcraft hysteria in Salem

Are not known exactly

was the first American most Europeans recognized as a true intellectual

Benjamin Franklin

During the colonial period, the bulk of the slaves were sent to the North American colonies by

British

The character of the first English settlements in the New World

Different substantially from colony to colony from the very beginning of colonization

The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was

Disease

Which of the following is NOT related to the French experience in the New World?

Encomiendas - Encomiendas were a system of labor in Spanish colonies, particularly in Latin America, where indigenous people were forced to work for Spanish landowners. This system was not related to the French experience in the New World, as it was specific to Spanish colonization. The French experience in the New World, on the other hand, involved contact with the Aztecs, the fur trade, explorers like Samuel de Champlain, and the coureurs de bois (French fur traders).

The joint-stock company

Encouraged investment in colonial enterprises, with "limited liability" for the investors

Which of the following countries is incorrectly matched with one of its colonies?

England - Cuba

For seventeenth-century Puritans in New England, the most important institution in society was the

Family

The failure of the Albany Plan can be attributed, primarily, to the

Fiscal jealousies of colonial assemblies

The French empire in North America succeeded because of the

Fur trade

Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers

Generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment

Which of the following individuals is INCORRECTLY associated with the colony he established?

George Calvert - Pennsylvania

According to the religious philosophy of John Calvin and his followers,

God controlled who would receive salvation

Which one of the following was NOT a factor that stimulated English migration to the New World

Government laws that forced the migration of the poorer classes

New England families were unique because of the presence of

Grandparents

Anne Hutchinson's skillful self-defense at her trial before the magistrates of Massachusetts Bay was ruined by

Her claim of personal revelation.

The colonists at Jamestown neared starvation as a result ofI. Dysentery, malaria, and other diseasesII. A poor quality of tobacco cropsIII. Settlers' inexperience with farming

I and III only

The first French explorers were

Interested in finding the mythical "northwest passage" to Chin

The English rehearsed for settlement in the New World by colonizing

Ireland

Which of the following was NOT an important effect of the Great Awakening?

It strengthened the authority of the old colonial religions

"He who will not work shall not eat."This quote is attributed to

John Smith

Colonial involvement with imperial wars began with

King William's War - Colonial involvement with imperial wars began with King William's War. This conflict, which took place between 1689 and 1697, was the first in a series of wars fought between France and England for control of the North American colonies. It was named after King William III of England, who was involved in the war. The war resulted in attacks and raids on colonial settlements by both French and Native American forces, leading to increased military engagement and colonial participation in future imperial conflicts.

The tribes of eastern North America defined their place in society through

Kinship

The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the New World were known as

Los conquistadores

A feudal land system was associated with which one of the following colonies?

Maryland

Which one of the following was a Chesapeake colony?

Maryland

The term ____________ was used in Spanish America to describe people of mixed European and Indian ancestry

Mestizo, mestizo

How did the Coloumbian Exchange impact Native Americans?

Millions of Native Americans were wiped out by disease.

The _______________ were designed to enforce the dictates of the British commercial policy of the seventeenth century.

Navigation Acts

One difference between the New England and Chesapeake colonies was that

New Englanders typically lived in larger towns than settlers in the Chesapeake

All of the following statements about New Englanders are true EXCEPT:

New Englanders usually had small families.

Which of the following colonies was not founded for religious reasons?

New York

Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indenture servants were

Normally single, lower-class males in their teens or early twenties

The Staple Act of 1663 stated that

Nothing could be imported to America unless first shipped through England

Which of the following wars between England and France had the greatest political and economic impact on colonial America

The Seven Years' War (aka French and Indian War) - The Seven Years' War, also known as the French and Indian War, had the greatest political and economic impact on colonial America. This war was fought between England and France, with the British ultimately emerging victorious. The outcome of the war resulted in significant territorial changes in North America, with France losing its colonies in Canada and the Mississippi Valley region to Britain. This shift in power greatly influenced the political landscape of colonial America and set the stage for future conflicts and tensions between the British government and the American colonists. Additionally, the war had a significant economic impact, as it left Britain heavily in debt and led to increased taxation on the colonies, which ultimately played a role in sparking the American Revolution.

Which of the following choices provides the mostaccurate description of the relationship between theSpanish Conquistadors and Native Americans?

The Spanish treated Native Americans brutally.

To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of

The joint-stock company

The Glorious Revolution in Maryland was strongly influenced by

Pent-up anti proprietary and anti-Catholic sentiment

Religion played the greatest role in the settlement of

Plymouth

The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 resulted in

Portuguese control of Brazil.

Calvinists in Scotland founded the

Presbyterian Church

The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay believed that the best way to reform the Church of England was to

Remain in the Church and reform it from the inside

The labor system of Jamestown in its early years

Replicated the traditional work experience of the settlers

Puritan dissenter Roger Williams established the colony of

Rhode Island

Which list is presented in chronological order from first to last?

Roanoke Island, Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland

Which of the following statements about French colonization in North America is correct?

The French established fur trading posts in the Midwest.

Which statement best describes the origins of Rhode Island and Connecticut?

They were formed by dissidents from the Massachusetts Bay colony.

The most successful agricultural product in seventeenth-century North American colonies was

Tobacco

1622, The Native American tribes of Virginia

Viciously attacked the Jamestown settlement

In which of the following colonies was the death rate for the early colonists the most severe?

Virginia

The _________________ Company was responsible for the settlement of Jamestown in Virginia

Virginia, London, VA

The leader of the failed Roanoke colony was

Walter Raleigh

In Massachusetts Bay, "freeman status" was granted to adult males who

Were church members

The "City upon a Hill" in the Massachusetts Baycolony represents the idea that the colony would be

a religious and moral model of an ideal city for those in England

The conquistadors' most effective weapon in exterminating native populations was

disease

Unlike the Spanish, the French treated the Native Americans as

economic partners

George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, founded Maryland in order to

establish a religious haven for Catholics

Before the Coloumbian Exchange, Native Americans were most influenced by the

growth of corn farming

At the time of Spanish exploration in the Americas, the most significant cause of destruction to the native peoples in the New World was the

introduction of contagious diseases like measles and small pox

Georgia was considered a "buffer colony" because

it protected South Carolina from Spanish invasion

The dominant form of local government in the New England colonies

took place at the town meeting


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