Deck 4: Empires Across the Atlantic World, 1650-1700

Question 1

Most of those accused of witchcraft in Salem during the Witchcraft Panic of 1692 were women who disrupted social expectations or norms.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

During the Stuart Restoration, ______________ reclaimed the English throne.​

A)Charles I
B)James I
C)Charles II
D)James II
E)William III

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What effect did the English Civil War have on English migration to the colonies?​

A)It curtailed the Great Migration because Puritans chose to stay and fight Charles and support the rule of Cromwell.
B)It increased migration to the colonies as Englishmen and women sought to escape the chaos of warfare.
C)Migration patterns remained as they were before the English Civil War.
D)Migration increased, but Puritans began settling in the Chesapeake region as they sought to establish plantations.
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

During the seventeenth century, the greatest threat to English colonial stability came from internal challenges to the colonial order, rather than external challenges from rival imperial powers.​

Question 5

Of the 300 settlers who arrived in Port Royal on the Carolina coast, more than half were from

A)Jamaica.
B)Barbados.
C)New England.
D)Hispaniola.
E)Florida.

Question 6

The Middle Passage refers to the frontier colonial regions​ where colonists and natives lived side by side.

Question 7

After Cromwell triumphed over Scotland and Ireland and negotiated peace with the Dutch, he​

A)sought to focus on domestic stability.
B)sought to challenge the French in the West Indies.
C)sought to conquer Spain's holdings in the West Indies.
D)sought to invade Spain and France on the European mainland.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 8

Quakers embraced all teachings and fundamental principles of Anglicanism and Puritanism.​

Question 9

Part of what instigated the tensions that lead to Bacon's Rebellion was a shortage of affordable land for newly-freed indentured servants.

Question 10

For the most part, English settlers praised Praying Towns as they were a prime example of how Englishmen and natives could live together peacefully.​

Question 11

The slave trade increased during the second half of the seventeenth century as a result of the expansion of sugar production.​

Question 12

The colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were established on land that once belonged to the

A)Dutch.
B)French.
C)Spanish.
D)Portuguese.
E)Italians.

Question 13

The English founded the colony of Carolina

A)in order to expand the agricultural economy.
B)to gain access to further ports along the Atlantic coast.
C)to establish more colonies that would lay beyond Puritan influence.
D)to establish a bulwark against Spanish expansion north from Florida.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 14

With the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, the English crown passed to ______________ and then to his son ______________ .

A)James I; Charles I
B)Charles I; Charles II
C)Charles II; James I
D)James I; James II
E)George I; James I

Question 15

What effect did the English Civil War have on the colonial economy in New England?​

A)It brought about decreased self-sufficiency and an even greater dependence on imported goods.
B)It benefitted the New England economy as English trade with the colonies increased.
C)The New England economy became increasingly agricultural.
D)New Englanders became more self-sufficient and created their own merchant fleet.
E)New Englanders began trading solely with the Spanish.

Question 16

During the Pueblo Revolt, missionaries were killed and symbols of Catholicism were destroyed.

Question 17

As Spain's transatlantic trade declined during the second half of the seventeenth century, the French and the English became less competitive in terms of colonization and commerce.​

Question 18

The English ultimately succeeded when they invaded the island of

A)Hispaniola.
B)Jamaica.
C)Cuba.
D)Puerto Rico.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 19

A great deal of political turmoil affected England throughout the seventeenth century.

Question 20

Parliament sought revenge against Charles I when he tried to

A)grant religious freedom to Catholics living in England.
B)raise an army without parliamentary support to suppress a rebellion in Ireland.
C)finance the establishment of a colony in North America without parliamentary support.
D)make Puritanism the official religion of England.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 21

As governor of New York, Edmund Andros​

A)did little to Anglicize the colony.
B)encouraged, but did not force colonists to swear allegiance to the English king.
C)allowed for official records to be kept in both English and Dutch.
D)was well-received by Dutch settlers even though he tried enforce English rule.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 22

After New York was retaken by the Dutch in 1673​,

A)it remained under Dutch rule until the eighteenth century.
B)it came under French rule.
C)an Indian attack drove all but a few European colonists from the region.
D)it came under English rule a year later as a result of the settlement ending the Anglo-Dutch war.
E)it was taken over by the Spanish who launched a full-scale attack.

Question 23

By the early eighteenth century, the northern region of Carolina was orientated toward the cultivation of  ______________ while in the southern region ______________  emerged as the main commercial crop.​

A)cotton; tobacco
B)tobacco; corn
C)corn; rice
D)corn; tobacco
E)tobacco; rice

Question 24

Which of the following is true about Pennsylvania's relations with neighboring Indians?​

A)There were periods of warfare and peace.
B)There wasa period of warfare after which native peoples were defeated into submission.
C)Relations were among the most progressive of all the colonies because the Quakers were pacifists and Penn insisted that land be purchased fairly from the Indians.
D)Natives were compelled to work on the colonists' farms.
E)There waslittle violence as a result of native peoples fleeing the area decades earlier.

Question 25

The Creek Confederacy's trade in ______________ became the most profitable in Carolina in the final decades of the seventeenth century.​

A)weapons
B)deerskins
C)Indian slaves
D)goods salvaged from shipwrecks
E)tobacco

Question 26

In earnest, the slave trade began in

A)1565.
B)1600.
C)1500.
D)1492.
E)1700.

Question 27

Hudson's Bay company was chartered in response to

A)an increase in Dutch transatlantic trade.
B)Spanish pirates raiding English ships along the New England coastline.
C)an increased demand for British products in the Spanish colonies.
D)the growing presence of the French in Canada.
E)an increase in violence with native groups in frontier regions.

Question 28

The Navigation Acts provided for

A)mercantilist regulations aimed to enhance English control over their portion of their transatlantic trade.
B)free trade between the English, Dutch, and Spanish.
C)regulations governing the transatlantic slave trade.
D)fewer regulations governing colonial trade.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 29

Charles II set out to conquer New Netherland because

A)he wanted access to land on which he could build a strategic fort.
B)he blamed the Puritans' refusal to swear allegiance to him on the presence of the Dutch colony.
C)the colonists in New Netherland had launched attacks against Puritan settlements on English soil.​
D)the Dutch had entered into an alliance with the Spanish, and Charles saw the presence of the Dutch settlement as a threat.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 30

Carolina's Fundamental Constitutions​

A)granted religious freedom for all in the colony.
B)granted all men the right to vote regardless of land ownership.
C)were based on landed nobility extracting labor from tithing serfs.
D)were ratified by the colonial legislature.
E)set procedures for how land would be purchased from native peoples.

Question 31

The Plantation Duty Act was passed in response to​

A)an increasing slave trade.
B)smugglers in the North American colonies who evaded trade regulations.
C)the need for colonial legislatures to be funded by property taxes levied on plantations.
D)Dutch pirates who attacked British ships.
E)an increase in sugar imports from Spanish colonies.

Question 32

In an effort to rebuild the colony in Canada, theFrench crown

A)reduced the number of seigneuries granted as larger land grants were given to fewer people.
B)encouraged the emigration of men to the colony.
C)reduced the number of soldiers in the area in order to secure peace with the natives.
D)encouraged women to emigrate to the colony.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 33

Coureurs de bois were

A)crown officials in French Canada.
B)Native American leaders who collaborated with French colonial officials.
C)French fur traders who lived as Indians.
D)soldiers stationed in French Canada.
E)French pirates who raided English colonial port cities.

Question 34

The decline in Spain's revenue from the transatlantic trade was a result of​

A)the growth of smuggling.
B)a decline in silver production.
C)challenges posed by imperial rivals.
D)New Spain's production of items previously imported from abroad.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 35

Of the Spanish colonies in North America, ______________ developed the most elaborate local economy.​

A)Florida
B)Texas
C)Baja California
D)New Mexico
E)None of these are correct.

Question 36

The Duke's Laws that governed New York​

A)gave the colonists a great deal of autonomy.
B)banned the practice of slavery within twenty years' time.
C)exerted a great deal of governmental control on a population that had enjoyed a great of self-rule under the Dutch.
D)allowed for free trade with Indians.
E)banned the practice of Catholicism.

Question 37

Spain's efforts to settle remote areas of its empire was a result of

A)fear of foreign encroachment.
B)the belief that there was still undiscovered mineral wealth in these regions.
C)a resurgence in the movement to convert natives to Catholicism.
D)Spain's desire to establish ports in order to expand its trade economy.
E)a desire to document the flora and fauna of unsettled regions of the empire.

Question 38

Which of the following were factors motivating English regulation of their overseas trade during the second half of the seventeenth century?

A)sugar in Barbados and tobacco in Virginia had become quite profitable
B)a desire to capture an increased share of the trade between Europe and the Americas
C)the development of the English navy as the largest navy in the world
D)a desire to rival the Dutch, whom the English saw as a mortal threat
E)All of these are correct.

Question 39

Which of these is true about the transatlantic slave trade?

A)Woman and men were taken, but never children.
B)Most slaves taken to the Americas were destined to labor in the production of sugar.
C)The slave trade decreased between 1600-1700.
D)During the mid-seventeenth century, the Dutch dominated the slave trade.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 40

Which of the following was not granted by William Penn's First Frame of Government?​

A)freedom from persecution for settlers
B)an elected assembly with the sole power to set taxes and due process of law
C)liberty of conscience for settlers
D)guaranteed land ownership for those who settle in the colony
E)None of these are correct.

Question 41

The Pueblo Revolt took place in

A)1650.
B)1680.
C)1700.
D)1705.
E)1713.

Question 42

The majority of slaves taken to the New World were from

A)eastern Africa.
B)southern Africa.
C)west central African.
D)northwestern Africa.
E)northern Africa.

Question 43

Bacon's Rebellion was a rebellion led by

A)planters.
B)Indians.
C)slaves.
D)colonial officials.
E)indentured servants.

Question 44

The Half-Way Covenant was a reaction to

A)new taxes levied by colonial assemblies.
B)tensions between colonists and natives.
C)a decline in church membership in Puritan communities.
D)trade restrictions imposed by the English crown.
E)a demand for religious freedom in the Carolina Lowcountry.

Question 45

As a result of King Phillip's War​,

A)nearly one thousand English were killed.
B)tax increases were levied to pay for the cost of the war.
C)the crown became more resolved to bind the colonies more tightly into their imperial structure.
D)half of the Native American population in New England was killed.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 46

Which of the following was not a reason why the Pueblo Revolt took place?

A)The Pueblo were no longer able to trade agricultural produce as a result of their obligations to the Spaniards.​
B)The Pueblo population declined as a result of disease.
C)The Spanish had raised tribute levels.
D)The governor of New Mexico refused to provide military support for a Pueblo raid against the Apache.
E)The governor of New Mexico has three Pueblo religious leaders hanged for sorcery and sedition.

Question 47

A witchcraft panic overtook Salem when

A)a group of adolescent girls began having fits "under the influence of an evil hand."
B)the town mysteriously caught fire and there was no evident cause.
C)a group of women were caught practicing witchcraft by the local minister.
D)a mysterious illness affected the town, causing numerous deaths.
E)local native groups had sent word that the villagers would soon be afflicted by misfortunes if settlers did not return land recently taken from Indians.

Question 48

King Charles II revoked the charter of the colony of Massachusetts because

A)they had been carrying out unauthorized trade with the French.
B)they had grown too violent in their raids against local native groups.
C)they had refused to make their government more secular.
D)their economy had entered into a state of crisis.
E)they had refused to outlaw slavery.

Question 49

______ sparked King Phillip's War.​

A)A slave rebellion
B)The death of John Sassamon and the consequent prosecution of three Indians for his murder
C)The refusal of the colonial governor to support a raid on the Wampanoag Indians
D)Restrictions on colonial trade imposed by the crown.
E)A French attack on various New England towns

Question 50

The Pueblo Revolt was lead by

A)Po'pay.
B)Antonio de Otermin.
C)Metacom.
D)Diego de Vargas.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 51

Governor William Berkeley proposed which of the following to resolve tensions between Virginians and native peoples in 1676?​

A)a full-scale attack on native peoples to subdue them
B)a peace treaty signed with local native leaders
C)a line of forts to keep Indians and settlers separate
D)an alliance with native groups who were enemies of the Susquehannock
E)encouraging settlers to do nothing in order to allow for tensions to dissipate on their own

Question 52

Under a patriarchal family structure,

A)all family members including servant and slaves lived under the authority of the father.
B)a good father provided sustenance and protection for his dependents.
C)a good father maintained strict control of the household.
D)servants and slaves were seen as a part of the household.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 53

Slave codes in passed in seventeenth-century Virginia mandated

A)that children born to slave mothers and free fathers were still considered slaves.
B)that slave owners would be compensated from the public treasury if a fugitive slave were killed in the process of being re-captured.
C)that baptism would not grant freedom to slaves.
D)that more than four slaves could not congregate at once.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 54

The Toleration Act of 1689 denied religious freedom to

A)Catholics.
B)Jews.
C)both Catholics and Jews.
D)Anglicans.
E)Puritans.

Question 55

Slave quartersin the Lowcountry

A)were built by slaves themselves according to African building techniques.
B)became outposts of African life and culture.
C)were unhealthy.
D)provided for slaves a measure of permanence and stability.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 56

James II

A)was Puritan.
B)was loved in England.
C)removed Catholics from governmental offices.
D)created the Dominion of New England.
E)defeated Prince William and remained on the English throne until the early eighteenth century.

Question 57

King William's War​

A)was fought between England and France.
B)caused frontier warfare in the colonies and Indian allies of the French attacked English settlements.
C)led England to increase the size of its army and navy.
D)led to a rise in taxes in England.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 58

In the absence of white laborers after the transition away from indentured servitude, black slaves were​

A)more closely guarded but better cared for.
B)given fewer rights but still allowed their independent economy.
C)forced to work longer hours under worsening conditions.
D)more highly valued as they became the only source of labor.
E)not affected in terms of their overall conditions.

Question 59

Which of these was an effect of slavery in Africa?​

A)There was an increase in polygamy as a result of the reduction of the male population.
B)African leaders involved in the trade became increasingly violent, oppressive, and militarized.
C)There was a reduction in the general population of Africa.
D)Millions of people were displaced.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 60

Slaves in the Carolina Low Country​

A)were given more food, clothing, and medical attention than slaves in other parts of the colonies.
B)worked under the task system.
C)lived in rooms within the slave owners' homes.
D)had population growth as a result of natural reproduction.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 61

Talk about:  Duke's Laws​

Question 62

Talk about:  Fundamental Constitutions​

Question 63

Talk about:  Charter of Liberties and Privileges​

Question 64

Talk about:  Book of Common Prayer​

Question 65

Talk about:  Navigation Acts​

Question 66

Talk about:  Board of Trade​

Question 67

Talk about:  Charter of Privileges​

Question 68

Talk about:  coureurs de bois

Question 69

Talk about:  customs service​

Question 70

Talk about:  vice admiralty courts​

Question 71

Talk about:  Quakers​

Question 72

Talk about:  filles du roi​

Question 73

Talk about:  Articles of Capitulation​

Question 74

Talk about:  absolute monarchy​

Question 75

Talk about:  Enumeration Act​

Question 76

Talk about:  First Frame of Government​

Question 77

Talk about:  Covenant Chain​

Question 78

Talk about:  English Civil War​

Question 79

Talk about:  Stuart Restoration​

Question 80

Talk about:  Western Design​