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- 18. Pennsylvaniaa. All of the followingb. Was arguably the most well advertised colony in English North Americac. Was established as a refuge for English Quakers and other religious minoritiesd. Was established as a proprietary colony in payment of debts owed by the English royal familye. Was, despite its growing economy and population, unable to make its founder any personal profit
- 16. All of the following were religious dissenters who left the Massachusetts Bay colony to settle elsewhere in New England excepta. Anne Hutchinsonb. Thomas Hookerc. Roger Williamsd. John Davenporte. John Winthrop
- 8. The English acquisition of New York and New Jersey in the 1660sa. Required the territory to be purchased from the local Indian tribes at a fair priceb. Required James Duke of York to launch a military operation to seize them from the Dutchc. Was the result of a treaty with the Spanishd. Led to a substantial increase in African slave labore. Required all Dutch settlers to surrender their lands and leave the region
- 6. Which of the following statements best describes French colonial enterprises in North Americaa. The number of French colonists settling permanently in America grew rapidly because of profitable opportunities in commercial agricultureb. The French operated extensive mining operations in the Ohio Valleyc. The French profited from fur trades with the Indians of the North American interiord. The main French colonial cities were located along the Hudson Rivere. The French enjoyed a strong military and commercial alliance with the Iroquois Confederacy
- 13. Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were similar in that they were alla. Economically based on commercial agricultureb. Established as proprietary coloniesc. Established as corporate coloniesd. Founded as refuges for persecuted religious sects in Englande. Able to live in relative peace with the Native Americans
- 5. The issue of religion figured most prominently in which of the following?a. Pizarro's conquest of the Incan empire in the 1530sb. The establishment of an English colony at Roanoke in the 1580sc. Coronado's expedition into the American southwest in the 1540sd. The establishment of English colonies in Massachusetts in the early 17th centurye. The French relationship with the Huron and Ottawa Indian in the 18th century
- Many feminist leaders were especially disappointed with the Fourteenth Amendment because itA) did not free all the slaves.B) failed to give women the right to serve on juries.C) guaranteed male but not female property rights.D) did not define what constituted equal national citizenship.E) specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote.
- 11. Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 involved all of the following excepta. The dominance of small farmers and western frontiersmen in the Virginia colonial governmentb. The struggle over land between Indians and whitesc. Land pressures created by the growing population of colonial Virginiad. Personal animosity between Nathaniel Bacon and colonial governor of Virginiae. Political instability associated with the continued reliance on indentured servitude
- 2. The initial motive for European transoceanic exploration in the late 15th century wasa. A missionary desire to spread Christianityb. The desire to establish a sea route to Asiac. The emergence of less powerful central monarchies in many European statesd. Innovations in navigation and ship designe. Population decline due to the return of the Plague
- Which one of the following is least related to the other three?A) scalawagsB) Ku Klux KlanC) carpetbaggersD) freedmenE) Union League
- 9. All of the following were important facets of English colonization excepta. The English monarchy was less powerful than those of Spain or France ad did not exert tremendous control over English colonial ventures in Americab. The experience with Irish colonization encouraged the creation of English "colonies of exclusion" in Americac. The English were very interested in the conversion of native populations and sent large number of Anglican ministers to America to conduct missionary workd. England possessed a well-developed commercial economy and wealthy merchant class by the end of the 16th centurye. The enclosure process had created a large population of landless poor people in England
- 7. Arrange the following events in correct chronological order: (A) colony of Georgia founded, (B) founding of Jamestown colony, (C) the Restoration of the English monarchy, (D) colony of Pennsylvania founded, (E) reign of King Henry VIIIa. A, B, C, D, Eb. A, C, D, B, Ec. E, B, C, D, Ad. A, B, D, C, Ee. E, D, A, C, B
- 12. Which of the following statements best describes the early years of the Maryland colony?a. It was established as a haven for English Catholics but was settled primarily by Protestantsb. It was founded as a corporate colony by the London Company of Marylandc. It attracted primarily Catholic immigrants during the 17th centuryd. It was created as a refuge for English Quakers and other persecuted religious minoritiese. It experienced little migration from neighboring colonies like Virginia
- The "Exodusters" westward mass migration to Kansas finally faltered whenA) homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected..B) the Fifteenth Amendment was passed.C) steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi.D) white Kansans passed strict segregation laws..E) none of the above.
- Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended whenA) the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.B) the last federal troops were removed in 1877.C) President Johnson was not reelected in 1868.D) the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan that military tribunals could not try civilians.E) blacks showed they could defend their rights without federal intervention.
- 10. When Richard Hakluyt wrote in his Discourse on Western Planting in 1584 that colonies in America could be used "for the manifold employment of numbers of idle men, and for breading of many sufficient" he was referring implicitly toa. The impact of the enclosure process and the problem of the "wandering poor"b. The military value of American colonies in supplying troops to the English armyc. The ability of English colonies to employ native labor in the production of cash cropsd. The willingness of English missionaries to travel to the new world to convert native populationse. The vast quantities of gold and silver that Virginia had to offer
- Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil WarA) occurred immediately with the Emancipation Proclamation.B) caused large numbers to migrate to the big cities in the North.C) came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy.D) was achieved without the use of Union soldiers.E) was a source of considerable anxiety.
- The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was hisA) highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866.B) readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them.C) dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act.D) apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan.E) veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
- 1. Prior to the arrival of Columbus , the peoples of Mesoamerica tended to havea. All the answers belowb. More elaborate political systems than the peoples north of the Rio Grande (present day US)c. Larger empires than the peoples of north of the Rio Grande (present day US)d. Larger populations than the peoples north of the Rio Grande (present day US)e. A greater reliance on agriculture than did peoples north of the Rio Grande (present day US)
- 3. Spanish colonial enterprises exhibited all of the following characteristics excepta. By the end of the 1500s, Spanish colonies were tightly controlled by the Spanish monarchyb. The Spanish employed native labor to extract wealth from their colonial territoriesc. Relatively few immigrants left Spain for permanent settlement in the New Worldd. Gold and silver mining were among the most successful Spanish colonial enterprisese. The Spanish were generally less interested in the Catholic conversion of native peoples than were other European colonial powers