APUSH Chapter 2- Beginnings Of English America, 1607-1660

Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements

A. were essentially business enterprises.
B. were tightly controlled by the English government.
C. were effectively isolated from contact with other nations.
D. were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start.
E. maintained the political and social institutions of England.

A

In London, the initial promoters of Jamestown encouraged colonists to focus on

A. the long-term success of the settlement.
B. building a family-centered community.
C. developing peaceful relations with the Indians in the area.
D. the search for gold.
E. converting the local Indians to Christianity.

D

The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of

A. colonists being kept barricaded in their palisade by local Indians.
B. the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops.
C. an influx of rats from settlers’ ships that ate much of the stored grains.
D. a drought that led to crop failures.
E. the sinking of the colonists’ supply ship in the Atlantic.

A

The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT

A. the rapid wearing out of the soil.
B. the search for new sources of labor.
C. rising prosperity for the colony.
D. improved relations with the local Indians.
E. the expansion of European settlement into the interior.

D

Which of the following statements best characterizes the first years of Jamestown’s existence?

A. A majority of its colonists enjoyed significant economic success.
B. The settlement was often assaulted by Spanish invaders.
C. The settlement was notable for its peaceful relations with local Indians.
D. The settlement was notable for its toleration of political freedom.
E. The settlement survived despite an enormous loss of life.

E

The first blacks imported to Virginia in 1619

A. were most likely indentured servants.
B. began a rapid stream of African slaves to the British colonies.
C. were preferred to European indentured servants.
D. followed Indians into slavery.
E. arrived as independent landowners.

A

Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia

A. continued without interruption until the early eighteenth century.
B. was first triggered by the kidnapping of Pocahontas.
C. was primarily a result of religious tensions between natives and settlers.
D. was uncommon until the early eighteenth century.
E. included an Indian attack on Jamestown which killed hundreds of colonists.

E

In which area of technology were Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists?

A. agriculture
B. ocean-going vessels
C. weaponry
D. tools
E. animal husbandry

A

In its beginning, the Maryland colony

A. experienced tremendous warfare with local Indians.
B. allowed no Protestant settlers.
C. was a refuge for English Catholics.
D. was led by Captain John Smith.
E. experienced considerable conflict with nearby French settlers.

C

By 1670, political representation for colonists in Virginia

A. saw elections take place every two years.
B. was open to all white men over the age of twenty-one.
C. had grown more restrictive.
D. favored western counties over eastern counties.
E. expanded to include landholding black men.

C

The suppression of Bacon’s Rebellion helped spur

A. tobacco production.
B. slavery in Virginia.
C. European investment.
D. the triangular trade.
E. calls for independence from England.

B and was a conflict between eastern and western Virginia

In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America

A. intended to settle at Cape Cod.
B. came over the objections of the Virginia colony.
C. were seeking to escape military service in England.
D. were Christian missionaries.
E. enjoyed a particularly mild winter their first year.

D

Compared to King James I, King Charles I’s treatment of Puritans

A. was more tolerant.
B. was more hostile.
C. was little different.
D. was more likely to advance Puritan thought in England.
E. was less likely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs.

B

The Massachusetts Bay Puritans

A. lived as grim and joyless people.
B. took vows of poverty as evidence of their commitment to their faith.
C. created a colonial "theocracy."
D. fought with the surrounding Indians almost immediately.
E. introduced freedom of worship to the New World.

C

Thomas Hooke is to be associated with establishing the colony of

A. Rhode Island.
B. Vermont.
C. New Hampshire.
D. Connecticut.
E. Maine.

D while Roger Williams created Rhode Island

When it was established in 1644, the colony of Rhode Island

A. had strong ties to the church in the Massachusetts colony.
B. organized the first fully democratic government in North America.
C. had no ties to the Massachusetts colony.
D. was notable for its religious toleration.
E. banned Jews from emigrating.

D

Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter (Protester)?

A. Anne Hutchinson
B. John Winthrop
C. Roger Williams
D. John Wheelwright
E. Thomas Hooker

B

In 1637, hostilities broke out between English settlers in the Connecticut Valley and what local Native American tribe?

A. the Seminoles
B. the Powhatans
C. the Sioux
D. the Wampanoags
E. the Pequots

E

In the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers were

A. the forces of Parliament, who were largely Puritans.
B. supporters of King Charles I.
C. Scottish and Irish gentry desiring to secede from England.
D. both the forces of Parliament and supporters of King Charles I.
E. neither the forces of Parliament nor supporters of King Charles I.

B

The proprietors who founded the Carolina colony

A. guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians.
B. rejected the head-right system.
C. ruled the colony with dictatorial powers.
D. quickly made it a financial success.
E. banned the importation of indentured servants.

A

The development of the Carolina colony was notable in that

A. the colony was able to attract large numbers of settlers from nearby colonies.
B. the northern and southern regions were economically and socially distinct from each other.
C. its economy was grounded in tobacco production.
D. its founders had discouraged the use of slaves.
E. it advocated independence from England well before all other mainland colonies.

B

Like New York, the New Jersey colony

A. quickly developed a strong local government.
B. had few slaves during its early existence.
C. was characterized by a unified and generally peaceful society.
D. had great ethnic and religious diversity.
E. developed an important class of large landowners.

D

Unlike Puritans, the Quakers

A. accepted the concept of predestination.
B. rejected the doctrine of original sin.
C. were not persecuted by the English government.
D. paid their clergy handsomely.
E. All these answers are correct.

B

William Penn

A. was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism.
B. established a moderately successful but never cosmopolitan colony.
C. suppressed the local Indians in Pennsylvania with a strong military presence.
D. never visited Pennsylvania.
E. used unscrupulous and deceptive advertising to attract settlers

A

The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean

A. concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.
B. developed their settlements along the same lines as in the Chesapeake.
C. developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco.
D. had a smaller percentage of slaves than in the North American colonies.
E. were forced to deal with larger native populations than those on the mainland.

A

Regarding the origins of slavery in the North American English colonies

A. the practice of using slave labor in England was carried over into the colonies.
B. royal colonies were required by their government to use slaves.
C. English racism prevented blacks and whites from working together on equal terms.
D. many colonies gradually embraced slavery as a solution to their labor troubles.
E. proprietary colonies were required by their charters to use slaves.

D

Georgia was founded

A. to provide a refuge for Catholics.
B. to create a military barrier against the Spanish.
C. to quickly make money for its investors.
D. by Quaker missionaries.
E. as a haven for religious dissenters.

B

In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region in which

A. no one European or Indian group held a clear dominance.
B. Indian tribes were largely able to keep out European colonists.
C. English colonists quickly became the dominant power.
D. Spanish colonists were long the dominant power.
E. French colonists managed to hold the balance of power.

A

The English Parliament enacted the Navigation Acts primarily to benefit

A. colonial American tobacco plantations.
B. British business and merchants.
C. New England merchants.
D. Virginian planters.
E. Business and planters in the British Caribbean.

B

The Powhatan Indian Pocahontas

Created an interest in England to "civilize" Indians

The Virginia Company

Had its charter revoked by James I.

During its first year in North America, the Plymouth colony

Survived in large part due to assistance from Indians.

The Puritan merchants who founded the Massachusetts Bay Company

Carried out the largest single migration in the seventeenth century.

The Puritan founders in Massachusetts who described their colony as a "shining city upon a hill"

Felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world.

One reason Roger Williams was deported from the Massachusetts colony was he

Said the land occupied by the colonists belonged to the Indians

In 1638, Anne Hutchison was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she

Challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society

The Navigation Acts were a part of the English mercantile system: T/F

True

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson challenged the authority of which of the following?

a. Anglican clergy
b. Puritan magistrates and ministers
c. catholic priests and bishops
d. baptist ministers
e. methodist itinerants

B

The tobacco culture of Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion: T/F

T

The survival of Jamestown was largely a result of the English borrowing from the agricultural knowledge of the Indians: T/F

T

Both the Pequot War and King Philip’s War ended disastrously for the Indians: T/F

T

Unlike the colonists of Jamestown, the Puritans of Massachusetts established settlements based on families: T/F

T

English colonies in the Chesapeake were first and foremost business enterprises: T/F

T

The Navigation Acts indicated that any nation allied with England could trade in English colonies without restrictions: T/F

F

The Mayflower Compact set forth the principles of the Puritan religion: T/F

F The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists who were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain.

The Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia was

John Rolfe

Emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch

The New York colony

Documents with the pilgrims signed to establish a government for themselves

Mayflower Compact

Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were LEAST likely to advocate a policy of

tolerance and mutual respect

Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against Sir William Berkeley in Virginia in 1675?

He resented Berkeley’s growing power and control of the fur trade

According to the Magna Carta presented by members of the English aristocracy to their king in 1215, the:

A)King of England would have all the powers of his European counterparts.
B)members of Parliament would sit as a religious tribunal.
C)members of Parliament would be popularly elected.
D)members of Parliament would meet regularly to pass money bills.
E)King of England would rule by "divine right."

D

The New York colony

emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch