Question 1

As enclosure of land resulted in fewer farmers,many of these people moved to English cities,becoming jobless and causing vagrancy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Winthrop

Accepted Answer

A)  proprietor of Maryland
B)  wife of John Rolfe
C)  Pilgrim leader
D)  leader of Indians near Jamestown
E)  governor of MassachusettsF) his settlement at Roanoke Island failedG) was denounced for AntinomianismH) Indian who helped the PilgrimsI) French-born theologian who influenced the PuritansJ) established Rhode IslandK) A Discourse concerning Western PlantingL) early leader of JamestownM) K) and L)
N) E) and G)

Question 3

Boston merchants:

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A)   challenged the subordination of economic activity to Puritan control.
B)   refused to trade with anyone outside the Puritan faith.
C)   paid for Anne Hutchinson's prosecution.
D)   had enjoyed widespread freedom to trade since the establishment of the colony.
E)   controlled John Winthrop.F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

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A)   began with the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas.
B)   was common.
C)   was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691.
D)   created a mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved.
E)   produced a member of a British royal family who became an Indian chief.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Maryland's founder,Cecilius Calvert:

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A)   wanted Maryland to be like a feudal domain,with power limited for ordinary people.
B)   supported total religious freedom for all of the colony's inhabitants.
C)   gave a great deal of power to the elected assembly but not to the royal governor.
D)   lost ownership of the colony and died a pauper.
E)   actually hated Catholics,which is why he set up a colony for them in a swamp.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Puritanism

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Puritanism was a religious and social mo...

Question 7

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

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A)   it ultimately did not make money.
B)   Jamestown suffered Native American attacks.
C)   Pocahontas died in England.
D)   King James criticized tobacco.
E)   Spain gained control of the company's colony.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

What role did the "enclosure" movement play in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England?

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A)   It created a crisis where many people had no way to make a living.
B)   Queen Mary's failure to address the problem helped lead to her overthrow.
C)   Spain reacted by launching an invasion of England.
D)   Poverty rates were worse in New England than England.
E)   The problem was such a crisis that Henry VIII authorized judges to order the jobless to work.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Anne Hutchinson

Accepted Answer

A)  proprietor of Maryland
B)  wife of John Rolfe
C)  Pilgrim leader
D)  leader of Indians near Jamestown
E)  governor of MassachusettsF) his settlement at Roanoke Island failedG) was denounced for AntinomianismH) Indian who helped the PilgrimsI) French-born theologian who influenced the PuritansJ) established Rhode IslandK) A Discourse concerning Western PlantingL) early leader of JamestownM) D) and J)
N) H) and K)

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-tobacco

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Tobacco is a plant native to the America...

Question 11

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

________ describes best the actions of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay.

Accepted Answer

A)   Fair-minded
B)   Loving
C)   Irreligious
D)   Lazy
E)   IntolerantF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

Accepted Answer

A)   there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants,whom the British government aided with an early form of welfare.
B)   efforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to settle in the New World,thereby easing the British population crisis.
C)   mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism,because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor.
D)   there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock.
E)   the spread of the Black Plague decreased because of the elimination of cramped living quarters.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

Accepted Answer

A)   It lay beside a malarial swamp.
B)   The ample food was full of botulism.
C)   It was not high; most of the colonists survived.
D)   Constant Native American attacks decimated the population.
E)   Many of the colonists committed suicide.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 15

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William Bradford

Accepted Answer

A)  proprietor of Maryland
B)  wife of John Rolfe
C)  Pilgrim leader
D)  leader of Indians near Jamestown
E)  governor of MassachusettsF) his settlement at Roanoke Island failedG) was denounced for AntinomianismH) Indian who helped the PilgrimsI) French-born theologian who influenced the PuritansJ) established Rhode IslandK) A Discourse concerning Western PlantingL) early leader of JamestownM) A) and B)
N) G) and I)

Question 16

Who received most of the profits from trade between Native Americans and colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)   Native Americans.
B)   English soldiers.
C)   Colonial and European merchants.
D)   The king.
E)   Parliament.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast,disease and:

Accepted Answer

A)   European religion significantly transformed their societies.
B)   environmental factors dramatically altered their way of life.
C)   trade contradicted each other.
D)   Spanish incursions into the Chesapeake significantly altered their lives.
E)   English mining altered the landscape.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

Who was most likely to build the best relationships with the Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)   Puritans.
B)   Jamestown settlers.
C)   Connecticut settlers.
D)   Pilgrims.
E)   John Winthrop.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

In England,the idea of working for wages:

Accepted Answer

A)   was so dishonorable that many refused to accept money for their work and instead received food and shelter.
B)   was associated with servility and the loss of liberty.
C)   was romanticized in ballads and tales.
D)   meant true freedom.
E)   grew more popular among the poor during the sixteenth century.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

In contrast to the Chesapeake region,the population in New England:

Accepted Answer

A)   did not stress family-based activities.
B)   focused on rice and tobacco.
C)   grew rapidly because of healthier surroundings.
D)   included even fewer women.
E)   was not as deeply religious.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

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Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?

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In contrast to the Chesapeake region,the population in New England:

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Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act,aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

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Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

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As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

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________ describes best the actions of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay.

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For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast,disease and:

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Anne Hutchinson

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Maryland's founder,Cecilius Calvert:

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The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

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