Question 1

The Navigation Act of 1660

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The Navigation Act of 1660 listed colonial products, known as enumerated articles, that could only be shipped to England or to other English colonies. This act aimed to control and limit the economic activity of the colonies and ensure that England was the primary beneficiary of colonial trade. The act created a regulatory system that enforced these restrictions and encouraged the development of English manufacturing and shipping industries.

Question 2

The Society of Friends, or Quakers,

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The Society of Friends, or Quakers, advocated for peaceful solutions to conflicts and rejected the use of force in human affairs. They also rejected the idea of a rigid social hierarchy, choosing instead to believe in equality among all individuals. They did not emphasize the importance of the church or its ministers in providing salvation.

Question 3

Although Anthony Johnson arrived from Africa in 1621, he found it easier than his grandchildren would to escape slavery. Why?

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Question 4

Slavery never became the foundation of the northern colonial workforce because

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The primary reason slavery never became the foundation of the northern colonial workforce is that the North did not focus on labor-intensive crops like the South did. The agricultural practices and the economy of the North did not necessitate a large, enslaved workforce to the extent seen in the southern colonies, where crops like tobacco, rice, and later cotton required extensive labor.

Question 5

You are an indentured servant living in the Virginia colony in 1650. Describe your background, current conditions, and future prospects.

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Question 6

The Dutch colony of New Netherland

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New Netherland became the colony of New York after the English takeover in 1664.

Question 7

Most English Protestants considered Quakers as dangerous fanatics for all of the following reasons EXCEPT refusal to

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Quakers were known for their refusal to pay taxes in support of the Church of England, their lack of deference to superiors in customs and speech, and their refusal to sign witnesses' oaths on the Bible. These practices were among the reasons they were considered dangerous fanatics by most English Protestants. Therefore, all the options listed were reasons for their persecution, making the statement that one of them is an exception incorrect.

Question 8

What were the causes of the Salem witchcraft episode?

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The Salem witchcraft episode was caused by a combination of factors such as general differences among the colonists, religious differences among the colonists, and family animosities among the colonists. Therefore, all of these options are correct.

Question 9

Explain the pragmatic as well as the psychological reasons that led white American colonists of the seventeenth century to transform the black servant from a human being to a piece of chattel property.

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Question 10

The architects of the Carolina colony

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The architects of the Carolina colony, particularly the proprietors led by Anthony Ashley Cooper, intended to create a hereditary aristocracy of wealthy manor lords. They envisioned a society stratified by class, with a small group of the wealthy elite controlling the majority of the land and political power.

Question 11

Compare Spanish experiences in their frontier outposts of Florida and New Mexico in the late 1600s and early 1700s.

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Question 12

The Pueblos were pushed to the point of revolt when the Spaniards began to

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The Pueblos were pushed to revolt primarily because the Spaniards assaulted their religion by seizing their kivas, which were sacred ceremonial spaces. This attack on their spiritual practices was a significant factor leading to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

Question 13

Analyze the backgrounds, ideologies, goals, and modes of settlement among European immigrants to North America that produced distinctly different societies along the Atlantic seaboard in the seventeenth century.

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Question 14

Why did the early years of the Jamestown colony prove to be a "starving time"? Could such a result have been avoided?

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Question 15

William Penn believed that the Indians should be

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William Penn believed in fair treatment of Native Americans and advocated for compensating them for their land, as part of his Quaker principles of equality and justice.

Question 16

By the early seventeenth century, the French

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The French developed a thriving fur trade in Canada during the early seventeenth century, as they established relationships with local native tribes and gained access to valuable resources such as beaver furs.

Question 17

Did tobacco provide a salvation for the Virginia colony or merely set the stage for future problems? Explain.

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Question 18

Which of the following factors was most instrumental in securing victory for the New England colonists in King Philip's War?

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While political cohesion and efficient mobilization were important factors in the outcome of the war, it was ultimately the internal problems faced by the Native Americans that proved to be the most instrumental in the colonists' victory. Food shortages, disease, and defections all weakened the Native American forces and made it difficult for them to sustain a prolonged conflict. The conversion of King Philip to Christianity did not occur during the war and therefore cannot be considered a factor in the colonists' victory.

Question 19

After experimenting with various crops, the colonists of South Carolina decided to concentrate upon the cultivation of

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The passage suggests that the colonists of South Carolina experimented with various crops before deciding to concentrate on a particular one. The answer can be found in the sentence that follows, which states that they eventually decided to focus on the cultivation of a specific crop. The correct answer is A) rice, as it is the only crop mentioned specifically in the passage.

Question 20

By 1720, the population of South Carolina

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By 1720, the population of South Carolina had shifted to consist mostly of black slaves, due to the heavy reliance on slave labor for the plantation economy, particularly in the cultivation of rice and indigo.

Quiz 3: Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century