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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAccording to John Locke and most Enlightenment thinkers, what does any government need to RIGHTFULLY take power?State of NaturePowerConsentPeople
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe most important export from the Virginia colony wasCottonTobaccoRiceCorn
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following groups were the authors of the Maryland Act of Toleration trying to protect?JewsPuritansQuakersRoman Catholics
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement provides the BEST description of how mercantilism functioned in the early English colonies?The geography of England made it difficult to produce agricultural goods like cotton, tobacco, fruit, and spices.The policy appealed to England's upper class citizens because it eased overpopulation and reduced poverty and crime.Mercantilism was a trade policy based on the idea that a country should sell more to other countries than it buys from them.The English colonies were used as a source of food crops, tobacco, and raw materials for England; the colonies also served as a valuable market for English goods.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich event singularly most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery?Shay's RebellionBacon's RebellionStono rebellionPueblo Rebellion
- 6. Multiple ChoiceBacon's Rebellion was initiated by a group of farmers who felt most directly threatened byan increase in royal taxesthe power of large plantersconflicts with American Indiansthe growth of the slave trade
- 7. Multiple Choice"In the 1500s, Native Americans possessed a wide range of complex cultures." Each of the following gives evidence to support this statement EXCEPTthe Aztec capital of Tenochtitlanthe organization of Inca societyNative Americas' susceptibility to European diseasesthe Mayas' agricultural system
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500's and 1600's?Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian dominationSince nothing of value could be learned or obtained from the Native Americans Europeans thought it was permissible to exterminate themEuropeans cultivated good relations with Native Americans and sought to make them economic partnersOnly the English believed that Native Americans should be treated fairly
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to thereligious spirit of the settlersmanagement of the Virginia Companydevelopment of a tobacco industrylocation of the settlement
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is the most widely accepted description of Columbus' accomplishments?He discovered the New WorldHe bears much of the blame for oppressing Native American peoples in North AmericaHe started a permanent relationship between Europe and the AmericasHe is responsible for most of the problems in the Americas during the colonial period
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following accurately describes a problem faced by Virginia in the last decades of the 17th century?a decline in tobacco productionfrequent slave uprisingsthe lowering of wages caused by an influx of immigrantsconflict between large plantation owners and settlers on Virginia's western frontier
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe chief purpose of mercantilist policies was tohelp colonies to be self-sufficientstrengthen the economy and power of the parent countrydefend the colonies from rival powersfoster stable relations between the Crown and the colonies
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe Great Awakening was a reaction tothe flood of immigrantschurches' early failure to take account of people's emotional needsthe overly strict teachings of the Church of Englandguilt over the evils of slavery
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn dealing with the Indians, the primary concern of New England colonists was:attaining native agricultural methods for colonial survival.developing a profitable trade in fur and pelts.converting the natives to the Church of England.acquiring land for the expanding settlements.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceOne result of the Glorious Revolution was:the creation of the Dominion of New England.the English Bill of Rights that protected civil liberties.the end of all royal colonies in North America.the abolishment of the New York assembly.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceOne reason that South Carolina embraced African slavery early in the colony's history is:the role that Africans played in the production of rice and indigothe expansion of tobacco production in the sate could not have taken place without corresponding growth in the size of the slave labor force.the importance of large-scale cotton production in the American South.that Europeans could not survive in the heat and humidity of the region.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceDuring the colonial era of North America, slavery was:limited to the Southrestricted to agriculturerestricted to rural areaspresent in all areas
- 18. Multiple Choice
The map most directly depicts theinland expansion of the colonial populationeffects of industrializationpattern of American Indian resistancedecline of tobacco production - 19. Multiple ChoiceThe pattern of colonial settlement up to 1700 resulted most directly from which of the following factors?The large size of British colonial populations relative to American Indian populationsBritish recognition of Native American sovereigntyThe orientation of the British colonies toward producing commodities for export to EuropeBritish government attempts to impose greater control over the colonies in the late 1600s
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 had which of the following effects?A decrease in the coastal populationAn increase in conflicts between British settlers and American IndiansA decrease in the economic importance of slavery and other forms of coerced laborAn increase in trade with French Canada
- 21. Multiple Choice
A key purpose for European colonization included:
developing relationships with native populations
seeking resources such as gold and silver
establishing the slave trade
All of the above
- 22. Multiple Choice
The Salem Witch Trials is related to:
an influence of Enlightenment ideas
the beginning of the Great Awakening
key social changes with Puritan society
values established within the Mayflower Compact
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