APUSH Unit 2
The following emerged victorious and enjoyed executive and legislative powers right after the English civil war from 1642-1649 A) Parliament. B) King James. C) King Charles I. D) King Charles II.
A) Parliament.
Following news that La Salle had claimed the coast of Texas for France and the French had founded New Orleans in 1718 A) Spain built the city of San Antonio to assert its claims to Texas B) Spain built the city of El Paso to assert its claims to Texas C) Spain declared war on France to curb possible expansion into Texas. D) Spain concluded a treaty with France confirming Spain's imperial control all over Texas.
A) Spain built the city of San Antonio to assert its claims to Texas
The following were results of the Pequot War EXCEPT A) The Pequot War was the last major conflict between English settlers and Indian tribes in New England B) The outcome of the Pequot War offered the opportunity for the Mohegans to expand their influence in New England C) the devastating defeat suffered by the Pequots eliminated their presence as a strong Indian tribe in New England. D) the surviving Pequots were sold into slavery.
A) The Pequot War was the last major conflict between English settlers and Indian tribes in New England
The following characterized the Pueblo Revolt in 1680 EXCEPT A) The Pueblo Revolt was unsuccessful in returning Indian life to what it had been before Spanish occupation of the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico in 1598. B) the revolt was caused by the harsh agricultural workloads imposed by Spanish landowners and authorities as well as religious repression by Spanish clergy. C) nearly all of the Spanish who lived on isolated ranches and farms were killed. D) it was led by a charismatic Pueblo Indian leader, Popé.
A) The Pueblo Revolt was unsuccessful in returning Indian life to what it had been before Spanish occupation of the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico in 1598.
What new trade developed in the mid-late 1500s between Europeans and Native Americans in North Americans that fed a new economic interest among Europeans? A) beaver fur B) gold C) silver D) cod
A) beaver fur
The following were among the goals of the French explorer Robert LaSalle on behalf of France in his expeditions in 1679-1682 EXCEPT: A) building an alliance with the Illinois and other tribes against the Iroquois. B) strengthening the French settlements in the St. Lawrence River Valley surrounding Montreal and Quebec. C) establishing a permanent French presence throughout the Mississippi Valley. D) expanding French claims to include wide swaths of North America in order to secure valuable natural resources and raw materials for France.
B) strengthening the French settlements in the St. Lawrence River Valley surrounding Montreal and Quebec.
The Pequot War A) arose partly because the Massachusetts Bay Puritans never had a trading relationship with the Pequots of the Connecticut River Valley. B) was precipitated by a Pequot Indian attack on a western Massachusetts Bay town. C) horrified the Narragansetts because of the mass annihilation practices of the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay. D) found the Mohegans and the Naragansetts in alliance with the English settlers against the Pequots in New England.
C) horrified the Narragansetts because of the mass annihilation practices of the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay.
The following accompanied the outcomes of King Philip's War EXCEPT A) 5000 people were killed-1,000 English residents and at least 4,000 Native Americans in a war of annilhilation B) the end of the independent nation that Metacom and his father Massasoit had led. C) the survival of a strong Wampanoag community to fight another day. D) authorities in Plymouth and Boston expelled many of the Indians from New England.
C) the survival of a strong Wampanoag community to fight another day.
Who played the critical role in establishing a string of missions along the Pacific Coast of Alta (or upper) California in the 1770s? A) Felipe de Neve, Spanish governor of Las California's B) Don Diego de Vargas, the Spanish governor of New Mexico C) Rev. John Eliot, an English minister and missionary D) Father Junípero Serra, a Franciscan priest
D) Father Junípero Serra, a Franciscan priest
Which of the following was TRUE about race and slavery during the early-mid 1600s? A) The total number of Africans, slave and free, increased substantially as a percentage of the total population before 1680 B) Race was a distinctive marker for slavery in southern colonies such as Virginia. C) Slavery was excluded from Massachusetts shortly after it came to Virginia. D) The dream of African slaves to be free to own land was realized by some Africans in the early 1600s.
D) The dream of African slaves to be free to own land was realized by some Africans in the early 1600s.
What approach did the newly appointed Spanish governor for New Mexico, Don Diego de Vargas, take towards the Pueblo Indians in the early 1690s to help regain Spanish control of the colony? A) The governor coercively tried to stamp out tribal religion in an effort to remove this powerful spiritual force from the lives of Pueblo Indians. B) The governor offered to withdraw his Spanish army from New Mexico in 1692. C) The governor refused to pardon Pueblo Indians for their actions during the rebellion, but was willing to permit the Indians to retain both their tribal religion and Christianity. D) The governor offered a compromise to the Pueblo Indians permitting them to retain their tribal religion and formally reconvert to Christianity in exchange for a full pardon for their actions during the rebellion.
D) The governor offered a compromise to the Pueblo Indians permitting them to retain their tribal religion and formally reconvert to Christianity in exchange for a full pardon for their actions during the rebellion.
The fur trade in the Saint Lawrence River Valley and the Great Lakes contributed to the following EXCEPT: A) annihilation of the Hurons as a recognizable Indian tribe by 1648. B) the arrival of Jesuit missionaries intent on converting the Hurons to Christianity. C) the establishment by of Quebec and Montreal as permanent settlements in Canada. D) an abatement of tensions and armed conflicts between the Iroquois and New France colonists.
D) an abatement of tensions and armed conflicts between the Iroquois and New France colonists.
What was the Spanish response from 1769 through the 1790s to English explorations and Russian fur-trading activities on the Pacific coast? A) ceding a part of Northern California to Great Britain in order to avert war between the two countries B) Spain declaring war on Great Britain over control of the Pacific Northwest C) concluding a treaty with Russia permitting fur trading activities across a wide swath of Northern California D) creating a string Spanish missions, forts, settlements from San Diego to San Francisco and develop the economy of California.
D) creating a string Spanish missions, forts, settlements from San Diego to San Francisco and develop the economy of California.
Which of the following contributed to the increasing tensions in the mid-late 1670s that led to Bacon's Rebellion in 1676? A) the trading relationships between Indian tribes and English settlers in Virginia B) the efforts of Virginia settlers to Christianize Indians in the colony C) the egalitarian social and economic order in Virginia angered wealthier land owners D) social and economic tensions between established landowners and newly arrived colonists in Virginia
D) social and economic tensions between established landowners and newly arrived colonists in Virginia
The following were characteristics of the development of the colony of New Orleans EXCEPT: A) the first slave ships arrived in the colony in 1719 and New Orleans proceeded to be a major transit point for slaves from Haiti and Senegal B) it was an isolated geographic spot that initially had difficulty attracting volunteers despite the efforts of French speculators to make New Orleans succeed. C) most of the early immigrants from France were prostitutes and criminals D) the successful settlement of New Orleans did not appreciably improve the strategic position of France to become the dominant European power in North America
D) the successful settlement of New Orleans did not appreciably improve the strategic position of France to become the dominant European power in North America
