Unit 2-History
The Pilgrims at Plymouth benefited from local Indian assistance in which of the following ways?
The Indians showed the settlers how to hunt. The indians showed the settlers how to cultivate corn The indians provided the Pligirms with furs
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 wordl
During the early history of Jamestown, power in the region was held by
The Powhatan Confederacy
Which statement regarding the Puritans' emigration from England is not correct?
The Puritians sought to find a colony where all people would be free to worship as they wished
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
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
The Pequot War resulted in
The near elimination of local Indian tribes in the Connecticut Valley
Which of the following statements regarding the Massachusetts Bay Company is not correct?
The organizers received a grants for an area almost identical to the present day commonwealth of Massachusetts
A 1637 war in Connecticut between English settlers and Indians in the region was known as
The pequot War
Which of the following established stability in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The prevalence of families
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 best describes the outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?
The rebels were about to seize power when Bacon suddenly died
What was the most important effect the Restoration had on America?
The resumption of colonization efforts
Which of the following statements about King Philip's War is not correct?
The war brought an end to Indian resistance against white settlement in New England
Native Americans helped white settlers survive in the New World, but tensions soon developed due to which of the following?
The white colonists view of the natives as a threat to creating godly community The white colonist's appetite for colonial expansion
The government of the early Massachusetts Bay colony is best described as a
Theocracy
Rules and laws in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
forbid religious and political dissent
Under the new policies of the Virginia Company in 1609, poor people were
given free passage if they agreed to serve the company for seven years
Why did the settlers of the Maryland colony promote religious tolerance?
They could nor adequately populate the colony with only English Catholics
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 favored thrift and hard work They were pious and serious They regarded material sucess as evidence of divine favor
Why did the Puritans sign the Mayflower Compact?
To establish a government for themselves
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
True or false: Unlike New York, New Jersey did not develop a class of wealthy landowners with large estates.
True
Upon assuming leadership, Chief Powhatan's brother focused on
Tyring to force the English to depart the region
Which of the following best characterizes England's Caribbean settlements in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?
Vital to Britain and the Atlantic trading world
The Plymouth colony survived in large part due to assistance from the
Wamponoags
What was the main point of contention between backcountry and tidewater Virginians?
Westward expansion
The first governor of Plymouth Plantation was
William Bradford
Who among the following was an outspoken evangelist who started and led a Quaker colony in America after receiving a royal grant?
William Penn
Which statement about Pennsylvania's 1701 Charter of Liberties is not correct?
William Penn remained in Pennsylvania to see that its provisions were implemented
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
For a time, Rhode Island was the only English colony in America where
members of all faiths (including Jews) could worship freely
Contest for the control of North America was most evident in
middle grounds
What did not influence the rise of slavery in the Caribbean during the 1600s?
A belief that Africans made ideal agricultural workers
Which of the following distinguished Roger Williams and the Rhode Island colony from the Massachusetts Bay colony?
A belief that the indians owned the land that the colonist occupied a belief in the separation of church and state
What is an indentured ?
A contract that binds someone
Where was the Mayflower Compact drawn up?
Aboard the Pilgrim's ship
Most slaves in the English colonies of North America during the seventeenth century
came from the Caribbean islands rather than directly from Africa.
Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between the Puritans and local Indians at Plymouth are correct?
After the first autumn harvest, settlers and natives joined together in a festival that later became known as thanksgiving Trade and other exchanges with the Puritians were attractive to the natives
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 led his troops to Jamestown to fight the governor Bacon's troops drove the governor into exile and burned much of the city
What was the conflict between the Dutch and English regarding the territory that became New York?
Both the Enlish and Dutch laid claim to the area
In the English Civil War, the king's supporters were known as the ______, and supporters of Parliament were known as the ______.
Cavaliers; Roundheads
After Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, his son tried and failed to maintain his authority, with the result that
Charles II assumed the throne, beginning the Restoration
The Pequot War was the result of hostilities between the Pequot Indians and English settlers in the
Connecticut Valley
By permitting a representative assembly for the colony's southern counties, Pennsylvania's 1701 Charter of Liberties had the unintended consequence of
Creating a new colony, Delaware
In 1629, England's king Charles I ______, a state of affairs that remained in effect until 1640.
Dissolved Parliament
Which of the following are reasons that the English opposed the Dutch presence in America?
Dutch territory served as a wedge betwwen the northern and southern English colonies It provides bases for Dutch smugglers that evaded English laws There was a commercial rivalry between the two nations
What did the Quakers have in common with the Puritans?
Establishment of a religious refuge in North America
What did the colonies of New York and New Jersey have in common?
Ethnic and religious diversity
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
True or false: The colonies in Connecticut were established to promote religious tolerance and freedom.
False
Which statement regarding the grant of land given by Charles II to William Penn is not correct?
Fearing the Penn would develop dictatorial powers, the king sharpy limited his authority in the colony
The Maryland colony was the vision of
George Calvert
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 statements about Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is false?
He envisioned the Rhode Island colony as a theocracy
Which of the following best describes Nathaniel Bacon?
He was an aristocrat who led a revolt of backcountry men
Which is true regarding Penn's relations with the Indians?
He worked to respect the natives and their culture
Penn's relatively good relations with the Indians was partly the result of
His quaker religious beliefs
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.
Houses of Burgesses
Which of the following was a result of Bacon's Rebellion?
Increased reliance on black slaves for labor
Bacon's Rebellion was part of a continuing struggle to determine
Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia
For which of the following reasons did the Pilgrims choose Plymouth as a site for their settlement?
It lay outside the London Company's territory It was too late in the year to sail farther south
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 statement regarding the early government of New York is not correct?
James governed the colony personally until he became king in 1685
In 1630, ______ commanded an expedition of 17 ships and 1,000 people bound for New England, the largest single migration of its kind in the seventeenth century.
John winthrop
Which of the following caused Maryland to modify its land grant procedure and adopt a headright system?
Labor Shortage
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 clashes intensified during Bacon's Rebellion?
Landless versus landowing lower classes versus the aristocracy White versus Indians Tidewater planters versus backcountry farmers
Which of the following statements about the Quakers is not correct?
Like the Puritians, the Quakers suscribed to the ideas of predestination and original sin
Which of the following was serioud problem for the settlers at Jamestown?
Many colonists became sick because they lacked prior exposure to malaria and other local diseases
Which statement about the rise of slavery in the Caribbean is not correct?
Moral consideration intially prevented the English from adopting slavery, but eventually they relented.
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 colonist may have expected the Africans to be freed after a term if service
Which of the following were part of the Spanish colonies in the 1600s and early 1700s?
New Mexico California Florida Arizona Texas
Who became the leader of the Powhatans after Chief Powhatan died?
Opechancanough
A dissenting English protestant sect, the Quakers, was responsible for the efforts that eventually established the colony of
PA
Which four of the following were Restoration-era colonies established during the quarter-century reign of Charles II?
PA NJ Carolina NY
Which of the following was a way new settlers could receive headrights from the Virginia Company?
Paying for passage of another settler
Which of the following was a way new settlers could receive headrights from the Virginia Company?
Paying for the passage of another settler
Which statement about William Penn and the profitability of the Pennsylvania colony is not correct?
Penn was discouraged by years of economic turmoil in Pennsylavania and its lack of big cities
The first Pilgrim settlement in Massachusetts was known as
Plymouth Plantation
What was one major difference between tidewater and backcountry landowners in mid-seventeenth-century Virginia?
Policy toward natives
Which best describes the ratio of Catholic settlers to Protestants in Maryland?
Protestants outnumbered Catholics
Which best describes the ratio of Catholic settlers to Protestants in Maryland?
Protestants outnumbered catholics
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.
Pennsylvania's Charter of Liberties was the result of
Resistance to the nearly absolute power of the proprietor
Who among the following dominated Virginia politics as a royal governor of Virginia for more than thirty years?
Sir William Berkeley
Which of the following were significant elements of Maryland's and Virginia's agricultural economies by the end of the seventeenth century?
Slave labor The headright system Tobacco cultivation
The Puritans were called "Separatists" because they
Sought to separate from the Church of England
The first settlers to Maryland established the village of
St. Mary's
True or false: Contest for control of North America was most clearly visible in the areas around the borders of British settlement.
T
True or false: William Penn recognized the Indians' claim to land and reimbursed them for it.
T
Why was the institution of slavery different in New York than in other colonies?
The Dutch West India Company granted slaves "half freedom"
The backcountry gentry most resented Berkeley's
refusal to allow settlers to move farther west
