Question 1

Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

Accepted Answer

A)   It lay beside a malarial swamp.
B)   The ample food was full of botulism.
C)   It was not high; most of the colonists survived.
D)   Constant Native American attacks decimated the population.

Question 2

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the impact on Maryland of seventeenth-century England's Protestant-Catholic conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)   The conflict had no effect on far-off Maryland.
B)   To win the favor of Protestant kings, Maryland gave all authority to Protestants.
C)   The English government temporarily repealed Calvert's ownership of Maryland and the colony's policies of religious toleration.
D)   Maryland's Catholic leaders banned Protestant worship in 1671.

Question 3

How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)   They became abolitionists, fighting to end slavery in British North America.
B)   Some of them ran away or were disobedient to their masters.
C)   They sent letters home telling their fellow Englishmen that the American colonies offered special opportunities for freedom.
D)   They insisted on their right to serve in the militia, because they believed in the right to bear arms.

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the Puritans of the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   They were completely unified on all issues.
B)   They agreed that the Church of England retained too many elements of Catholicism in its rituals and doctrines.
C)   They differed completely with the views of the Church of England.
D)   They came to the colonies because they had no hope of holding any power in England.

Question 5

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

Accepted Answer

A)   the Native Americans realized that England wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony, not just a trading post.
B)   Pocahontas married John Rolfe.
C)   the House of Burgesses passed a law ordering Native Americans out of the colony.
D)   Powhatan led an attack against the English settlers in 1644.

Question 6

The minister Thomas Hooker:

Accepted Answer

A)   wanted the separation of church and state in Rhode Island.
B)   was the first governor of Massachusetts.
C)   agreed with Anne Hutchinson's challenges to the Puritan church elders.
D)   expanded the number of men who could vote in Connecticut.

Question 7

Which colony adopted the Act concerning Religion in 1649, which institutionalized the principle of religious toleration?

Accepted Answer

A)   Virginia.
B)   Maryland.
C)   Massachusetts.
D)   Rhode Island.

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their officials in Massachusetts punished Quakers financially and physically, even hanging several of them.
B)   They welcomed the Quakers and thus were happy to help them set up the Pennsylvania colony.
C)   They fought Charles II's efforts to oppress and suppress Quakers.
D)   They passed a law ordering all Quakers to leave Massachusetts or face imminent death.

Question 9

What was a key difference between indentured servants from England and slaves from Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)   Indentured servants never changed owners.
B)   After giving birth, indentured servant women had to give up the child to the owner.
C)   The indentured servants could freely choose their spouse.
D)   Three-quarters of indentured servants escaped to another colony and found permanent freedom.

Question 10

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

Accepted Answer

A)   was dissolved by King James because he objected to all representative government.
B)   was created as part of the Virginia Company's effort to encourage the colony's survival.
C)   banned the importation of servants.
D)   had more power than the governor.

Question 11

Who received most of the profits from trade between Native Americans and colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)   Native Americans.
B)   English soldiers.
C)   Colonial and European merchants.
D)   The king.

Question 12

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

Accepted Answer

A)   the Pequots were forced to pay reparations for the damage they caused New England settlers.
B)   the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans, leading to the elimination of both tribes.
C)   the Pequots lost, but survived to become a valuable ally of the Puritans.
D)   the brutishness and ferocity of the colonists surprised New England tribes.

Question 13

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

Accepted Answer

A)   it ultimately did not make money.
B)   Jamestown suffered Native American attacks.
C)   Pocahontas died in England.
D)   King James criticized tobacco.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England, who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

Accepted Answer

A)   She ascended to the throne immediately after a long period of civil war and successfully unified the nation.
B)   Her refusal to marry led to her designation as "the Virgin Queen," after whom Virginia was named.
C)   When the Pope refused to allow her to divorce her French royal husband, she founded an independent Church of England.
D)   She temporarily restored Catholicism as the state religion of England.

Question 15

Why did Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh fail in their attempts to colonize the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)   The government provided insufficient financial support.
B)   They were more interested in agriculture than in trade, and they chose areas without good farmland.
C)   They tried to set up colonies on the coast of Florida, and the Spanish fought off their attempts.
D)   Native Americans attacked the settlers, driving them from the land.

Question 16

In the 1650s, who pushed England toward a policy of expanding territory and commercialism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Oliver Cromwell.
B)   John Smith.
C)   Charles I.
D)   Charles II.

Question 17

Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England:

Accepted Answer

A)   arrived with other members of their families.
B)   were single, middle-class men.
C)   were lower-class men.
D)   had been released from debtors' prisons.

Question 18

Anne Hutchinson's trial demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

A)   she wanted to be a church elder.
B)   church elders lacked tolerance.
C)   she wanted to give the Native Americans land.
D)   she wanted to lead a group of settlers to Connecticut.

Question 19

As the sixteenth century progressed in New England, the growing commerce:

Accepted Answer

A)   brought religious and economic values into conflict.
B)   increased church attendance.
C)   led to better relations between the English and the Native Americans.
D)   made the church elders the wealthiest people in society.

Question 20

Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?

Accepted Answer

A)   Quakers.
B)   Puritans.
C)   Pilgrims.
D)   Catholics.

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the impact on Maryland of seventeenth-century England's Protestant-Catholic conflict?

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The Virginia House of Burgesses:

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Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

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Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?

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Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?

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The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

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The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

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Who received most of the profits from trade between Native Americans and colonists?

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Anne Hutchinson's trial demonstrated that:

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Why did Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh fail in their attempts to colonize the New World?

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The minister Thomas Hooker:

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Which of the following is true of the Puritans of the seventeenth century?

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Which colony adopted the Act concerning Religion in 1649, which institutionalized the principle of religious toleration?

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Which of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England, who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

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In the 1650s, who pushed England toward a policy of expanding territory and commercialism?

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It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

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Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England:

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How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?

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What was a key difference between indentured servants from England and slaves from Africa?

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As the sixteenth century progressed in New England, the growing commerce:

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