Deck 2: Englands New World Experiments, 1607 - 1732

Question 1

Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers________ .

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

Answer 1

generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

the joint-stock company

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

encourage "limited liability" for the investors

Question 4

The attitude of King James I toward tobacco________ .

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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

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.

Question 7

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

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 8

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

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.

Question 9

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