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Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were: |
high rates of death and disease. |
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A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was: |
a. acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence. b. escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England. c. the profits to be made in trans-Atlantic commerce. d. all of the above |
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? |
Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant |
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Which of the following was not a significant outcome of the start of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation? |
campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields |
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Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia? |
Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves. |
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Which of the following was not a significant trend of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English society? |
the elimination of gender hierarchies |
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Which of the following was not a central theme of Puritan thought |
The quest for material prosperity is a sign of moral corruption. |
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Which of the following was not a characteristic of early New England society? |
equality of the sexes in church affairs, but not in government affairs |
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The first permanent English settlement in the area now known as the United States was at: |
Jamestown, Virginia. |
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The English "enclosure" movement of the 1500s and 1600s forced small farmers off "commons" land so that the land could be taken up by: |
sheep |
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The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was: |
land ownership |
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A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe: |
a person who had experienced divine grace, often during a lightning storm. |
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Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams’ Rhode Island colony? |
It required citizens to attend church. |
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In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was: |
The House of Burgesses in Virginia. |
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Colonial Virginia’s economic substitute for gold was: |
tobacco. |
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In 1600s Virginia, a femme sole could do all of the following except: |
vote |
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Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for: |
Catholics. |
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In the religious view of the Puritans, you would get to heaven if: |
God predestined you to heaven or hell; no earthly act could change that. |
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Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts: |
were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity. |
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The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that: |
just and equal laws made by male representatives onboard were to rule. |
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Who was the English-speaking American Indian the Pilgrims encountered at Plymouth Bay in 1620? |
Squanto |
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The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups? |
Indentured servants |
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Which of the following did not happen in the 1630s? |
The House of Burgesses was established |
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Which of the following colonies was established first? |
Virginia |
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Who of the following was the founding Governor of Virginia? |
John Smith |
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Which of the following crops did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies? |
tobacco |
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Who was the most prominent Native American leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia? |
Powhatan |
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The Half-Way Covenant applied to whom? |
grandchildren of the English Great Migration |
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