Deck 2: Colonization in North America

Question 1

John Smith is noted for helping to stabilize Jamestown by

A) encouraging the London Company to increase its financial investment in the colony.
B) forcing the colonists to work for their own survival.
C) marrying the Indian princess Pocahontas.
D) developing its gold and silver production.
E) introducing the production of tobacco to Virginia.

Answer 1

forcing the colonists to work for their own survival.

Question 2

The colony of Massachusetts Bay was settled by

A) Catholics.
B) Puritans.
C) Quakers.
D) Anglicans.
E) Jews.

Answer 2

Puritans.

Question 3

The monarch who sat on the English throne during the early colonization of Virginia in North America was

A) Elizabeth I.
B) James I.
C) James II.
D) Charles II.
E) Philip II.

Answer 3

James I.

Question 4

The model for England's conquest and colonization of North America was

A) New Spain.
B) Brazil.
C) Greenland.
D) Wales.
E) Ireland.

Question 5

By the mid-eighteenth century, the most important French colony was

A) Martinique.
B) St. Dominque (Haiti).
C) Guadeloupe.
D) Canada.
E) Florida.

Question 6

English colonization efforts in Ireland and North America were similar in that in both places the

A) Protestants comprised an overwhelming majority of the population.
B) English used brutal tactics, including massacring women and children, to subdue the native peoples.
C) English liberated the oppressed natives and introduced democratic self-government.
D) English admired and copied many of the traditions and beliefs of the natives.
E) conquest was accomplished without bloodshed.

Question 7

All of the following were problems faced by the early settlers of Jamestown except that

A) there were not enough specialized craftsmen in the colony.
B) the colony was located in a malaria- and typhoid-infested area.
C) the colonists often faced starvation due to lack of supplies and lack of farming skills.
D) local Indians were unpredictable and often hostile toward the colonists.
E) After John Smith returned to England, the colony lacked firm leadership.

Question 8

The "Body of Liberties" of 1641 can best be described as

A) a bill of rights.
B) a female reformer convention.
C) a collection of pamphlets.
D) a series of sermons against the king of England.
E) a massive protest against Parliament.

Question 9

Puritans believed that a person's salvation depended on

A) good works.
B) following the teachings of the church.
C) God's covenant of grace.
D) chance.
E) attending church.

Question 10

The popular religious leader who was banned from Massachusetts in 1638 was

A) John Cotton.
B) Increase Mather.
C) Anne Hutchinson.
D) Cotton Mather.
E) Squanto.

Question 11

Sir Francis Drake was

A) the leader of the English Reformation.
B) an English explorer who led an expedition to locate the "Northwest Passage."
C) the Italian mapmaker for whom the continents of the Western Hemisphere were named.
D) the founder of the Jamestown colony.
E) an English pirate who raided Spanish possessions along the Pacific coast.

Question 12

The primary export of Jamestown was

A) cotton.
B) wheat.
C) tobacco.
D) flax.
E) sugar.

Question 13

In the English Reformation,

A) the monastic orders expanded their landholdings and increased church taxes.
B) the number of English Catholics significantly increased.
C) Henry VIII proclaimed himself the "only Supreme Head" of the Church of England.
D) the Pope appointed Henry VIII his agent in England.
E) Non-Separatists openly broke with Calvinism.

Question 14

The coureurs de bois were French

A) Jesuits.
B) fur traders.
C) tax collectors.
D) craftsmen.
E) soldiers.

Question 15

The English monarch most responsible for defining the Protestant Reformation in England was

A) Mary of Scotland.
B) James II.
C) Charles I.
D) Elizabeth I.
E) Philip II.

Question 16

The colony that was established as a Catholic refuge was

A) Massachusetts.
B) New Jersey.
C) Delaware.
D) Maryland.
E) Pennsylvania.

Question 17

The most important crop to Virginia was

A) tobacco.
B) rice.
C) cotton.
D) sugar.
E) indigo.

Question 18

Jamestown was established and settled by

A) Elizabeth I.
B) coastal fishermen from New England.
C) the Virginia company.
D) Puritans.
E) Quakers.

Question 19

The leader banished from Massachusetts Bay for arguing that the King had no authority to take lands from Native Americans was

A) Thomas Hooker.
B) John Winthrop.
C) Roger Williams.
D) William Bradstreet.
E) John Smith.

Question 20

The Indian warrior who led the massacre of 1622 against the Virginia settlers was

A) Powhatan.
B) Massasoit.
C) Opechancanough.
D) Squanto.
E) Tonto.

Question 21

Which of the following is not true of the society envisioned in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina?

A) Religious toleration was guaranteed.
B) Slavery was prohibited.
C) It would be an aristocracy.
D) Citizenship depended on church membership.
E) A class of lowly whites would live on small tracts of land and serve their landlords.

Question 22

Early Pennsylvania also was referred to as the

A) "city upon a hill."
B) "holy experiment."
C) "city of God."
D) "holy commune."
E) "absence of sin."

Question 23

Which of the following is true of slavery in the English colonies?

A) By the time of the American Revolution, most colonies had outlawed slavery.
B) Most of the slaves in North America lived in the New England colonies.
C) The Dutch first brought slaves to the Virginia colony in 1619.
D) Since slavery was common in England, it also was a basic feature of all the colonies.
E) Only South Carolina had established slavery at the time of the American Revolution.

Question 24

Roger Williams and a handful of disciples founded

A) Newport.
B) Portsmouth.
C) Providence.
D) New Haven.
E) Canada.

Question 25

The predominant motive for Dutch expansion was

A) missionary activity.
B) national glory.
C) profit.
D) spreading democracy.
E) "civilizing" Native Americans.

Question 26

The Restoration colonies were

A) the smallest and least profitable colonies in New England.
B) founded by political exiles who were driven out of the Puritan colonies.
C) Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont.
D) founded by the Catholics.
E) proprietary colonies founded by cavalier supporters of Charles II and James II.

Question 27

T he Puritan idea that God would not punish the whole community for misdeeds of individuals stemmed from the

A) covenant of works.
B) covenant of grace.
C) church covenant.
D) community covenant.
E) Bible.

Question 28

Which of the following  cohabited  with Indian women in marriage-like  arrangements ?

A) English
B) French
C) Dutch
D) Swedes
E) Spanish

Question 29

Which of these would become big business in Carolina in the decades before 1680?

A) tobacco.
B) wheat.
C) cotton.
D) rice.
E) Indian slaves

Question 30

In the early seventeenth century, this country's foreign trade probably exceeded that of the rest of Europe

A) German
B) Spanish
C) Portuguese
D) English
E) Dutch

Question 31

The most important crop in the West Indies was

A) rice.
B) sugar.
C) tobacco.
D) wheat.
E) rum.

Question 32

The colony of New York

A) attracted thousands of English colonists because of its democratic local government.
B) was established by a charter written by John Locke.
C) was influenced by Dutch laws and practices well into the eighteenth century.
D) was founded by Quakers escaping from religious persecution in England.
E) saw Fort Orange renamed New York City.

Question 33

Which of the following had established a permanent settlement in North America before 1600?

A) France
B) Spain
C) England
D) the Netherlands
E) Portugal

Question 34

Before becoming Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell gained fame as a

A) member of the House of Lords.
B) member of the House of Commons.
C) military commander.
D) religious leader.
E) judge.

Question 35

Anne Hutchinson was

A) accused of being a witch in the Salem witchcraft trials.
B) expelled from Massachusetts for claiming that she communicated directly with God.
C) the wife of the first royal governor of Massachusetts.
D) the first English woman brought to Massachusetts as an indentured servant.
E) the first notable poet in New England.

Question 36

Of the 13,000 settlers who went to New England by 1641, were families.

A) none
B) few
C) most
D) all
E) half

Question 37

William Penn's constitution for Pennsylvania was

A) called the Plan of Government.
B) based on the Fundamental Governing Law.
C) inspired by the ideas of John Harrington.
D) entitled the Covenant of the People
E) a proponent of a Bill of Rights .

Question 38

The author of Oceana was

A) James Harrington.
B) John Milton.
C) Niccolo Machiavelli.
D) King James II.
E) Bishop de las Casas.

Question 39

The Toleration Act applied to

A) Virginia.
B) Maryland.
C) Rhode Island.
D) Massachusetts.
E) New Spain.

Question 40

By 1645, the primary crop of Barbados was

A) cotton.
B) sugar.
C) tobacco.
D) hemp.
E) rice.

Question 41

Pennsylvania quickly became an economic success.

Question 42

Among the Quaker ministers was

A) Mary Dyer.
B) Anne Hutchinson.
C) Samuel Gorton.
D) Henry Dinster.
E) John Winthrop.

Question 43

Quakers saw children as tiny sinners and practiced harsh discipline.

Question 44

The church tithe in New France was higher than in France itself.

Question 45

The person most responsible for the development of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia was John Rolfe.

Question 46

New Netherland was the most religiously and ethnically diverse of the seventeenth-century North American colonies.

Question 47

Samuel de Champlain succeeded in uniting Catholics and Protestants in New France in mutual harmony.

Question 48

The Puritans attempted to "purify" the Catholic Church.

Question 49

Jesuits did not believe that Indians had to be Europeanized before they could be Christianized.

Question 50

For most of the seventeenth century, the Dutch were more active overseas than the French.

Question 51

The Protestants in the New World treated the Indians more humanely than did the Catholics.

Question 52

Women far outnumbered men in early Virginia.

Question 53

The New York Charter of Liberties imposed Dutch law on the English parts of the province.

Question 54

Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts Bay because of her religious beliefs.

Question 55

William Penn received his Pennsylvania grant in payment of a debt owed by Charles II to his father.

Question 56

Most of the colonists who sailed to England's North American colonies were young, unmarried men.

Question 57

The term Yankee is derived from an Indian word meaning foreigner.

Question 58

The French Jesuit missionaries were unique in that they believed in converting the Indians to Christianity without interfering with tribal customs.

Question 59

Indentured servants were

A) Men between the ages of 25 and 30.
B) Only young European females seeking to marry men in the colonies.
C) Africans who sold their service to colonists but were not considered lifetime slaves.
D) people who agreed to work for a term in exchange for their passage to America.
E) Men who were  highly prized for their knowledge of tobacco cultivation.

Question 60

Women had almost equal status with men in Quaker families.

Question 61

The Dutch Republic was religiously homogeneous.

Question 62

The Jesuits focused their missionary efforts on the Iroquois Five Tribes.

Question 63

The Dutch and the French both ventured deep into the woods of their respective territorial holdings.

Question 64

Most that came to New England were middle class.

Question 65

During the seventeenth century, Spain was the most populated region of Europe.

Question 66

The Dutch East India Company was chartered before the Dutch West India Company.

Question 67

The Church of England became Catholic in doctrine and theology but remained largely Calvinist in structure, liturgy, and ritual.

Question 68

The Baptists posed the greatest alarm for the Puritan establishment.

Question 69

Before 1700, far more Englishmen went to the West Indies than the Chesapeake.

Question 70

Pennsylvanians organized a militia shortly after the founding of their colony.

Question 71

By the early 1700s, racial caste was replacing opportunity as the organizing principle of Chesapeake society.

Question 72

Slaves took the place of indentured servants toward the end of the 1600s.

Question 73

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina sought to create an ideal aristocratic society.

Question 74

From the start, wealth in Pennsylvania rested on trade with other colonies.

Question 75

The only Catholic sacrament accepted by Calvinists was baptism.

Question 76

The bicameral legislature that Lord Baltimore instituted in Maryland was likely to see Protestants dominate the elective assembly and Catholics control the appointive council.

Question 77

Dutch republicanism emphasized local liberties.

Question 78

Early Pennsylvanians fought often with their Indian neighbors.

Question 79

The founders of Connecticut feared that Massachusetts was too lenient in certifying church members.

Question 80

The Dutch patroonship system thrived in New Netherland.