APUSH CH 4 True False

New England expansion was carried out primarily by independent pioneers and land speculators who bought up large plots and then sold them to individual farmers

false. New England settlement was carried out in an orderly fashion by town fathers, who obtained charters and distributed land for settlement and town purposes

New England's commercial wealth was based on overseas shipment of the agricultural products of its rich soil

false. New England's rich shipping trade was based on fishing, lumber and other non agricultural commodities. New England soil was poor and produced little agricultural surplus

Directly beneath the wealthy slave owning planters in the souther social structure were the white indentured servents

false. between the planters and the indentured servants were 2 other classes: small landowning farmers and landless but free (non indentured) laborers

Life expectancy among the 17th century settlers of Maryland and Virginia was about sixty years

false. the life expectancy of Chesapeake settlers was under 50. The statement is true of New Englanders

Bacon's Rebellion involved an alliance of white indentured servants and Indians who attacked the elite planter class

false. the rebels were whites only. they attacked and killed Indians as well as wealthy whites

Chesapeake Bay tobacco planters responded to falling prices by cutting back production

false. they responded by moving westward and planting more acreage

African slaves began to replace white indentured servants as the primary labor supply in the plantation colonies in the 1680s

true

Because men greatly outnumbered women in the Chesapeake region, a fierce competition arouse among men for scarce females

true

By the 18th century, the Chesapeake population was growing on the basis of natural increase

true

Most of the European immigrants who came to Virginia and Maryland in the 17th century were indentured servants

true

New England women enjoyed fewer rights to inherit and own property than women in the south

true

On average, married women in New England bore about 10 children, or whole 8 typically survived

true

Seventeenth century American life was generally simple and lacking in displays of wealth or elaborate class distinctions

true

Slaves brought to North America developed a culture that mixed African and American elements

true

The "headright" system of land grants to those who brought laborers to American primarily benefitted wealthy planters rather than the poor indentured servants

true