US History Unit 2

Which best compares New Netherland and Pennsylvania in the early days of their establishment?

Both had good relations with American Indians.

What made it difficult for New England colonists to repay the English investors who had funded them?

Colonists had to struggle to grow enough food to meet their needs.

Britain hoped that by enforcing the Navigation Acts, they would weaken their rivals, especially the

Dutch

During the colonial era, why did many people in New England take part in the dangerous whaling industry?

Economic options were limited in New England due to poor agricultural conditions, and whale oil was profitable

Which of the following best compares slavery in the middle colonies and the southern colonies in the 1600s?

Enslaved people tended to work on large farms.

How did living on plantations in the southern colonies in the 1600s affect the way people practiced religion?

Few people attended regular church services because they lived too far away.

During the colonial era, who was the Wampanoag chief who waged war on several colonies?

King Philip

How did the geography of New England affect how people made a living?

Limited farmland and a short growing season encouraged colonists in New England to turn to fishing and shipbuilding.

Which of the following best describes the state of self-government in British Colonial America in the 1600s?

Many of the colonies elected representative assemblies

How were the lives of free African Americans similar to those of enslaved African Americans in the 1700s?

Neither group had true equality with whites

In 1712, a split within a southern colony led to the creation of

North Carolina and South Carolina

How did James Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, treat the local American Indians?

Oglethorpe made American Indian trade an important part of Georgia's economy.

How did Puritan beliefs affect government in New England during the 1600s?

Only male church members were allowed to vote.

Which of the following sparked the Pequot War?

Pequot Indians killed an English trader over a trade dispute.

Pennsylvania was established in 1682 as a haven for

Quakers

Which of the following best explains the result of slave codes during the colonial era?

Slave codes eliminated the rights of enslaved people

Which of the following preceded English settlement along the Atlantic coast?

Spain created colonies in the Americas.

Which statement best explains why England established colonies in North America?

Spain had gained wealth and power from its colonies, and England hoped to do so as well.

Which best summarizes an interaction that occurred in the early colonial era in New England?

The English colonists moved onto American Indian land and expect the American Indians to obey colonial law.

What was most significant about the House of Burgesses during colonial times?

The HOB gave the colonists a chance to govern themselves.

What was an unexpected result of the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies?

The colonies developed a separate American identity

How did the Navigation Acts impact the thirteen American colonies?

The colonies had to pay heavy taxes on certain imported goods.

Which of the following statements best describes the 13 American colonies' view on trade?

The colonies often could get better prices on finished goods from nations other than Britain

Why was molasses important to the thirteen American colonies?

The colonists needed molasses to make rum, a valuable export.

How did the Toleration Act of 1649 show that religious attitudes in the middle colonies were different from the attitudes in New England?

The law showed that the middle colonies were more tolerant of different religions than the Puritans of New England.

Which of the following allowed the middle colonies to thrive?

The location of the middle colonies along the coast made them an important center for trade

What made the middle colonies different from New England and the southern colonies?

The population of the colonies was especially diverse.

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

The rebellion brought about a decline in indentured servitude.

What made the New England colonies different from the middle and southern colonies?

The rocky soil was difficult to farm

How did the slave codes affect enslaved people?

The slave does kept enslaved people frightened and powerless

Which of the following best describes the relationship between colonists and the American Indians in early American colonial history?

The two groups established trade relations

In the 1600s, how did Puritan communities react to people who challenged the church?

They banished challengers from the community.

How were the Navigation Acts of 1651 and the Molasses Act of 1733 alike?

They both put limits on colonial trade

Who helped establish Plymouth Colony and organize the first Thanksgiving?

William Bradford

Which of the following statements best describes the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania?

William Penn founded Pennsylvania to provide refuge for Quakers

What did the Virginia Company win from King James I to start the colony of Virginia?

a charter

Which of the following is the best definition of the term theocracy?

a government based on religious principles

The colony of Maryland was established in 1634 to create

a place where English Catholics could be safe

In the cities, many colonial women worked outside the home

as seamstresses

Why did some American colonists engage in smuggling and piracy?

because that was a way to obtain goods cheaply

During the 1600s, the Quakers of the middle colonies believed that

church rituals were not very important.

Slave laws in the southern colonies in the 1600s

defined an enslaved person as someone who could be bought and sold

In 1637, colonists killed between 500 and 600 American Indians in Connecticut

during the Pequot War

Southern colonies were founded mostly for

economic reasons

While slave codes were in effect,

enslaved people's activities were restricted

After arriving in North America in 1630, the Puritans focused on

establishing a colony based on religious principles.

Which best describes the economy of the middle colonies during the 1600s and 1700s?

experienced economic growth as cities such as New York and Philadelphia became centers of trade

During the 1700s, enslaved people who tried to escape slavery

fled to places where slavery was outlawed

Which of the following statements defines a proprietorship in the middle colonies?

formed when a king granted land to an individual in exchange for a share of future profits

Ministers drew crowds in the First Great Awakening by

giving very emotional sermons that evoked strong images.

By the early 1700s, religious influence in the American colonies

had begun to decline

In the 1700s, free African Americans mostly lived

in large cities

During the colonial era, a major effect of the Appalachian Mountains on settlement was that the mountain range

kept people from settling farther west

In the middle colonies, many European settlers had the new opportunity to become

landowners

The American colonists wanted to import molasses from other countries in order to

make rum

Laws were established to create an official system of slavery in the American colonies beginning in the

mid-1600s

Colonial governments had to settle disputes between religious groups during the First Great Awakening. As a result, the colonies became

more tolerant of diverse religions.

Both Pilgrims and Puritans established New World colonies to

practice their religions freely

Look at the map. Which feature does the highlighted area on the map show?

the Appalachian Mountains

The men given the Carolina Grant in 1663 settled the new colony with many people from

the Caribbean

What did the Puritans form to establish their own New World colony?

the Massachusetts Bay Company

Which of the following groups were allies against the Pequot Indians during the Pequot War?

the Narragansett Indians and English colonists

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in New England by

the Puritans

William Penn referred to his colony as a "Holy Experiment" because

the extent of religious tolerance had never been tried before

What did William Penn think would attract new settlers to his colony in Pennsylvania?

the favorable environment and climate

In which American colonies were cash crops raised for sale and export?

the middle and southern colonies

Minerals were an important resource in which American colonies?

the middle colonies

During the colonial era, a long growing season and rich soil had a great effect on the economy of

the southern colonies

The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 and celebrated

the ties between colonists and American Indians

Which of the following best describes a reason why England wanted to establish colonies in North America?

to gain raw materials such as crops

For which of the following purposes was the colony of Georgia founded?

to give debtors from Britain a fresh start

Under Peter Stuyvesant's rule as governor, the colonists of New Netherland

were forced to pay high taxes.

In colonial America, enslaved workers who received manumission

were freed by slave owners.

Why was the petition written by Pennsylvania German Quakers in 1688 significant?

It was the first public statement to protest slavery in America.

The Connecticut River was located in which of the following areas?

In New England

Which best describes why the sizes of farms in New England were different from farms in the southern colonies?

In New England, the soil was poor, the land was hilly, and the growing season was short, so the farms were smaller than in the southern colonies.

Which was a factor that led to Bacon's Rebellion?

Indentured servants were encroaching on American Indian lands.

How did Britain's Glorious Revolution affect the American colonies?

It led to an increased sense of independence from Britain

What did the Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics living in England in the 1600s all have in common?

They suffered persecution in England for their beliefs.

How did New England's rocky terrain affect the colonists who lived there?

They turned to fishing, among other industries.

What created conflict between colonists and the Delaware Indians in Pennsylvania in 1737?

Walking Purchase