Question 1

This chapter tells the story of the Powhatan confederacy to make the point that
A) Indians initially tolerated the first English settlers as allies against rival tribes, but the cultivation of . tobacco led to white land hunger that would destroy Indian power.
B) the initial English settlements at Virginia survived only because of the generous assistance provided by local Indian tribes.
C) Powhatan had no strategy to deal with the white "tribes" who invaded his domain, so he tried in vain to
 organize an alliance to resist the English.
D)since the English colony was so self-sufficient, they felt no need to cultivate friendly relations with the
few scattered, unorganized tribal bands in the Chesapeake region.

Accepted Answer

The Powhatan confederacy initially tolerated the English settlers as allies against rival tribes, but the settlers' cultivation of tobacco led to a demand for more land, ultimately resulting in the destruction of Indian power.

Question 2

Which of the following does NOT account for the desperate circumstances early in the Jamestown settlement?
A) the crops the colonists chose to raise
B) the location of the Jamestown fortifications
C) the colonists' willingness to cooperate
D) the agrarian skills of the colonists

Accepted Answer

The colonists' willingness to cooperate does not account for the desperate circumstances, as their lack of cooperation and communal effort contributed to the hardships they faced.

Question 3

Which of the following is the best description of a "headright"?
A) the right of a free settler or sponsor of immigrants to receive 50 acres per person or head
B) the recognized right of the gentry class to rule
C) the right, according to European diplomacy, of the first nation to colonize a river valley to claim all . adjacent lands up to its headwaters
D) the absolute property right, according to English law, of a head of a household over his wife, children, servants, and slaves

Accepted Answer

The "headright" system was a land grant program designed to attract settlers to the American colonies by giving them land for each person they brought over.

Question 4

The king revoked the company's charter and made Virginia a royal colony in 1624 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that
A) he wanted to keep all the colonies' profits for the royal treasury.
B) news of an Indian attack raised questions in England about the state of the colony.
C) an investigation revealed the horrible death rate for new arrivals.
D) the company was plunging toward bankruptcy.

Accepted Answer

The king did not revoke the company's charter to keep all the colonies' profits for the royal treasury. The other reasons listed were actual concerns that led to the revocation.

Question 5

Regarding the consequences of the English Civil War of the mid-1600s, which of the following is NOT correctly stated?
A) The conflict distracted British authorities from attention to America, though they soon sought to
Exercise closer control over existing settlements.
B) England's internal upheaval had relatively little direct impact on the colonies after the monarchy was restored.
C) Radical puritans were soundly defeated in England.
D) Briefly, England was ruled not by a king but by Parliament leader Oliver Cromwell.

Accepted Answer

England's internal upheaval had a significant impact on the colonies after the monarchy was restored, as the Navigation Acts were passed to assert greater control over colonial trade.

Question 6

The leaders of Chesapeake society by the end of the 1600s were able to foster greater unity and stability by all doing all of the following EXCEPT
A) relying more on slavery than servitude.
B) improving economic prospects for freed servants and small landowners.
C) accepting responsibility for the welfare of their social and economic inferiors.
D) giving more white males a vote in elections.

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Question 7

What group was key to Spanish success in North America, both in the Southwest and Southeast?
A) Jesuits
B) conquistadors
C) Franciscans
D) Zunis

Accepted Answer

The Franciscans were instrumental in the Spanish colonization of North America, particularly in the Southwest and Southeast, through their missionary work and establishment of missions.

Question 8

The diverse colonial population of 1675 New Mexico included all of the following EXCEPT
A) mesoamericans.
B) mestizos.
C) mulattos.
D) Indian captives.

Accepted Answer

Mesoamericans were not part of the colonial population in New Mexico in 1675, as they were primarily located in regions like present-day Mexico and Central America.

Question 9

What economic model did the colonists of Carolina use when establishing the colony?
A) subsistence crops tended by African slaves
B) trade in Indian slaves raided from Spanish Georgia
C) cash crops tended by African slaves
D) triangular trade involving molasses, rum, and African slaves

Accepted Answer

The colonists of Carolina primarily used an economic model based on cash crops, such as rice and indigo, which were tended by African slaves. This model was central to the colony's economy and relied heavily on slave labor for large-scale agricultural production.

Question 10

In 1618, the Virginia Company began the tradition of self-government in America by authorizing a representative assembly called the ________.

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Question 11

Describe Powhatan's reactions to the arrival of the English in the Chesapeake. Why did Powhatan allow the settlement at Jamestown to survive?

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Question 12

What was mercantilism? Why did the logic of mercantilist ideas encourage King James to grant a charter to the Virginia Company?

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Question 13

Discuss the causes of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. Compare and contrast the causes and character of that rebellion with the causes and character of Coode's Rebellion in Maryland.

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Question 14

Describe how the Virginia colony was transformed from a colony in which most unfree laborers were white servants to one in which African slavery was firmly established.

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Question 15

Consider the ways in which the character and composition of the African population and the institution of slavery in the Chesapeake changed between the middle of the seventeenth century and the early decades of the eighteenth century.

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Question 16

What explains the greater stability of white society in South Carolina after about 1730?

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Question 17

Why did Georgia's idealistic founders fail in their plan to create a small farmer's utopia?

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Question 18

Compare and contrast the Spanish treatment of native peoples in the Southwest with relations between Indians and English settlers in the colonial American Southeast.

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Question 19

Does the text's account of Powhatan's confederacy reinforce or contradict the notion of the Chesapeake Indians as "noble savages"
who lived a simpler life than did the Europeans who reached their shores? Explain why.

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Question 20

Imagine that you were one of the leaders of the English settlement at Jamestown. What could you have done to lessen the hardships or to prevent the tragedies that took place during the first fifteen years of settlement?

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Quiz 3: Colonization and Conflict in the South

This chapter tells the story of the Powhatan confederacy to make the point that

Which of the following does NOT account for the desperate circumstances early in the Jamestown settlement?

Which of the following is the best description of a "headright"?

The king revoked the company's charter and made Virginia a royal colony in 1624 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

Regarding the consequences of the English Civil War of the mid-1600s, which of the following is NOT correctly stated?

The leaders of Chesapeake society by the end of the 1600s were able to foster greater unity and stability by all doing all of the following EXCEPT

What group was key to Spanish success in North America, both in the Southwest and Southeast?

The diverse colonial population of 1675 New Mexico included all of the following EXCEPT

What economic model did the colonists of Carolina use when establishing the colony?