Question 1

To Quakers, liberty was:

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A)   limited to white, landowning men.
B)   strictly defined.
C)   a universal entitlement.
D)   extended to women but not to blacks.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

To what extent did the Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692) mark the beginning of a new era in the history of New England between 1607 and 1754? In the development of your argument, explain what changed and what stayed the same from the period immediately before and the period immediately following the trials.

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Question 3

Of colonists in British North America, which group was the wealthiest?

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A)   Philadelphia merchants.
B)   Boston political elite.
C)   Virginia tobacco farmers.
D)   South Carolina rice planters.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

England sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?

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A)   Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles.
B)   Catholics from France and Spain, thereby weakening England's enemies.
C)   Professionals and skilled craftsmen from England.
D)   Members of nonmainstream religions, particularly Quakers and Anabaptists.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia?

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A)   The economy was doing so well that even though they made less money than large-scale planters, their problems were too small to justify their rebellion.
B)   They had access to the best land, but a glut in the tobacco market left them in poverty.
C)   Their taxes were incredibly low-the one issue with which they were pleased.
D)   The lack of good land, high taxes on tobacco, and falling prices reduced their prospects.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 6

In "Voices of Freedom," the writer of "Memorial against Non-English Immigration" might find some common ground with the Swiss-German who wrote a letter home to his family in 1769. What could they have in common?

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A)   They both advocated that all people in America should carry weapons.
B)   If the Swiss-German was Protestant, he might share a fear of Catholicism with the other writer.
C)   They both believed squatting on land was acceptable.
D)   The writer of "Memorial" would actually want the Swiss-German to be reunited with his family in the American colonies.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Virginia Plantation Wharf (1730) 
 
-Which historical development does this image illustrate?

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A)   Slaves were treated fairly by their owners and frequently rose up the socioeconomic ladder.
B)   By the middle of the seventeenth century, indentured servants no longer satisfied the labor demands in the colonies.
C)   Immigrants were eager to come to the British colonies because of the plentiful job opportunities in agriculture.
D)   Tobacco was cultivated in the colonies primarily to satisfy the demand of local pipe smokers.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

For an eighteenth-century middle-class colonial woman, what would have been the top priority in daily life?

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A)   Helping her artisan husband make his product.
B)   Taking to market corn harvested by her husband.
C)   Cooking the family meals.
D)   Teaching her children to sing and dance properly.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Which man was once a slave, only to be freed and own slaves himself?

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A)   William Penn.
B)   Anthony Johnson.
C)   Olaudah Equiano.
D)   Robert Carter.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Who in the Pennsylvania colony was eligible to vote?

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A)   Everyone, male and female.
B)   A majority of the male population.
C)   All males.
D)   Quakers.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England?

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A)   a single young woman whose attractiveness meant that some saw her as a threat to Puritan values.
B)   a married woman who normally was subservient to her husband and the community, which made her behavior seem all the more bizarre.
C)   a woman beyond childbearing age who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband.
D)   a married woman who had just lost a child.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

When England gained control of New York from the Dutch, what happened to African-Americans?

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A)   Free blacks lost employment opportunities in skilled jobs.
B)   They introduced the practice of slavery in New York.
C)   The free black population gained more job opportunities.
D)   The English moved the free black population to nearby New Jersey.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Bacon's Rebellion was a response to:

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A)   worsening economic conditions in Virginia.
B)   increased slavery in the Carolinas.
C)   Indian attacks in New England.
D)   the Glorious Revolution in England.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Memorial Against Non-English Immigration (1727) 
They retire commonly back into the woods amongst or behind the remoter Inhabitants, sometimes purchase land, but often sit down on any piece they find vacant that they Judge convenient for them without asking questions, menacing those afterwards who offer to disturb them in their possessions.
Few of them apply now to be naturalized, nor do those who have been longer in the place commonly prove the wills of their deceased in the public offices, but as they appear to affect neither the English nor their laws or rules, they generally even in these points adhere to their own customs. The part of the country they principally settle in is that towards the French of Canada, whose interest, it may be apprehended, divers of the late comers (since several of them speak their language)  would as willingly favour as the English, and it is not doubted, but at this time there are as many of these people in Pennsylvania, as on any quarrel with his Majesties natural subjects, could on a sudden rising with the arms they now have subdue that whole Province. It is hoped therefore that nothing need be added to shew the present necessity of putting a stop to that augmentation of their strength which if not prevented, may even in one year more be depended upon.
-How did opposition to immigrants in the colonial period differ from nativism in the antebellum period?

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A)   Immigrants in the antebellum period were discriminated against because of their religion.
B)   Antebellum Americans admired the work ethic of immigrants more than did colonists.
C)   Antebellum immigrants did not compete for land in the way that colonial immigrants did.
D)   Antebellum immigrants tended to be primarily from England, while immigrants during the colonial period were not.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid-seventeenth century?

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A)   England's defeat of the Netherlands in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War of 1649.
B)   England's victory in a 1676 religious war with Spain.
C)   A treaty signed with the Iroquois Confederacy.
D)   The restoration of the monarchy in 1660.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

How did the colonial elite view their role in society?

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A)   Social obligations demanded that they give everyone the same liberties they enjoyed.
B)   It meant the power to rule-the right of those blessed with wealth and prominence to dominate others.
C)   They should enjoy their wealth but not parade it by dressing differently or by living in homes that were more elaborate than those of a lower status.
D)   They should work hard, because that is how they would make more money.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina:

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A)   were modeled after the Cherokee government.
B)   permitted only members of the Church of England to worship freely.
C)   resulted in absolute power over slaves and indentured servants.
D)   did not allow a headright society.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

What happened to Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion?

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A)   The town was impenetrable and well fortified.
B)   The town accepted the surrender of Bacon.
C)   It was burned to the ground.
D)   It was invaded by the Powhatans.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

William Penn obtained the land for his Pennsylvania colony because:

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A)   King Charles I wanted Quakers to have a place where they could enjoy religious toleration.
B)   he supported the crown during the Glorious Revolution.
C)   the king wanted to cancel his debt to the Penn family and bolster the English presence in North America.
D)   he conquered the Swedes and Dutch who previously had controlled the land.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Memorial Against Non-English Immigration (1727) 
They retire commonly back into the woods amongst or behind the remoter Inhabitants, sometimes purchase land, but often sit down on any piece they find vacant that they Judge convenient for them without asking questions, menacing those afterwards who offer to disturb them in their possessions.
Few of them apply now to be naturalized, nor do those who have been longer in the place commonly prove the wills of their deceased in the public offices, but as they appear to affect neither the English nor their laws or rules, they generally even in these points adhere to their own customs. The part of the country they principally settle in is that towards the French of Canada, whose interest, it may be apprehended, divers of the late comers (since several of them speak their language)  would as willingly favour as the English, and it is not doubted, but at this time there are as many of these people in Pennsylvania, as on any quarrel with his Majesties natural subjects, could on a sudden rising with the arms they now have subdue that whole Province. It is hoped therefore that nothing need be added to shew the present necessity of putting a stop to that augmentation of their strength which if not prevented, may even in one year more be depended upon.
-British colonial attitudes toward race and ethnicity tended to be

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A)   less interested in stereotyping immigrants than were colonists in Spanish and French colonies.
B)   tolerant primarily of immigrants from Europe, but not from other parts of the world.
C)   less accepting of racial gradations than the French and Spanish were.
D)   focused largely on the threats immigrants posed to religious harmony in the colonies.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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