Captain John Smith helped Jamestown to survive when he
imposed work and order on the colony
divided the colony's profits among the stockholders
entered into a relationship with Pocahontas
divided the duties and privileges of leadership among several members of a council
ended raids perpetrated on Indian villages to steal food and kidnap natives
The Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia was
Lord De La Warr
Nathaniel Bacon
John Rolfe
John Smith
Walter Raleigh
In 1619, another crucial element was introduced into the Virginia social order:
Catholics
Women
Africans
Puritans
Baptists
Which of the following colonies allowed freedom of religion to all Christians?
Plymouth
Virginia
Rhode Island
Maryland
Massachusetts
Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were LEAST likely to advocate a policy of
commerce and trade
forbidding intermarriage
tolerance and mutual respect
treating Indians as heathen savages
conversion to Christianity
Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against Sir William Berkeley in Virginia in 1675?
he believed the eastern landowners were underrepresented in the House of Burgesses
he believed Berkeley would abolish the House of Burgesses
he hoped to defeat Berkeley and rule the colony himself
he resented Berkeley's growing power and control of trade
What did Bacon's Rebellion reveal about the growth of the Virginia colony?
that immigration and oversupply of African slaves could destabilize colonial society
that landless free men were not a threat to social and political order
that Indians no longer exerted influence on colonial affairs
serious social and geographical tensions between colonists that threatened the colony's stability
Roger Williams founded a new colony in the north in 1644 when he split from the Puritans.
Maine
New Hampshire
How did the majority of Africans respond to their enslavement and treatment by whites?
by meekly accepting their fate and refusing to resist
by developing patterns of resistance and establishing elaborate cultures of their own
by seeking ways to escape from slavery by fleeing to the north
disassociating themselves from all family and communal relationships
Who led a rebellion against the colonial government of New York after James II was overthrown in England?
John Coode
Jacob Leisler
Captain Francis Nicholson
Edmund Andros
What was the most significant outcome of the Glorious Revolution in the American colonies?
led to series of violent revolts that weakened the crown's authority in the colonies
it led to increased religious toleration in the colonies
England's plan of centrally controlled colonies was overturned
it increased the potential authority of the English King in the colonies
Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements
maintained the political and social institutions of England
were essentially business enterprises
were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start
were always tightly controlled by the English government
The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of
sinking of the colonists supply ship in the Atlantic
an influx of rats from settler's ships ate much of their stored grain
a drought led to crop failures
colonists being kept barricaded in their fenced palisade by local Indians
the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops
The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
the rapid wearing out of the soil
rising prosperity of the colony
improved relations with the local Indians
the expansion of European settlement farther into the interior of the continent
the search for new sources of labor
The Virginia Company developed the "headright system" to
cause conflict among neighboring Indian tribes
require families to migrate together
raise revenue from the sale of land
attract new settlers to the colony
discourage poor people from moving to the colony
The Powhatan Indian woman named Pocahontas
married English colonial leader John Smith
was ransomed by her father after she was kidnapped
created an interest in "civilizing" Indians when she was taken to England
was kidnapped by John Rolfe
In which area of technology were the Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists?
agriculture
making metal tools
weaponry
raising animals for food
building ships
In its beginning, the Maryland colony
had conflict with nearby French settlers
was led by Captain John Smith
experienced tremendous warfare with local Indians
was a refuge for English Catholics
allowed no Puritan settlers
During its first year in North America, the Plymouth colony
grew rich from the surrounding productive farmland
carried out warfare that wiped out most of the local Indians
survived mostly due to assistance from local Indians
establish critically important trade routes with Jamestown in the south
saw two-thirds of its population die
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans
took vows of poverty as evidence of commitment to their faith
created a Colonial Theocracy
fought with the surrounding Indians almost immediately
lived a grim and joyless existence
introduced freedom of worship in the New World
In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts Bay colony because she
was accused of practicing witchcraft
challenged the norms of female behavior in their society
preached against Catholics and Jews coming to the New World
was a single mother who refused to marry
In King Philip's War, both colonists and Indians made use of a relatively new and deadly weapon, the ____________.
matchlock musket
repeating revolver
artillery cannon
Gatling gun
flintlock rifle
The New York colony
saw its population grow very slowly for the first 50 years
banned slavery from its inception
made a commitment to representative assemblies
was founded by colonists from the Carolina colony
emerged as an English colony after a struggle between the English and the Dutch
In the seventeenth century, English Quakers
had no paid clergy
were pacifists
All these answers are correct
believed all could attain salvation
had a disregard for class and gender distinctions
Georgia was founded
as a haven for religious dissenters
to quickly make money for its investors
to create a military barrier against the Spanish
to provide a refuge for Catholics
by Quaker missionaries
In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region in which
French colonists manager to hold the balance of power
Spanish colonists were long the dominant power
no one group, wither Indian or European, held clear dominance
English colonists quickly became the dominant power
Indian tribes were able to keep out European colonists
The Navigation Acts primarily benefitted
businesses and planters in the British Caribbean
British businesses and merchants
New England merchants
Virginia planters
colonial American tobacco merchants
Leisler's Rebellion took place in
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
The tobacco culture of Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion.
The survival of Jamestown was largely the result of the English colonists borrowing from the agricultural knowledge of the Indians.
Unlike the colonists of Jamestown, the Puritans of Massachusetts established settlements based on families.
The Pequot War and King Philip's War ended disastrously for the Indians.
The site chosen for Jamestown was
It was far inland and not accessible by ship
It was low and swampy and subject to outbreaks of malaria
It was near what is now New York City.
It was high on a mountaintop
It was near the colonies of the Puritans and the Pilgrims.
the expansion of European settlement into the interior
improved relations with the Indians
Which of the following is true of Bacon's Rebellion?
it spelled the demise of the Virginia Company
It was a consequence of the indentured servant system
it forced the royal governor of Virginia to resign
it carried on for several years
it spread throughout several colonies
The difficulty of supressing Bacon's Rebellion helped cause an increase in
calls for independence from England
European investment
tobacco production
slavery in Virginia
the triangular trade
What social institution did Europeans in the Caribbean share with their counterparts in North America?
Quakerism
religious tolerance
town hall meetings
House of Burgesses
slavery
Which of the following statements regarding the Navigation Acts (1660s) is FALSE?
English colonists could only produce products that were already being produced and sold in England
all Eurioean goods sent to the colonies had to pass through England and were subject to taxes
certain colonial products could only be exported to England
English colonies were closed to all trade except that carried by English ships
Duties (taxes) were imposed on trade among the English colonies in North America
The Caribbean settlements of England were sources of slaves for the English colonies in North America.
Quaker is a term for the English Protestant sect, the Society of Friends.
The term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africans
from the Caribbean to the mainland colonies
across the Atlantic, from Africa to New World
from Africa to Europe
from the coastal regions of colonies to the interior
between individual American colonies
In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes (laws) were based on race and ________.
origin of birth
economic status
nothing else
laboring skills
religion
In the seventeenth century, most colonial American families had few tools, many owning an axe but no plow.
Which European country had the strongest and wealthiest early empire, focusing on mining and agriculture, with European men marrying Native American women.
France
England
Spain
Portugal
Dutch (Netherlands)
Which European country had the smallest and weakest early colonial empire, but grew because they brought women and children for permanent settlement.
Which European country established a fur trading empire in the Mississippi Valley and lived in relative harmony with the Indians?
Which European country were early slave traders, with a settlement in what is now New York City?
Which European country explored Africa, engaged in an extensive slave trade, and founded Brazil in South America.
White people in the North American colonies had a better chance at upward social mobility than did white people in England.
Slaves who worked in the sugarcane fields actually had it the easiest of all the African slaves in North America,
