Question 1

Which best summarizes the pattern of English kings in colonizing North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  They followed a precise plan of geographic development. 
B)  They tried to separate the colonies into distinct groups, based on economics, politics, religion, and labor system. 
C)  They negotiated treaties with the Indians. 
D)  They followed no plan and distributed the land haphazardly, creating overlapping territorial claims. 
E)  They awarded colonial charters only to the most wealthy individuals in order to guarantee success for the new colonies. 
A)  They followed a precise plan of geographic development. 
B)  They tried to separate the colonies into distinct groups, based on economics, politics, religion, and labor system. 
C)  They negotiated treaties with the Indians. 
D)  They followed no plan and distributed the land haphazardly, creating overlapping territorial claims. 
E)  They awarded colonial charters only to the most wealthy individuals in order to guarantee success for the new colonies. B

Question 2

The attitude of King James I toward tobacco________	.

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrated his concern for the health of his people 
B)  showed that, in the end, he valued revenue more than good health 
C)  changed very little during the course of his reign 
D)  was strongly influenced by his own habit of smoking 
E)  was influenced by its use in Indian religious rites 
A)  demonstrated his concern for the health of his people 
B)  showed that, in the end, he valued revenue more than good health 
C)  changed very little during the course of his reign 
D)  was strongly influenced by his own habit of smoking 
E)  was influenced by its use in Indian religious rites B

Question 3

Which describes the Puritans' attitude toward the Church of England in the early seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wanted to separate from the Church and form their own congregation. 
B)  They believed that the Church did not align itself closely enough with the Pope. 
C)  They supported the English kings, not the bishops, as their spiritual leaders. 
D)  They felt that the Church had lost too many Catholic rituals to be meaningful. 
E)  They wanted to improve the Church of England from within. 
A)  They wanted to separate from the Church and form their own congregation. 
B)  They believed that the Church did not align itself closely enough with the Pope. 
C)  They supported the English kings, not the bishops, as their spiritual leaders. 
D)  They felt that the Church had lost too many Catholic rituals to be meaningful. 
E)  They wanted to improve the Church of England from within. E

Question 4

The purpose of new English companies to finance New World settlements was to________	.

Accepted Answer

A)  compete for large capital investment 
B)  promise immense wealth to investors 
C)  encourage "limited liability" for the investors 
D)  finance the expense of gaining a royal charter 
E)  get around religious restrictions on investment profits 
A)  compete for large capital investment 
B)  promise immense wealth to investors 
C)  encourage "limited liability" for the investors 
D)  finance the expense of gaining a royal charter 
E)  get around religious restrictions on investment profits

Question 5

What was a major factor stimulating English migration to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  a desire to establish a democratic form of government 
B)  the discovery of mineral resources 
C)  escape from the plague 
D)  laws that forced the migration of the poorer classes 
E)  a desire for land ownership 
A)  a desire to establish a democratic form of government 
B)  the discovery of mineral resources 
C)  escape from the plague 
D)  laws that forced the migration of the poorer classes 
E)  a desire for land ownership

Question 6

How did religious differences influence the founding and development of the New England colonies?

Accepted Answer

Religious differences played a significa

Question 7

Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers________	.

Accepted Answer

A)  quickly abandoned English beliefs and values 
B)  generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment 
C)  rarely were forced to significantly change their old English ways 
D)  usually adopted the customs of the local Indian tribes as a way to survive 
E)  immediately focused on converting the Native Americans 
A)  quickly abandoned English beliefs and values 
B)  generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment 
C)  rarely were forced to significantly change their old English ways 
D)  usually adopted the customs of the local Indian tribes as a way to survive 
E)  immediately focused on converting the Native Americans

Question 8

To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant- capitalists introduced the concept of________	.

Accepted Answer

A)  proprietorship 
B)  primogeniture 
C)  the joint-stock company 
D)  feudalism 
E)  mercantilism 
A)  proprietorship 
B)  primogeniture 
C)  the joint-stock company 
D)  feudalism 
E)  mercantilism

Question 9

After 1618, the Virginia Company's principal means of attracting new settlers was________	.

Accepted Answer

A)  the granting of religious freedom 
B)  liberal suffrage requirements 
C)  a system of land grants 
D)  payment of passage by the company 
E)  impressment 
A)  the granting of religious freedom 
B)  liberal suffrage requirements 
C)  a system of land grants 
D)  payment of passage by the company 
E)  impressment

Exam 2: Englands New World Experiments, 1607 - 1732

Which best summarizes the pattern of English kings in colonizing North America?

The attitude of King James I toward tobacco________ .

Which describes the Puritans' attitude toward the Church of England in the early seventeenth century?

The purpose of new English companies to finance New World settlements was to________ .

What was a major factor stimulating English migration to the New World?

How did religious differences influence the founding and development of the New England colonies?

Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers________ .

To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant- capitalists introduced the concept of________ .

After 1618, the Virginia Company's principal means of attracting new settlers was________ .

New World Encounters, Preconquest - 1608

Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society, 1619 - 1692

Experience of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America, 1680 - 1763

The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763-1783

The Republican Experiment, 1783-1788

Democracy and Dissent: the Violence of Party Politics, 1788-1800

Republican Ascendancy: the Jeffersonian Vision, 1800-1814

Nation Building and Nationalism, 1815-1825

The Triumph of White Mens Democracy, 1824-1840

Slaves and Masters, 1793-1861

The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800-1861

An Age of Expansionism, 1830-1861

The Sectional Crisis, 1846-1861

Secession and the Civil War, 1860-1865

The Agony of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The West: Exploiting an Empire, 1849-1902

The Industrial Society, 1850-1901

Toward an Urban Society, 1877-1900

Political Realignments, 1876-1901

Toward Empire, 1865-1902

The Progressive Era, 1895-1917

From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900-1920

The Nation at War, 1901-1920

Transition to Modern America, 1919-1928

Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America and the World, 1921-1945

The Onset of the Cold War, 1945-1960

Affluence and Anxiety, 1945-1960

The Turbulent Sixties, 1960-1968

To a New Conservatism, 1969-1988

Into the Twenty-First Century, 1989-2010

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