Question 1

The English Civil War affected the American colonies by:

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A)   permitting the colonies to essentially govern themselves
B)   requiring Puritanism to be adopted in every colony
C)   by placing members of Oliver Cromwell's family as colonial governors
D)   allowing them to pledge their loyalty to Spain during the crisis
E)   devastating the Native American culture in New EnglandF) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 2

The colonies established after the Restoration were all:

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A)   joint-stock ventures
B)   royal colonies
C)   proprietary colonies
D)   Christian commonwealths
E)   west of the AppalachiansF) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of:

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A)   slaving activity
B)   head-hunting
C)   raiding Indian villages to capture children
D)   dishonest treaty making
E)   missionary activityF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Anne Hutchinson was kicked out of Massachusetts for:

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A)   challenging the authority of local ministers
B)   championing equal rights for women
C)   insufficient knowledge of the Bible
D)   believing good works would earn a place in heaven
E)   refusing to uphold the SabbathF) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

Maryland was much like Virginia in that it:

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A)   banned Catholics
B)   was owned by a joint-stock company
C)   promoted religious freedom
D)   was politically dominated by small farmers
E)   had a tobacco-based economyF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Due to its harsh winters, New England's death rate was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Nathaniel Bacon was a former indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill," he was referring to that colony's desire to:

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A)   be financially successful
B)   become independent of England
C)   serve as a model Christian community
D)   establish an ideal government
E)   convert the Indians to ChristianityF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

English merchants in the Carolinas by the early 1700s established a thriving trade with southern Indians for:

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A)   beaver pelts
B)   fish
C)   indigo
D)   corn
E)   deerskinsF) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

The major cause of King Philip's War was:

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A)   Indian resentment over forced conversions to Christianity
B)   King Philip's desire for territorial expansion
C)   Indian anger over their destruction from European diseases
D)   Indian feelings of racial superiority over the English
E)   the need of Indian warriors to prove themselves in battleF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Roger Williams believed:

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A)   that Puritanism was the only suitable religion for Massachusetts
B)   in the propriety of linking church with the state
C)   that Indians should be forcibly Christianized
D)   that compulsory church attendance was an important tenet of the Christian faith
E)   that it was wrong to confiscate Indian landsF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

After 1644, the right to vote in Massachusetts Bay was restricted to those who:

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A)   owned 100 acres of land
B)   had come in the first voyage from Britain
C)   were literate and had good moral character
D)   had been listed as freemen in the original charter
E)   were members of a Puritan churchF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

Which is true of English society by the early 1600s?

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A)   The right to trial by jury had yet to be established.
B)   There was a growing population of beggars and vagabonds.
C)   There were no limits on the power of the monarch.
D)   Titled nobles dominated the House of Commons.
E)   There were no significant class distinctions.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

The major reason Charles II decided to wrest New Netherland from the Dutch was the threat of that colony's:

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A)   commercial success
B)   military strength
C)   religious freedom
D)   form of government
E)   friendship with the IndiansF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

All of the following are true of the Pilgrims EXCEPT that they:

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A)   established the Plymouth colony
B)   based their initial colonial government on the Mayflower Compact
C)   were Separatists who had abandoned the Church of England
D)   originally fled to Holland
E)   were a sect of radical CatholicsF) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 17

The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:

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A)   giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and fifty more for any servants he might bring
B)   "selling" wives to single male settlers
C)   auctioning black slaves to settlers
D)   giving free land to all servants who came to the colony
E)   giving free land in return for five years of military serviceF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Pocahontas, or Matoaka,:

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A)   was the daughter of Powhatan
B)   refused to convert to Christianity
C)   married John Smith
D)   played virtually no role in the relationship between the natives and the English
E)   like many women of that era, died young and childlessF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT true of Nathaniel Bacon?

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A)   He embodied many of the frustrations felt by the average Virginian at the time.
B)   He opposed the economic dominance of the large planters who had the governor's ear.
C)   He led a revolt of the poor against well-connected and wealthy.
D)   He has been called the "Torchbearer of the Revolution."
E)   He had a close relationship with Governor Berkeley.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

Peter Stuyvesant was the defiant governor of Rhode Island.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Britain and Its Colonies

Peter Stuyvesant was the defiant governor of Rhode Island.

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Roger Williams believed:

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When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill," he was referring to that colony's desire to:

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Which is true of English society by the early 1600s?

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The major cause of King Philip's War was:

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After 1644, the right to vote in Massachusetts Bay was restricted to those who:

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Anne Hutchinson was kicked out of Massachusetts for:

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In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of:

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Nathaniel Bacon was a former indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion.

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Which of the following was NOT true of Nathaniel Bacon?

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Maryland was much like Virginia in that it:

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The colonies established after the Restoration were all:

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Due to its harsh winters, New England's death rate was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.

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The English Civil War affected the American colonies by:

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English merchants in the Carolinas by the early 1700s established a thriving trade with southern Indians for:

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Pocahontas, or Matoaka,:

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The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:

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All of the following are true of the Pilgrims EXCEPT that they:

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The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company.

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The major reason Charles II decided to wrest New Netherland from the Dutch was the threat of that colony's:

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