Question 1

The Spanish colony of New Mexico

Accepted Answer

A)  was never able to quell the ongoing Pueblo revolt. 
B)  added no economic value to the Spanish Empire. 
C)  could be considered prosperous only when compared to other borderlands. 
D)  contained more than one million Spanish citizens. 
E)  included the largest Spanish city in the Americas. 
A)  was never able to quell the ongoing Pueblo revolt. 
B)  added no economic value to the Spanish Empire. 
C)  could be considered prosperous only when compared to other borderlands. 
D)  contained more than one million Spanish citizens. 
E)  included the largest Spanish city in the Americas.

Question 2

During its early years, the Pennsylvania colony often faced financial ruin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the English Civil War, the Cavaliers captured King Charles I and beheaded him.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

England's Caribbean settlements were the main source of slaves for the English colonies of North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Glorious Revolution brought ________ to power in England as joint sovereigns.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Glorious Revolution brought ________ to power...

Question 6

The proprietors who founded the Carolina colony

Accepted Answer

A)  guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians. 
B)  rejected the headright system. 
C)  ruled the colony with dictatorial powers. 
D)  quickly made it a financial success. 
E)  banned the importation of indentured servants. 
A)  guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians. 
B)  rejected the headright system. 
C)  ruled the colony with dictatorial powers. 
D)  quickly made it a financial success. 
E)  banned the importation of indentured servants.

Question 7

Philosopher John Locke helped draw up the Fundamental Constitution for Carolina.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Thomas Hooker is associated with establishing the colony of

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhode Island. 
B)  Vermont. 
C)  New Hampshire. 
D)  Connecticut. 
E)  Maine. 
A)  Rhode Island. 
B)  Vermont. 
C)  New Hampshire. 
D)  Connecticut. 
E)  Maine.

Question 9

The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689

Accepted Answer

A)  saw an English king, James II, flee to the European continent. 
B)  enhanced the influence of Catholicism in England. 
C)  helped put in place the Dominion of New England. 
D)  kept the English crown among Englishmen. 
E)  had no effect on colonial governments. 
A)  saw an English king, James II, flee to the European continent. 
B)  enhanced the influence of Catholicism in England. 
C)  helped put in place the Dominion of New England. 
D)  kept the English crown among Englishmen. 
E)  had no effect on colonial governments.

Question 10

The colony established by people seeking to separate from Pennsylvania was

Accepted Answer

A)  Maryland. 
B)  New Jersey. 
C)  Delaware. 
D)  New York. 
E)  Kentucky. 
A)  Maryland. 
B)  New Jersey. 
C)  Delaware. 
D)  New York. 
E)  Kentucky.

Question 11

The rebellion led by Jacob Leisler took place in

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhode Island. 
B)  New Jersey. 
C)  Massachusetts. 
D)  New York. 
E)  Connecticut. 
A)  Rhode Island. 
B)  New Jersey. 
C)  Massachusetts. 
D)  New York. 
E)  Connecticut.

Question 12

The duke of York became King ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The duke of York became King ________....

Question 13

The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean

Accepted Answer

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 those of the Chesapeake. 
C)  developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco. 
D)  had a smaller percentage of slaves than that held by the North American colonies. 
E)  were forced to deal with larger native populations than settlements on the mainland. 
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 those of the Chesapeake. 
C)  developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco. 
D)  had a smaller percentage of slaves than that held by the North American colonies. 
E)  were forced to deal with larger native populations than settlements on the mainland.

Question 14

The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of

Accepted Answer

A)  major fires that ravaged surrounding crop lands. 
B)  the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops. 
C)  an influx of rats from settlers' ships that ate much of the stored grains. 
D)  a drought that led to crop failures. 
E)  the sinking of the colonists' supply ship in the Atlantic. 
A)  major fires that ravaged surrounding crop lands. 
B)  the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops. 
C)  an influx of rats from settlers' ships that ate much of the stored grains. 
D)  a drought that led to crop failures. 
E)  the sinking of the colonists' supply ship in the Atlantic.

Question 15

Virginia did not become a royal colony until the eve of the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

King Philip was known among his people as ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of King Philip was known among his people...

Question 17

In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she

Accepted Answer

A)  was accused of practicing witchcraft. 
B)  argued that only the "elect" were entitled to any religious or political authority. 
C)  challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society. 
D)  was a single mother who refused to marry. 
E)  preached against what she called the "Antinomian heresy." 
A)  was accused of practicing witchcraft. 
B)  argued that only the "elect" were entitled to any religious or political authority. 
C)  challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society. 
D)  was a single mother who refused to marry. 
E)  preached against what she called the "Antinomian heresy."

Question 18

Charles I dissolved Parliament and was later beheaded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Navigation Acts were designed primarily to control migration into the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements

Accepted Answer

A)  were mostly business enterprises. 
B)  were tightly controlled by the English government. 
C)  were effectively isolated from contact with other nations. 
D)  were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start. 
E)  maintained the political and social institutions of England. 
A)  were mostly business enterprises. 
B)  were tightly controlled by the English government. 
C)  were effectively isolated from contact with other nations. 
D)  were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start. 
E)  maintained the political and social institutions of England.

Exam 2: Transplantations and Borderlands

The Spanish colony of New Mexico

During its early years, the Pennsylvania colony often faced financial ruin.

In the English Civil War, the Cavaliers captured King Charles I and beheaded him.

England's Caribbean settlements were the main source of slaves for the English colonies of North America.

The Glorious Revolution brought ________ to power in England as joint sovereigns.

The proprietors who founded the Carolina colony

Philosopher John Locke helped draw up the Fundamental Constitution for Carolina.

Thomas Hooker is associated with establishing the colony of

The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689

The colony established by people seeking to separate from Pennsylvania was

The rebellion led by Jacob Leisler took place in

The duke of York became King ________.

The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean

The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of

Virginia did not become a royal colony until the eve of the American Revolution.

King Philip was known among his people as ________.

In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she

Charles I dissolved Parliament and was later beheaded.

The Navigation Acts were designed primarily to control migration into the Americas.

Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements

The Collision of Cultures

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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