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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an effect of Bacon’s Rebellion?
the increased use of African slaves
the increased use of indentured servants
the increased use of Native American slaves
the increased use of the Headright System
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which was not part of the Glorious Revolution?
It established Parliamentary supremacy once and for all.
It secured the Catholic succession to the throne of England.
King James II was replaced by William of Orange.
To justify the ouster of James II, Parliament enacted a Bill of Rights.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not central to William Penn’s vision for his Quaker colony?
the freedom to follow one’s own religious conscience
the spiritual equality of all, regardless of sex or color
harmonious relations between settlers and Indians
a hands-off policy toward private behavior
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Dutch primarily settled in
Pennsylvania and New York.
Connecticut and New Jersey.
Delaware and Pennsylvania.
New York and New Jersey.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a significant feature of the Salem witchcraft hysteria of the early 1690s?
It reflected a widespread belief in the supernatural.
Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convicted.
Accusations of witchcraft tended to befall women who deviated from prevailing gender norms.
Many inhabitants accused others of witchcraft in order to deflect suspicion from themselves.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which was not part of the Dominion of New England (1686–88)?
New York
Vermont
Plymouth
New Hampshire
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a theme of seventeenth-century British mercantilism?
England can raise substantial revenue by placing duties on colonial trade.
It is the place of the colonies to export raw materials to, and import manufactured goods from, the mother country.
Trade should flow freely among all lands, unimpeded by government policy.
Manufacturing and commerce within the empire should be harnessed to promote the interests of England.
- 8. Multiple Choice
By the late 1600s, the majority of enslaved labor in the West Indies worked on
cotton plantations.
sugar plantations.
indigo plantations.
silver mines.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which was not a characteristic view of mercantilism?
Trade should result in more gold flowing into the country than leaving it.
A country’s imports should exceed its exports.
Colonies should produce raw materials and import finished products.
Government should regulate economic activity by creating monopolies, special bounties, and by encouraging manufacturing and commerce.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a defining feature of the Great Awakening?
an impassioned, emotional style of ministry
a concern that material gain was overtaking spiritual salvation as the chief pursuit of colonial Americans
an insistence that one’s spiritual destiny—be it salvation or damnation—could not be affected by one’s actions in life
a tendency to subject old, established doctrines to fresh consideration
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) was fought between
the French and Indians.
the Iroquois and French.
the Iroquois and Spanish.
the British and French.
- 12. Multiple Choice
During the 1700s, voting in the colonies was restricted to
all adult white men; women were excluded.
men who owned property.
men of proper religious faith.
men, women, and occasionally slaves.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a significant effect of the Seven Years’ War?
the extension of England’s North American empire west to the Mississippi
an easing of frontier tensions between British colonists and Indians
an elaborate reordering of the global balance of power
a strengthening of bonds among the colonies, and between colonists and mother country
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a valid comparison of the eighteenth-century ideas of “republicanism” and “liberalism”?
Republicanism placed greater emphasis on public service; liberalism, on individual rights.
Liberalism placed greater emphasis on restraining government intrusion into private life.
Each condemned material inequality as incompatible with freedom.
Each regarded property as an essential element of freedom.
- 15. Multiple Choice
By the mid-1700s, which was not one of the distinct well-established slave systems in Britain’s mainland colonies?
tobacco-based plantation slavery in the Chesapeake
rice-based plantation slavery in South Carolina and Georgia
nonplantation slavery in New England and the Middle Colonies
cotton-based slavery in the Black Belt of the Deep South
- 16. Multiple Choice
In Jonathan Edwards’s view, what was a sinner’s only hope?
a “new birth,” in which they became devout Christians
advancing Deistic views in accordance with Lutheran theology
pledging all their wealth to the one true church
joining the antinomian movement and challenging the antediluvian paradigm
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Stono Rebellion in South Carolina
was a slave revolt.
was a rebellion of convict laborers.
displaced Governor Berkeley from office.
was led by George Washington’s grandfather.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a feature of slave life in colonial America?
Under the oppressions of slavery, African-Americans had little chance to form families or communities.
Slaves on large plantations had greater autonomy from whites than did those on small farms, or in towns.
Slaves pursued freedom through individual escape and collective rebellion.
From the shared experience of slavery, an African-American identity gradually materialized.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which was not an element in the Triangular Trade?
British-made goods were shipped to Africa.
Colonial products, including tobacco, sugar, and rice, were shipped to Europe.
Slaves were shipped to the New World.
Tea and luxury goods were shipped to Britain from Asia.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The movement that sought to apply the scientific method of careful investigation based on research and experiment to politics and social life was called
Romanticism.
Emersonianism.
the Enlightenment.
the Great Awakening.
- 21. Multiple Choice
The leading promoter of the Great Awakening was
George Whitefield.
Neolin.
Junípero Serra.
Benjamin Franklin.
- 22. Multiple Choice
In 1691, Massachusetts was transformed when a new charter, issued by the English government, absorbed Plymouth into Massachusetts, and:
made property ownership, not church membership, a requirement for voting in General Court elections.
outlawed slavery.
deposed its proprietor.
required membership in the Plymouth or Pilgrim church for voting in General Court elections.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Prior to being taken over by the English in 1664, New York was:
unsettled by Europeans, and the English bought it from the Indians.
called New Netherland, and controlled by the Dutch.
called New France, and controlled by the French king.
unsettled by Europeans, and first purchased by the French.
- 24. Multiple Choice
When Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion against the Governor of Virginia, he called for all EXCEPT:
removal of all Indians from the colony
an end to rule by "grandees" (the governor's cronies)
the freeing of slaves, particularly enslaved Christians
a decrease in taxes
- 25. Multiple Choice
One significant consequence of the Glorious Revolution for the American colonies was:
an end to English regulation of colonial commerce.
a renewed sense of entitlement to liberty, as the birthright of all English subjects.
a broadening of religious toleration, particularly for Catholics.
a growing sense among white southerners that slavery was wrong.
- 26. Multiple Choice
The colony founded by a leader who hoped women and blacks would be given equality along with all persons was:
Rhode Island
Connecticut
There was no such British colonial leader.
Pennsylvania
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a major cause of Bacon's Rebellion?
a determination to abolish slavery in Virginia
resentment over restrictions on white settlement in Indian areas
indignation over the governor's favoritism toward wealthy friends
frustration over high taxes and diminishing availability of land
- 28. Multiple Choice
Carolina grew slowly until planters discovered what staple crop?
cotton
tobacco
indigo
rice
- 29. Multiple Choice
Father Junipero Serra founded the first Catholic mission in 1769 at:
Los Angeles.
Serra
San Diego.
Sonoma
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which was not the case for blacks on South Carolina and Georgia rice plantations:
They constructed African-style houses.
They chose African names for their children.
Many were free blacks.
They spoke a language called Gullah that mixed various African roots.
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not an important trend in colonial politics during the first half of the 1700s?
increasing efforts by colonial elites to curtail imperial authority
elimination of property qualifications for voting and office holding
expanding involvement of ordinary people in public debate
growing popular support for the principle of free expression
- 32. Multiple Choice
British governance of colonial America during the first half of the eighteenth century was shaped by a policy of:
"social contract."
"constitutional balance."
"salutary neglect."
"natural selection."
- 33. Multiple Choice
The country whose trading posts ringed British mainland colonies to the North and West in the eighteenth century was:
Spain.
the Netherlands.
France
Ireland
- 34. Multiple Choice
Belief that God withdrew after creating the world, leaving it to function according to scientific laws, and that study of nature, rather than worship in organized churches, is the best form of religious devotion is called:
Calvinism
Lutheranism
Deism
Antinomianism
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a valid comparison of the eighteenth-century ideas of "republicanism" and "liberalism"?
Between the two, republicanism placed greater emphasis on public service; liberalism, on individual rights.
Between the two, liberalism placed greater emphasis on restraining government intrusion into private life.
Each condemned material inequality as incompatible with freedom.
Each regarded property as an essential element of freedom.
- 36. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a significant effect of the Seven Years' War?
the extension of England's North American empire west to the Mississippi
an easing of frontier tensions between British colonists and Indians
an elaborate reordering of the global balance of power
a strengthening of bonds among the colonies, and between colonists and mother country
- 37. Multiple Choice
The movement that sought to apply the scientific method of careful investigation based on research and experiment to politics and social life was called:
Romanticism
Emersonianism.
The Enlightenment.
The Great Awakening.
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a defining feature of the Great Awakening?
an impassioned, emotional style of ministry
a concern that material gain was overtaking spiritual salvation as the chief pursuit of colonial Americans
an insistence that one's spiritual destiny be it salvation or damnation could not be affected by one's actions in life
a tendency to subject old, established doctrines to fresh consideration
- 39. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a regional pattern of colonial slavery?
In the Chesapeake, slaveholding was common among small farmers and large planters alike.
Field slaves in the rice-producing colonies had less regular contact with whites than did those in the tobacco-producing colonies.
In the northern colonies, slaves could be found in a wide range of trades, both urban and rural.
In the colonial backcountry, black slaves tended to outnumber free whites.
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