Midterm Study Guide
Which of the following events most directly contributed to the establishment of the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Pontiac's Rebellion
The form of government is by nature and by right so far left to the individuals of each society that they may alter it from a simple democracy or government of all over all to any other form they please. The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following views?
Taxation of colonists without any representation in Parliament is tyranny
Which of the following most directly resulted from the change in the Native American population described by Las Casas?
The Spanish imported Africans as a new source of labor
(Increase in Africans transported to the new world) The pattern depicted on the graph from 1450 to 1800 best serves as evidence of which of the following?
The replacement of indigenous labor and indentured servitude by enslaved Africans in the New World colonies
The image depicts the tarring and feathering, a ritual of public humiliation, of which one of the following?
a Loyalist tax collector
The description of the Boston Massacre best serves as evidence of which of the following?
the colonists' view that the British military had fired unfairly upon an unarmed crowd
According to the excerpt, which of the following was an important reason for the rebellion of Bacon and his followers against Governor Berkeley?
the governor's policy toward Indians which interfered with poor whites' desire for land on the Virginia western frontier
Of the following choices, which feature of the New England town map would be LEAST likely to be present in the Chesapeake colonies?
the presence of swampy land that would complicate agrarian pursuits
Which of the following contributed most directly to the Boston Massacre?
the stationing of British troops in Boston to assert Parliament's authority
Which of the following best characterizes relations between the English and American Indians in New England following Metacom's War?
Dramatic decline and dispersion of the American Indian population
Boston Gazette Description of the Boston Massacre, 1770 One significant result of the event described in the excerpt was that the
Boston Massacre became a crucial element of anti-British propaganda in the colonies
Based on this except, which of the following groups of colonists demonstrated the stronger desire to displace American Indians and take their land?
British
One significant result of the women's efforts described in the excerpt was the
British merchants' loss of profit and the repeal of the Stamp Act
One direct long-term effect of the Navigation Act was that it:
Contributed to the rise of opposition that ultimately fostered the independence movement
"Slavery, though imposed and maintained by violence, was a negotiated relationship...First, even as they confronted one another, master and slave had to concede, however grudgingly, a degree of legitimacy to the other....[T]he web of interconnections between master and slave necessitated a coexistence that fostered cooperation as well as contestation. Second, because the circumstances of such contestation and cooperation continually changed, slavery itself continually changed...Slavery was never made, but instead was continually remade, for power ----no matter how great----was never absolute, but always contingent." Which of the following primary sources would most likely support Berlin's argument in the excerpt?
Diary entries from a slaveholder discussing plantation life
Which of the following was the primary cause for the starving at Jamestown?
Lack of effort by the colonists
(increase in immigrants) what was the reason for this trend?
Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave labor in North America during the 1600s and 1700s?
European demand for agricultural products grown in the colonies
(decrease in NA population) Which of the following was the most direct effect of the changes shown in the graph?
European settlers relied mainly on indentured servants and enslaved Africans for labor
In their colonization of the Americas, the Spanish used the encomienda system to:
Organize and regulate Native American labor
Whitefield's open-air preaching contributed most directly to which of the following trends?
Greater independence and diversity of thought
The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?
Growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities
Which of the following best describes something Europeans introduced in the Americas that helped American Indians survive colonization?
Horses, which transformed the cultures of American Indians on the Great Plains
The export of New World crops to the Old World transformed European society mostly by:
Improving diets and thereby stimulating population growth
The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following goals for England's North American colonies?
Integrating them into a coherent imperial structure based upon mercantilism
Which of the following was NOT a cause to the development of the town structure seen above?
Intense focus on cash crops
During the "starving time," the Jamestown colony depended on which of the following form of charter for it support?
Joint-stock company
English colonization patterns in North America differed most from Spanish colonization in that the English:
More often settled as families and rarely intermarried with Native Americans
Which of the following best explains why the natives of America became so important to the Spanish empire?
Natives provided most of the labor on Spanish land
Which of the following was an important precipitating factor for the Stono Rebellion?
Spain's promise of freedom for British colonists' slaves who escaped to Florida
"In 1680 Pueblo leaders united most of their communities against the European intruders...In a matter of weeks, the Pueblos had eliminated Spaniards from New Mexico above El Paso. The natives had killed over 400 of the province's 2,500 foreigners, destroyed or sacked every Spanish building, and laid waste to the Spaniards' fields. There could be no mistaking the deep animosity that some natives, men as well as their influential wives and mothers, held toward their former oppressors...Some Pueblo leaders...urged an end to all things Spanish as well as Christian. After the fighting subsided, they counselled against speaking Castilian or planting corps introduced by the Europeans." Which of the following most shaped the events described in the excerpt?
The demands of the encomienda system in the Spanish colonies
The main trend shown in the graph was most directly associated with which of the following processes occurring in the US at the time?
The emergence of an industrialized economy
The preaching described in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments in the 1700s?
The expansion of Protestant evangelism
The man above was most likely a part of a labor union in order to afford the middle-class lifestyle depicted in the picture. Which of the following best describes the challenges of early labor unions?
The influx of immigrants who were willing to work longer hours for cheaper wages
(decrease in NA population) Which of the following contributed most to the changes shown in the graph?
The introduction of new diseases
French exploration of North America, as reflected in the excerpt, most directly contributed to which of the following?
The ongoing shift from feudalism to capitalism in western Europe
"The colonizers brought along plants and animals new to the Americans, some by design and others by accident. Determined to farm in a European manner, the colonists introduced their domesticated livestock---honeybees, pigs, horses, mules, sheep, and cattle---and their domesticated plants, including wheat, barley, rye, oats, grasses, and grapevines. But the colonists also inadvertently carried pathogens, weeds, and rats...In sum, the remaking of the Americas was a team effort by a set of interdependent species led and partially managed (but never fully controlled) by European people." The trends described by Taylor most directly illustrate which of the following major historical developments in the Atlantic world?
The phenomenon known as the Columbian Exchange
"The colonizers brought along plants and animals new to the Americans, some by design and others by accident. Determined to farm in a European manner, the colonists introduced their domesticated livestock---honeybees, pigs, horses, mules, sheep, and cattle---and their domesticated plants, including wheat, barley, rye, oats, grasses, and grapevines. But the colonists also inadvertently carried pathogens, weeds, and rats...In sum, the remaking of the Americas was a team effort by a set of interdependent species led and partially managed (but never fully controlled) by European people." The patterns described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments?
The population decline in Native American societies
Whitefield's impact suggests that religious culture among British North American colonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by:
Trans-Atlantic exchanges
According to Oñate, the Spanish saw the ultimate justification for their actions with the natives of America based on their belief that they:
Were carrying out God's will
The French most differed from the Spanish in relations with American Indians in that the French:
developed stronger alliances with American Indians
The controversy highlighted in the excerpt from Franklin's testimony before Parliament most directly reflects which of the following?
colonial Americans' objection to the change in Parliament's taxation policies toward the colonies after 1763
The excerpt most clearly demonstrates that colonial women participated in the struggle against unfair British measures as
consumers refusing to purchase imported British goods
>One direct long-term effect of the Stono Rebellion was that it:
led the South Carolina planters to permanently curtail the rights of slaves to assemble with one another.
One direct long-term effect of Bacon's Rebellion was that it:
led wealthy Virginians to prefer African slave labor as they recognized the threat posed by former indentured servants.
All of the following 17th century events would have brought dissent to this peaceful New England community EXCEPT:
salutary neglect
Compared with French and Spanish interactions with American Indians, English interaction with American Indians more often promoted:
separation between the groups
The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering The eighteenth-century political cartoon most directly reflects which of the following?
several forms of colonists' resistance to British taxes
According to the excerpt, which of the following theories expresses the legitimate foundation of government?
social contract theory: a voluntary agreement of individuals
Young ladies in town, and those that live round, Let a friend at this season advise you: Since money's so scarce, and times growing worse, Strange things may soon hap and surprise you; First then, throw aside your high top knots of pride, Wear none but your own country linen, Of Economy boast, let your pride be the most To show clothes of your own make and spinning." According to the excerpt, groups of patriotic women who called themselves "Daughters of Liberty" met to do which of the following?
spin their own yarn and make their own cloth
One direct long-term effect of the Proclamation Line's prohibition of colonial settlement west of the Appalachians was
the American Revolution because land-hungry colonists resented the king's ban.
The Cherokee Indians' memorial most directly reflects which of the following?
the application of Georgia state laws designed to seize Indian land and violate federal treaty agreements
