Question 1

The growth of proprietary colonies in the late seventeenth century was triggered by __________.&#10;A) the restoration of the Stuarts to the British throne&#10;B) tensions between English Catholics and Puritans&#10;C) Charles II's need to pay off his gambling debts&#10;D) Oliver Cromwell's interest in North America

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The restoration of the Stuarts to the British throne led to the growth of proprietary colonies as the monarchy sought to reward loyal supporters with land grants in the New World, which they could govern with considerable autonomy.

Question 2

The most ethnically and religiously diverse English colony by the late seventeenth century was __________.&#10;A) South Carolina&#10;B) New York&#10;C) Delaware&#10;D) Pennsylvania

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New York, originally settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam, became a melting pot of ethnicities and religions. When the English took control in 1664, they inherited this diversity, making New York the most ethnically and religiously diverse English colony by the late seventeenth century.

Question 3

Anne Hutchinson was expelled from Massachusetts because she criticized the leaders' __________.&#10;A) land policies&#10;B) religious beliefs and practices&#10;C) treatment of Indians&#10;D) use of slave labor

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Anne Hutchinson was expelled from Massachusetts primarily for her religious dissent. She challenged the Puritan clergy and their teachings, holding meetings in her home where she expressed her own interpretations of the Bible, which were seen as a threat to the established religious order.

Question 4

The southern part of early Carolina communities had a cultural character that was distinctly __________.&#10;A) English&#10;B) Spanish&#10;C) Dutch&#10;D) Caribbean

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The southern part of early Carolina communities had a cultural character that was distinctly Caribbean, influenced by the British colonies in the Caribbean. This influence was due to the settlers and economic practices that migrated from the Caribbean to Carolina.

Question 5

The primary reason for the establishment of the colony at Plymouth was the settlers' desire to __________.&#10;A) convert local Indian populations to Christianity&#10;B) profit from the great commercial potential evident in New England&#10;C) found a new culture based on their religious values&#10;D) compete with Virginia in the production of tobacco

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The primary reason for the establishment of the Plymouth colony by the Pilgrims was to create a community where they could practice their religious beliefs freely and establish a society based on their own religious values, separate from the Church of England.

Question 6

The seventeenth-century Pueblo Indians __________.&#10;A) rejected Spanish attempts to convert them&#10;B) made Christianity one more part of their already complex culture&#10;C) rejected their old gods and accepted Christianity as their new religion&#10;D) begged the Spaniards to teach them the tenets of Catholicism

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The seventeenth-century Pueblo Indians often incorporated elements of Christianity into their existing religious practices, blending it with their traditional beliefs rather than fully rejecting or wholly accepting it.

Question 7

Which of these was the direct result of Powhatan attacks against the colony at Jamestown that began in 1622?&#10;A) The colonial population doubled.&#10;B) The crown created the House of Burgesses.&#10;C) Tobacco became scarce in England.&#10;D) The Virginia Company went into bankruptcy.

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The Powhatan attacks against the Jamestown colony in 1622 led to a severe strain on the resources and finances of the Virginia Company, which was responsible for the colony. The increased military expenses and the loss of life and property made it difficult for the company to remain financially viable, eventually leading to its bankruptcy. The Crown then took direct control of the colony, marking a significant shift in how English colonies were governed.

Question 8

Which statement is a correct comparison of Spanish and French colonial communities?&#10;A) Both developed frontiers of exclusion.&#10;B) The Spanish were more tolerant of native culture and customs.&#10;C) The French were more tolerant of native culture and customs.&#10;D) Spain, unlike France, was Protestant.

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The French were more tolerant of native culture and customs, often integrating with local populations through trade, alliances, and intermarriage, unlike the Spanish who were more inclined to impose their culture and religion on indigenous peoples.

Question 9

After he led a successful revolt against the Spanish, Pueblo leader Pop&#233; was deposed 10 years later by this people because __________.&#10;A) he allowed Christian practices to continue&#10;B) he allied himself with their Navajo and Apache enemies&#10;C) they missed Spanish support in their struggle with the Apaches&#10;D) they preferred Protestant to Catholic Christianity

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Popé was deposed by his people because they missed the Spanish support in their struggle with the Apaches. After the successful revolt against the Spanish, the absence of Spanish military might left the Pueblo people more vulnerable to raids by nomadic tribes, including the Apaches.

Question 10

In contrast to the settlers of the Chesapeake, New England's settlers __________.&#10;A) had better relationships with the Indians&#10;B) imported indentured servants who later became freemen&#10;C) were mainly family groups&#10;D) developed self-government

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New England's settlers were primarily family groups, which contrasted with the Chesapeake settlers who were often single men.

Question 11

New Amsterdam became a part of the British empire because __________.&#10;A) Holland sold it to King Charles II&#10;B) English settlers overwhelmed Dutch merchants&#10;C) Britain conquered it in an Anglo-Dutch war&#10;D) Parliament passed an act claiming the colony

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Question 12

By 1634, which of these groups had been granted the status of &#34;freemen&#34; in Massachusetts, with a right to select delegates to create laws?&#10;A) all residents&#10;B) male heads of household who were church members&#10;C) all adults&#10;D) anyone with 1,000 acres of land

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Question 13

French interest in the Indians centered on __________.&#10;A) their potential as trading partners&#10;B) their potential conversion to Christianity&#10;C) their potential as a labor source&#10;D) their willingness to sell their land

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Question 14

Penn approved of which former Swedish-Dutch community becoming a separate colony?&#10;A) Rhode Island&#10;B) South Carolina&#10;C) New Jersey&#10;D) Delaware

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Question 15

The eventual success of Spanish rule of New Mexico depended on __________.&#10;A) ruthless suppression of Indian culture&#10;B) accommodation between natives and Spanish&#10;C) forcing all the natives to mine for gold&#10;D) excluding the natives from any role in colonial society

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Question 16

Engag&#233;s and coureurs de bois were part of the colonial system of what nation?&#10;A) Spain&#10;B) France&#10;C) England&#10;D) the Netherlands

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Question 17

The Puritans were unique in the seventeenth-century colonies of North America because of their __________.&#10;A) religious toleration&#10;B) peaceful relations with the Indians&#10;C) more equal sex roles&#10;D) impressive educational system

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Question 18

The cultivation of tobacco by the English colonists __________.&#10;A) encouraged trade between the settlers and the Indians&#10;B) prompted the English to seek a community of inclusion&#10;C) created pressure for more expansion into Indian territory&#10;D) made Indian slave labor profitable

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Question 19

Spanish policy in New Mexico after 1696 most closely resembled the colonial policies of __________.&#10;A) England in the Caribbean&#10;B) England in the Chesapeake&#10;C) France in Canada&#10;D) Russia in Alaska

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Question 20

The conflict between England and Holland in the mid-seventeenth century was mainly over __________.&#10;A) religious differences&#10;B) commercial rivalry&#10;C) Charles II's claim to the Dutch throne&#10;D) English fear of Dutch ties to the Iroquois

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Question 21

The 1682 Frame of Government was issued by __________.&#10;A) King Charles II&#10;B) William Penn&#10;C) John Winthrop&#10;D) Roger Williams

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Question 22

An indentured servant in the Chesapeake colonies in the mid-1600s was most likely to be which type of person?&#10;A) a convicted criminal&#10;B) a young, single, unskilled male&#10;C) a skilled craftsman&#10;D) a young, unmarried woman

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Question 23

Which of these best characterizes Spanish New Mexico in 1700?&#10;A) wealthy, sparsely populated, frontier of inclusion&#10;B) poor, densely populated, frontier of exclusion&#10;C) poor, sparsely populated, frontier of inclusion&#10;D) wealthy, densely populated, frontier of exclusion

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Question 24

Virginia and Maryland were similar in that both came to rely on __________ cultivation.&#10;A) tobacco&#10;B) rice&#10;C) sugar&#10;D) wheat

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Question 25

The Puritans of England were so named because they were trying to &#34;purify&#34; __________.&#10;A) English government&#10;B) English society&#10;C) the Catholic Church&#10;D) the Church of England

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Question 26

Jacob Leisler led an unsuccessful rebellion against royal government in __________.&#10;A) New York&#10;B) Massachusetts&#10;C) Carolina&#10;D) Virginia

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Question 27

From 1650 to 1700, the main cause of turmoil in the English colonies was __________.&#10;A) the threat of Spanish attack&#10;B) the expansion of English settlement&#10;C) new French settlements in the Chesapeake&#10;D) falling white colonial populations

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Question 28

The first English royal colony was __________.&#10;A) Virginia&#10;B) Maryland&#10;C) Carolina&#10;D) New York

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Question 29

Both Bacon's Rebellion and Culpeper's Rebellion resulted from conflict between __________.&#10;A) government powers and backcountry regions of Virginia and North Carolina&#10;B) Puritans and dissenters in Rhode Island and Massachusetts&#10;C) &#34;praying town&#34; Indians and Covenant Chain Indians in New England&#10;D) slave traders and those who objected to slavery

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Question 30

The underlying cause of Opechancanough's attacks on Jamestown was __________.&#10;A) expansion of English tobacco cultivation&#10;B) severe native food shortages&#10;C) Spanish arms supplied to the Indians&#10;D) John Smith's marriage to Pocahontas

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Question 31

By the 1670s, Indian communities residing on the frontier of Virginia were under assault by __________.&#10;A) British expeditionary forces&#10;B) colonists in search of new tobacco lands&#10;C) Iroquois raiders&#10;D) plantation owners looking for new cotton lands

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Question 32

By the eighteenth century, North America's most important colonial port was __________.&#10;A) New York City&#10;B) Boston&#10;C) Charleston&#10;D) Philadelphia

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Question 33

Coronado and O&#241;ate were both initially drawn to New Mexico in a quest for __________.&#10;A) a wealthy Indian empire&#10;B) religious freedom&#10;C) new agricultural lands&#10;D) Indian slaves

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Question 34

Connecticut and Rhode Island were both established by __________.&#10;A) English proprietors&#10;B) religious dissenters migrating out of Massachusetts&#10;C) the Dutch&#10;D) Quakers

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Question 35

King William's War was primarily between the English and the __________.&#10;A) Dutch&#10;B) Iroquois&#10;C) Spanish&#10;D) French

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Question 36

Metacom, leader of the Pokanokets, led a fierce but futile war against New Englanders known as __________.&#10;A) the Pequot War&#10;B) King Philip's War&#10;C) Great Swamp War&#10;D) Tammany War

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Question 37

One outcome of King William's War was __________.&#10;A) that all colonies lost their charters&#10;B) tightening of royal rule over the colonies&#10;C) English conquest of most French settlements on the St. Lawrence&#10;D) greater religious freedom on the frontier

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Question 38

The greatest similarity between early Virginia and Massachusetts was that they both __________.&#10;A) were founded by companies chartered by the king&#10;B) were mainly settled by Puritans&#10;C) depended on tobacco cultivation&#10;D) relied on indentured servant labor

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Question 39

The Glorious Revolution in England had significant implications for the colonies because __________.&#10;A) King William established the Dominion of New England&#10;B) a major loss of self-government resulted&#10;C) it resulted in the establishment of an English constitutional monarchy&#10;D) less-monarchical control was extended over them

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Question 40

The Massachusetts Bay Company was established by __________.&#10;A) religious dissenters known as Pilgrims&#10;B) a Catholic nobleman&#10;C) a group of wealthy Puritans&#10;D) William Penn

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Question 41

Why did Samuel de Champlain establish the settlement of Qu&#233;bec on the St. Lawrence River in 1605?&#10;A) to intercept the traffic in furs&#10;B) to forge an alliance with the Iroquois&#10;C) to prepare for battle with the British&#10;D) to settle the area for plantations

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Question 42

How did the Virginia Company respond to the terrible winter of 1609&#8210;1610?&#10;A) It filed for bankruptcy.&#10;B) It revised its settlement plan.&#10;C) It sent additional settlers to the colony.&#10;D) It declared war on the Powhatan Confederacy.

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Question 43

Compare the New England colonies to the Chesapeake in terms of immigrants, economic base, and building of community.

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Question 44

Unlike the Franciscans in New Mexico, who insisted that natives adopt European practices, Jesuit missionaries in New France __________.&#10;A) learned native languages and customs&#10;B) did not minister to the Indians in their midst&#10;C) worked a little with their converts but soon passed the converts on to parish priests&#10;D) sought to wipe out Native American populations

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Question 45

Who was Nathaniel Bacon?&#10;A) a Puritan minister&#10;B) the vice-governor of Virginia&#10;C) a backcountry planter&#10;D) an indentured servant

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Question 46

What convinced Metacom that he had to go to war against the English?&#10;A) They forced him to grant them sovereign authority over his homeland.&#10;B) They refused to sell him guns.&#10;C) They invalidated a series of treaties they had made with him.&#10;D) They stationed additional troops in Massachusetts.

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Question 47

Which of these best describes the religious preferences of most English people in the second half of the sixteenth century?&#10;A) Most practiced a form of Christianity little different from traditional Catholicism.&#10;B) Most were radical Protestants.&#10;C) Most were indifferent to religion and religious practice.&#10;D) Most were secret Catholics who wished to reestablish ties with the papacy.

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Question 48

Most early South Carolina settlers came from __________.&#10;A) the Netherlands&#10;B) Barbados&#10;C) France&#10;D) the north of England

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Question 49

Once established in French Canada, what was a typical role for the sons of the first French settlers if they stayed in Canada?&#10;A) work as independent traders or agents of the fur companies&#10;B) enlist in the military forces of New France&#10;C) establish large plantations&#10;D) work as diplomats for the government of New France

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Question 50

In the early seventeenth century, Samuel de Champlain sent agents and traders to live among native peoples along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes in order to __________.&#10;A) learn their languages and direct the flow of furs to Qu&#233;bec&#10;B) convert them to Catholicism&#10;C) prepare for future battle against them&#10;D) prepare alliances to fight against the British

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Question 51

How did English religious policy change when James I came to the throne?&#10;A) James I returned England to Catholicism.&#10;B) James I abandoned Queen Elizabeth's policy of religious tolerance.&#10;C) James I championed the Puritans.&#10;D) James I proclaimed his support for the widest possible religious diversity.

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Question 52

Using Powhatan as your focus, discuss how relations changed between the Indians and colonists at Jamestown over time.

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Question 53

The Dutch West India Company began sponsoring European settlement in the Hudson Valley in the 1640s in response to __________.&#10;A) religious dissension within the Dutch government&#10;B) Spanish policies in the Caribbean&#10;C) unemployment in the Netherlands&#10;D) developments in New England

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Question 54

Beginning in the 1640s, the Iroquois conducted a series of military expeditions against their northern, western, and southern neighbors, known as __________.&#10;A) King Phillip's War&#10;B) the Beaver Wars&#10;C) the Pequot War&#10;D) Culpepper's Rebellion

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Question 55

What made the Netherlands a major European power?&#10;A) its dynamic commercial economy&#10;B) its large population&#10;C) its control over European natural resources&#10;D) its vast farmlands

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Question 56

What was the impact of the 1539 expedition of Francisco V&#225;squez de Coronado in search of vast Indian empires to conquer in northern Mexico and fabled cities of gold in the American Southwest?&#10;A) No gold was found, and Spanish interest in the area faded.&#10;B) No gold was found, and Spaniards moved quickly to colonize the region before other Europeans could do so.&#10;C) Gold was found among the Pueblo Indians in large amounts, causing Spanish settlers to flood into the region.&#10;D) Silver was found, not gold, and Spanish forces soon established silver mines in the region.

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Question 57

The Indian village communities of the Chesapeake were united in a politically sophisticated union known as the&#10;A) Grand Alliance&#10;B) Covenant Chain&#10;C) Iroquois Confederacy&#10;D) Powhatan Confederacy

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Question 58

What effect did the Glorious Revolution have in America?

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Question 59

Compare the effects of the Spanish and French frontiers of inclusion with the British frontier of exclusion.

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Question 60

Using Anne Hutchinson and Lucy Winthrop Downing as examples, discuss the politics of gender in Massachusetts.

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Question 61

What was the end result of the Glorious Revolution?&#10;A) Parliament removed James II, and the new monarchs were required to support a Bill of Rights.&#10;B) Parliament removed William and Mary and declared religious toleration.&#10;C) The king dissolved Parliament, which led to violent revolts.&#10;D) Taxes were eliminated on key household items.

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Question 62

In Penn's first Frame of Government for Pennsylvania, what guarantees were included?&#10;A) religious freedom, civil liberties, and elected representation&#10;B) right to unemployment insurance and property rights&#10;C) freedom to appropriate Indian land&#10;D) freedom of press and a right to bear arms

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Question 63

How were the early colonists who survived in Jamestown able to do so?&#10;A) They had the help of Powhatan.&#10;B) They knew a lot about farming.&#10;C) They brought sufficient provisions.&#10;D) The weather was mild, and the region was free of disease.

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Question 64

Which statement best reflects the response of Indians to the unexpected arrival of English colonists in the Chesapeake region?&#10;A) At first, the Indians aided and traded with the colonists, but soon the Indians realized that the English wanted their land.&#10;B) The Indians thought the English were gods, so did not challenge them.&#10;C) The Powhatan Confederacy allied with the Spanish in Florida to drive out the English colonists in Virginia.&#10;D) Realizing there could be great benefits in an alliance, the Indians were happy to learn about English culture and religion.

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Deck 3: Planting Colonies in North America