Question 1

What was mercantilism? Why did the logic of mercantilist ideas encourage King James to grant a charter to the Virginia Company?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism was an economic theory popu

Question 2

Without tobacco, the Virginia Colony would never have survived. Make a case for that thesis, using what you know of the colony's history.

Accepted Answer

The Virginia Colony's survival was heavi

Question 3

Compare and contrast the Spanish treatment of native peoples in the Southwest with relations between Indians and English settlers in the colonial American Southeast.

Accepted Answer

The Spanish treatment of native peoples

Question 4

Explain how sugar and tobacco played similar roles in Virginia and in the Caribbean colonies.

Accepted Answer

Sugar and tobacco played similar roles i

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT an accurate generalization about the southern English colonies by about 1700?

Accepted Answer

A)  Each had been founded as a private (i.e. proprietary) colony, but each would eventually become royal. 
B)  The economy of each was based on slave-grown plantation staple crops. 
C)  Each had matured into a hierarchical society in which the leading planters controlled the government. 
D)  To the south of England's mainland colonies were mainland colonies of Spain. 
A)  Each had been founded as a private (i.e. proprietary) colony, but each would eventually become royal. 
B)  The economy of each was based on slave-grown plantation staple crops. 
C)  Each had matured into a hierarchical society in which the leading planters controlled the government. 
D)  To the south of England's mainland colonies were mainland colonies of Spain.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of immigrants to Virginia during the tobacco boom of the 1620s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were mostly young, single males. 
B)  Most came as indentured servants. 
C)  Nearly all were recruited from peasant villages where they had lived all their lives. 
D)  Their life expectancy was very low. 
A)  They were mostly young, single males. 
B)  Most came as indentured servants. 
C)  Nearly all were recruited from peasant villages where they had lived all their lives. 
D)  Their life expectancy was very low.

Question 7

Which of the following best describes a "headright"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the right of a free settler or sponsor of immigrants to receive 50 acres per person or head 
B)  the recognized right of the gentry class to rule 
C)  the right, according to European diplomacy, of the first nation to colonize a river valley to claim all adjacent lands up to its headwaters 
D)  the absolute property right, according to English law, of a head of household over his wife, children, servants, and slaves 
A)  the right of a free settler or sponsor of immigrants to receive 50 acres per person or head 
B)  the recognized right of the gentry class to rule 
C)  the right, according to European diplomacy, of the first nation to colonize a river valley to claim all adjacent lands up to its headwaters 
D)  the absolute property right, according to English law, of a head of household over his wife, children, servants, and slaves

Question 8

What was the ultimate fate of Juan de Oñate?

Accepted Answer

A)  He led a prosperous, long-lived colony in New Mexico. 
B)  After failing in New Mexico, he moved to Florida. 
C)  He was recalled by Spanish authorities and charged with mismanagement. 
D)  He was one of the few Spanish leaders to live in harmony with the Indians. 
A)  He led a prosperous, long-lived colony in New Mexico. 
B)  After failing in New Mexico, he moved to Florida. 
C)  He was recalled by Spanish authorities and charged with mismanagement. 
D)  He was one of the few Spanish leaders to live in harmony with the Indians.

Question 9

Discuss the causes of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. Compare and contrast the causes and character of that rebellion with the causes and character of Coode's Rebellion in Maryland.

Accepted Answer

Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in 1676 wa

Exam 3: Colonization and Conflict in the South 1600-1750

What was mercantilism? Why did the logic of mercantilist ideas encourage King James to grant a charter to the Virginia Company?

Without tobacco, the Virginia Colony would never have survived. Make a case for that thesis, using what you know of the colony's history.

Compare and contrast the Spanish treatment of native peoples in the Southwest with relations between Indians and English settlers in the colonial American Southeast.

Explain how sugar and tobacco played similar roles in Virginia and in the Caribbean colonies.

Which of the following is NOT an accurate generalization about the southern English colonies by about 1700?

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of immigrants to Virginia during the tobacco boom of the 1620s?

Which of the following best describes a "headright"?

What was the ultimate fate of Juan de Oñate?

Discuss the causes of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. Compare and contrast the causes and character of that rebellion with the causes and character of Coode's Rebellion in Maryland.

The First Civilizations of North America

Old Worlds, New Worlds 1400-1600

Colonization and Conflict in the North 1600-1700

The Mosaic of Eighteenth-Century America 1689-1768

Imperial Triumph, Imperial Crisis 1754-1776

The American People and the American Revolution 1775-1783

Crisis and Constitution 1776-1789

The Early Republic 1789-1824

The Opening of America 1815-1850

The Rise of Democracy 1824-1840

Afire With Faith 1820-1850

The Old South 1820-1860

Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slavery Issue 1820-1850

The Union Broken 1850-1861

Total War and the Republic 1861-1865

Reconstructing the Union 1865-1877

The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West 1870-1890

The New Industrial Order 1870-1900

The Rise of an Urban Order 1870-1900

The Political System Under Strain at Home and Abroad 1877-1900

The Progressive Era 1890-1920

The United States and the Collapse of the Old World Order 1901-1920

The New Era 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929-1939

Americas Rise to Globalism 1927-1945

Cold War America 1945-1954

The Suburban Era 1945-1963

Civil Rights and Uncivil Liberties 1947-1969

The Vietnam Era 1963-1975

The Conservative Challenge 1976-1992

The United States in a Global Community 1989-Present

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