Question 1

The Virginia Company developed the "headright" system to

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A)  attract new settlers to the colony. 
B)  discourage poor people from moving to the colony. 
C)  require families to migrate together. 
D)  raise revenue from the sale of land. 
E)  cause conflict among the neighboring Indian tribes. 
A)  attract new settlers to the colony. 
B)  discourage poor people from moving to the colony. 
C)  require families to migrate together. 
D)  raise revenue from the sale of land. 
E)  cause conflict among the neighboring Indian tribes.

Question 2

The Fundamental Constitution for the Carolina colony

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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. 
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.

Question 3

The minister ________ is associated with the establishment of Connecticut.

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The answer of The minister ________ is associated with the...

Question 4

King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as

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A)  relatively tolerant. 
B)  extremely hostile. 
C)  governed by economic motives. 
D)  more likely to advance Puritan thought in England. 
E)  unlikely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs. 
A)  relatively tolerant. 
B)  extremely hostile. 
C)  governed by economic motives. 
D)  more likely to advance Puritan thought in England. 
E)  unlikely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs.

Question 5

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Navigation Acts were a part of the English mercantile system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Dominion of New England

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A)  preserved existing colonial legislative assemblies. 
B)  was called into being by King Charles II. 
C)  was limited to what now constitutes New England. 
D)  declared the Navigation Acts null and void. 
E)  called for a single royal governor. 
A)  preserved existing colonial legislative assemblies. 
B)  was called into being by King Charles II. 
C)  was limited to what now constitutes New England. 
D)  declared the Navigation Acts null and void. 
E)  called for a single royal governor.

Question 8

Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter?

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A)  Anne Hutchinson 
B)  John Winthrop 
C)  Roger Williams 
D)  John Wheelwright 
E)  Thomas Hooker 
A)  Anne Hutchinson 
B)  John Winthrop 
C)  Roger Williams 
D)  John Wheelwright 
E)  Thomas Hooker

Question 9

The first truly profitable crop in Virginia was ________.

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The answer of The first truly profitable crop in Virginia...

Question 10

The English colony established as a buffer north of Spanish colonial holdings on the Atlantic Ocean was ________.

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The answer of The English colony established as a buffer...

Question 11

The New York colony

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A)  had its founding proprietors from the Carolina colony. 
B)  made a commitment to representative assemblies. 
C)  emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch. 
D)  saw its population grow slowly for its first fifty years. 
E)  banned slavery from its inception. 
A)  had its founding proprietors from the Carolina colony. 
B)  made a commitment to representative assemblies. 
C)  emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch. 
D)  saw its population grow slowly for its first fifty years. 
E)  banned slavery from its inception.

Question 12

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. 
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.

Question 13

In the seventeenth century, English Quakers

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A)  granted women a position within the church generally equal to that of men. 
B)  had no paid clergy. 
C)  were pacifists. 
D)  believed all could attain salvation. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  granted women a position within the church generally equal to that of men. 
B)  had no paid clergy. 
C)  were pacifists. 
D)  believed all could attain salvation. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 14

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. 
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.

Question 15

Compare the colonization efforts of England and Spain in the New World.

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The colonization efforts of England and

Question 16

The Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth wrote the ________ Compact.

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The answer of The Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth wrote...

Question 17

What were the major characteristics of the Stuart Restoration colonies?

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The Stuart Restoration colonies were est

Question 18

In Jamestown, the winter of 1609-1610 was known as the "________."

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The answer of In Jamestown, the winter of 1609-1610 was...

Question 19

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

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The answer of The conflict between tidewater Virginia and a...

Question 20

The Dominion of New England supported the colonists' claims for the "rights of Englishmen."

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Transplantations and Borderlands

The Virginia Company developed the "headright" system to

The Fundamental Constitution for the Carolina colony

The minister ________ is associated with the establishment of Connecticut.

King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as

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

The Navigation Acts were a part of the English mercantile system.

The Dominion of New England

Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter?

The first truly profitable crop in Virginia was ________.

The English colony established as a buffer north of Spanish colonial holdings on the Atlantic Ocean was ________.

The New York colony

William Penn

In the seventeenth century, English Quakers

Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia

Compare the colonization efforts of England and Spain in the New World.

The Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth wrote the ________ Compact.

What were the major characteristics of the Stuart Restoration colonies?

In Jamestown, the winter of 1609-1610 was known as the "________."

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

The Dominion of New England supported the colonists' claims for the "rights of Englishmen."

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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