Question 1

The first English colony to establish the principle of religious toleration was ________.

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Question 2

Which of the following statements about Roger Williams is FALSE?

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A)  He was a confirmed Separatist.
B)  He argued that the colony should abandon the Church of England.
C)  He said the land occupied by the colonists belonged to the natives.
D)  He escaped Massachusetts before the colonial government could deport him.
E)  He advocated the principle of plural marriage.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 3

In 1620,the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America

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A)  intended to settle at Cape Cod.
B)  came over the objections of the Virginia colony.
C)  were seeking to escape military service in England.
D)  were Christian missionaries.
E)  enjoyed a particularly mild winter in their first year.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

By 1700,the Spanish colonies north of Mexico

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A)  had attracted considerable interest from the Spanish government.
B)  were being developed through a string of Catholic missions.
C)  added little economic value to the Spanish Empire.
D)  contained more than one million Spanish citizens.
E)  included the largest Spanish city in the Americas.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

William Penn

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A)  was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism.
B)  established a moderately successful but never cosmopolitan colony.
C)  suppressed the local Indians in Pennsylvania with a strong military presence.
D)  never visited Pennsylvania.
E)  used unscrupulous and deceptive advertising to attract settlers.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the site chosen for the Jamestown settlement?

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A)  It was low and swampy and subject to outbreaks of malaria.
B)  It was inland so as to offer security from natives.
C)  It bordered the territories of powerful Indian tribes.
D)  It was surrounded by thick woods.
E)  It was inaccessible by ship.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 7

The conflict between tidewater Virginia and a rising elite to its west was called ________.

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Question 8

Which people,Europeans or Indians,enjoyed greater benefit from the fifteenth and sixteenth century exchange of technology of weaponry and agriculture?

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Question 9

Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia

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A)  continued without interruption until the early eighteenth century.
B)  was first triggered by the kidnapping of Pocahontas.
C)  was primarily a result of religious tensions between natives and settlers.
D)  was uncommon until the early eighteenth century.
E)  included an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Why did slavery emerge as a major labor source in the North American colonies by the end of the seventeenth century?

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Question 11

The New Jersey colony developed no significant class of large landowners.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Fundamental Constitution for Carolina

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A)  sought to create a society of general equality among Englishmen.
B)  was influenced by the English philosopher John Locke.
C)  initially did not include slavery.
D)  made no provisions for a colonial parliament.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 13

By 1670,political representation for colonists in Virginia

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A)  saw elections take place every two years.
B)  was open to all white men over the age of twenty-one.
C)  had grown more restrictive.
D)  favored western counties over eastern counties.
E)  expanded to include landholding black men.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 14

What steps did England take to establish greater control over her North American colonies? Why were these steps not always successful?

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Question 15

Charles II's brother,the duke of York,became King ________.

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Question 16

The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT

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A)  the rapid wearing out of the soil.
B)  the search for new sources of labor.
C)  rising prosperity for the colony.
D)  improved relations with the local Indians.
E)  the expansion of European settlement into the interior.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 17

The tobacco culture of Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

California was first colonized by Spain,which used local Indians as its main source of labor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean

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A)  concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.
B)  developed their settlements along the same lines as in the Chesapeake.
C)  developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco.
D)  had a smaller percentage of slaves than in the North American colonies.
E)  were forced to deal with larger native populations than those on the mainland.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

Georgia was founded

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A)  to provide a refuge for Catholics.
B)  to create a military barrier against the Spanish.
C)  to quickly make money for its investors.
D)  by Quaker missionaries.
E)  as a haven for religious dissenters.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia

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Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the site chosen for the Jamestown settlement?

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Which people,Europeans or Indians,enjoyed greater benefit from the fifteenth and sixteenth century exchange of technology of weaponry and agriculture?

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The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean

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By 1670,political representation for colonists in Virginia

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The New Jersey colony developed no significant class of large landowners.

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In 1620,the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America

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The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT

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Which of the following statements about Roger Williams is FALSE?

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Charles II's brother,the duke of York,became King ________.

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The tobacco culture of Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion.

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William Penn

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