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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.

House of Burgeses

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

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

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

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

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 world.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about life on Plymouth Plantation?

The Pilgrims developed a profitable trade in fish and furs.

Which statement about the foundation of New Jersey is not correct?

The king seized New Jersey from its proprietors when it proved highly profitable.

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 statement regarding incentives to colonization offered by Carolina's proprietors is not correct?

The proprietors' campaign of promotions and incentives drew an abundance of settlers.

Rules and laws in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

forbid religious and political dissent.

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

Upon assuming leadership, Chief Powhatan's brother focused on

Tyring to force the English to depart the region

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

Wampanoags.

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

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

policy towards natives

Where was the Mayflower Compact drawn up?

aboard the pilgrim ship

In 1624, the Virginia Company

became defunct.

Which of the following was a major contributing factor to the "starving time" in Jamestown?

An Indian barricade kept colonists from moving inland.

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

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

Connecticut Valley.

Religious dissenters in Massachusetts Bay formed colonies that later became

Connecticut.

Which statement regarding New York in the 1600s is not correct?

Despite the colony's great diversity, James made a disastrous attempt to impose Catholic rule on its inhabitants.

The Maryland colony was the vision of

George Calvert.

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

Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia.

Which of the following is true of the territory that Charles II granted to his brother, the Duke of York, in 1664?

It was already claimed by the Dutch.

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 of the following is an accurate statement about the Massachusetts Bay Company?

It was established by a charter granted by Charles I.

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

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

To whom was Pocahontas married?

John Rolfe, an Englishman

Which of the following was a serious problem for the settlers at Jamestown?

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

Who did the settlers receive crucial assistance from during King Philip's War?

Muhawks

Who became leader of the Powhatans after Chief Powhatan died?

Opechancanough

The first Pilgrim settlement in Massachusetts was known as

Plymouth Plantation.

Which of the following best characterizes the teaching of Anne Hu

Salvation comes from God's grace alone and not from good works.

Which statement regarding John Smith's role at Jamestown is not correct?

Smith refused to work with or learn from the Indians.

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

protestants outnumbered catholics

The backcountry gentry most resented Berkeley's

refusal to allow settlers to move farther west.

Which two of the following were incentives to colonization offered by the Carolina proprietors?

religious freedom for all Christians a measure of political freedom, with a representative assembly

The winter of 1609-1610 at Jamestown became known as the "______ time."

starving time

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.

From 1624 until 1776, which of the following controlled the colony of Virginia?

the crown

The Pequot War resulted in

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

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

the prevalence of families

Upon assuming leadership, Chief Powhatan's brother focused on

trying to force the English to depart the region.

The Puritans were called "Separatists" because they

wanted to separate from the Church of England

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

-After the first autumn festival, settlers and natives joined together in a Thanksgiving festival.-Trade and other exchanges with the Puritans were attractive to the natives.

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

Cavaliers; Roundheads

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 were the aims of George Calvert in seeking to establish the Maryland colony?

He wanted to create a profitable real estate venture. He wanted to establish a haven for English Catholics.

Which of the following best describes Nathaniel Bacon?

He was an aristocrat who led a revolt of backcountry men.

Which of the following statements regarding the flintlock rifle is not correct?

Indians were reluctant to abandon the old matchlock rifle in favor of the flintlock.

Which of the following two factors were crucial in the survival of the Jamestown colony?

John Smith's efforts to impose work and order help from the Powhatans

Which best describes a reason for the demise of the Virginia Company?

Nearly 80 percent of its settlers had died.

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

Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Carolina

As Berkeley expanded his powers in the colony, which of the following occurred?

Recent settlers in the frontier were underrepresented in the House of Burgesses.

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.

______ was an important crop in southern Carolina, which led to an economic dependence on ______.

Rice; slave labor

Which statement about Anne Hutchinson is not correct?

She called for an end to all established authority.

Which statement about Pocahontas is correct?

She was kidnapped by the English and eventually married and had a son with an Englishman.

Which of the following statements regarding the Carolina colony in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries is false?

Thanks to Anthony Ashley Cooper's efforts, Carolina was one of the most stable English colonies in America.

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.

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

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

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

The organizers received a grant for an area almost identical to the present-day Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Which of the following statements about the establishment of the Carolina colony is not correct?

The proprietors hoped to populate the colony with inexpensive expeditions from England.

Which best describes the outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?

The rebels were about to seize power when Bacon suddenly died.

Which describes the extraordinary circumstances that occurred at Jamestown in May 1610?

The settlers were in the process of evacuating when another vessel arrived with supplies.

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

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

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

They could not adequately populate the colony with only English Catholics.

True or false: The use of flintlock rifles was partly responsible for the high number of casualties on both sides of King Philip's War.

True

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 false question.

True

The first governor of Plymouth Plantation was

William Bradford

The survival of the Jamestown settlement was, in large part, due to

agricultural techniques developed by the Indians and borrowed by the English.

Which of the following are ways in which the Virginia Company enticed people to move to Jamestown?

by offering stock to those who paid for their passage by offering free passage to the poor, who then worked off the debt

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

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

grater power and land

In the Pequot War, King Philip's War, and other conflicts in New England during the 1600s, Indians made notable use of which aspect of military technology?

he flintlock rifle

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

members of all faiths (including Jews) could worship freely.

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

paying for another settler

One indirect result of Bacon's Rebellion was passage by the Virginia General Assembly of

slave codes

Which of the following were more typical of northern Carolina than of the southern portion of the colony?

small farmers virtually no aristocracy backwoods farmers

Virginia's first profitable crop was

tabacco

Which of the following most increased the demand for slave labor in Virginia?

tabacco farming

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

the Pequot War.

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

the resumption of colonization efforts

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

theocracy.

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

tidewater planters versus backcountry farmers landless versus landowning whites versus Indians lower classes versus the aristocracy

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

westward expansion