Chapter 4 Quiz

. Mercy Lewis was

an accused witch who was executed during the Salem witch trials.

the wife of John Winthrop.

a follower of Anne Hutchinson, who left for Rhode Island with her.

a young girl, who was one of the Salem witch trial accusers.

. In the middle decades of the seventeenth century, the British government was thrown into turmoil as Parliament and the king struggled over two fundamental and overlapping issues. The two issues were

the ruling family's annual salary and whether the monarch was sovereign.

which power would control the colonies and which would disburse the incomes from the colonies.

religion and royal power.

whether the monarch was subservient to Parliament or Parliament was subservient to the crown.

. According to the economic theory of mercantilism, the

colonies and mother country were to work together for the good of the nation.

colonies were to find and collect raw materials.

mother country was to produce finished products.

All of the above.

. When the colonies began to manufacture items such as woolen cloth and hats, Parliament passed legislation to restrict those industries because

colonial production of such items competed with British manufacturers producing the same things.

Parliament was trying to prove to the colonists that it had the power to regulate the colonial economy.

the mother country was to supply raw materials and the colonists manufactured goods.

certain colonial products had to be sent first to England before they could be shipped elsewhere.

. In the mid-1600s, New Amsterdam, soon to be named New York, was an unusual North American city because it was a

crossroads of empires.

multiethnic city.

multicultural city.

All of the above

. Which of the following is the best description of early Pennsylvania?

A Catholic haven for persecuted immigrants

A peaceful colony of merchant-oriented Quakers

An overcrowded colony of dissident Puritans

A colony settled originally by the "Pennsylvania Dutch"

. Which of the following statements characterizes slavery in Virginia?

Slavery was hereditary.

Manumissions were quite rare.

Slavery was racial.

All of the above

. Which of the following statements about King Philip's War is correct?

Huge losses came to both colonists and natives.

French forces were aided by Hurons.

Rhode Island colony instigated the war.

Puritans fought in the traditional open-field formations.

. Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion in part to protest

heavy-handed British rule.

native raids on English settlements.

treatment of enslaved people.

elite rule in the colony.

. The result of the Glorious Revolution was that

it began a period of stability that enabled Britain to become the world's most powerful nation.

the monarch was clearly and legally superior to Parliament.

there would be no taxation without representation in the British colonies.

All of the above

. What was the Yamasee War?

A series of battles between the Spanish and French in Florida

A series of battles in New England that devastated English and Native American people alike

A Native American uprising, sparked when South Carolina traders cheated Native Americans out of their land and enslaved women and children

A battle between the allied Yamasee and South Carolinians against other Native American tribes

. What was "the Barbados Connection"?

South Carolina settlers had formed a distinct society in Barbados founded on religious toleration, which they then transported to the new colony.

South Carolina traders earned huge wealth by selling enslaved Native Americans to Barbados.

Carolina settlers had viewed the horrors of slavery firsthand in Barbados and decided to abolish slavery in the new colony.

Most early Carolina settlers had a great deal of experience with African slavery in Barbados, so they transplanted a particularly harsh slave code into the Carolinas.

. Which of the following statements best described the French attitude towards their Native American partners in the fur trade?

The French depended on their partners to supply them with furs and serve as military allies.

The French at first embraced their allies but later fought against them in an effort to enslave them.

The French only worked with Native Americans for political reasons.

None of the above

. Which of the following statements best describes French reasons for founding its Louisiana colony?

They founded it for political reasons: to maintain a toehold in the American southeast.

They founded it for economic reasons: to grow tobacco as a cash crop.

They founded it for social reasons: to spread French culture abroad.

All of the above

. Which of the following statements best describes Spain's settlement at St. Augustine, Florida?

It was intended to be the capital of New Spain.

It was intended to be a trading outpost for the fur trade.

It was intended to be a self-supporting military outpost.

It was intended to be a plantation colony.

. What was the main argument of John Locke's Two Treatises of Government?

Governments receive their power from the people.

People have no rights to revolt against their government.

Governments have a God-given right to govern over the people.

The rich and powerful have a duty to rule over society justly.

. In the years that followed the Salem witch trials, what changes became evident in New England?

Increasingly large numbers of eccentric women were accused of witchcraft.

New Englanders increasingly believed in the devil's power over their lives.

New Englanders began to believe that the universe was orderly and events were caused by knowable factors.

New Englanders increasingly believed they were God's chosen people and that the colony was a "New Israel."

. Why did French minister Jean Baptiste Colbert's plans to grow Quebec's population fail?

Because the indentured servants who emigrated to Quebec were prevented from marrying until their contract was over; by the time it was, they were too old to start families

Because most French immigrants to Quebec went back home after a brief stay in Canada

Because continual wars kept the population too low for natural increase

Because French colonists did not like that Colbert tried to control all aspects of their lives

. The background to the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico included all the following factors except

a long-term drought.

resentment of the social changes demanded by Spanish priests.

raids by neighboring tribes on the Pueblo.

a rapid increase in native population resulting in overcrowding.

. What were the effects of the Pueblo Revolt?

The Spanish were driven out of New Mexico but quickly retook the colony.

The Spanish were driven out of New Mexico for over a decade.

The Spanish were driven out of New Mexico and never returned; Pueblo society flourished in their absence.

The Spanish retook the colony and the new Franciscan missionaries immediately reestablished the encomienda system.

. What was the result of the Pueblo Revolt for Native Americans in the Great Plains?

The French instituted a "middle ground" in the region.

Increased warfare among the Plains Indians, which favored those tribes which had gained abandoned Spanish horses.

Various Native American tribes converged into one powerful confederacy.

The drought increased and Native American populations plunged, leaving most of the region completely depopulated.

. What happened in Maryland after the Glorious Revolution?

Colonists rebelled and set up their own governing assembly.

Colonists rebelled but the rebellion quickly collapsed.

Colonists rebelled but England sent in troops to forcibly quell the rebellion.

None of the above

. Generally, which statement best describes the state of British North American colonies by the beginning of the eighteenth century?

For the most part, they were prosperous, with a large white middle class.

The northern colonies had prospered, but the southern colonies had struggled.

The southern colonies had prospered, but the northern colonies had struggled.

The colonies, after early struggles, had grown wealthy by utilizing an enslaved labor force.

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A map of the United States shows English, French, and Spanish settlements, the cities and forts in the region, and their year of establishment. The British settlements were Rupert’s Land around the southern region of Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia, northeastern and eastern coast, and east central coast of South Carolina. Their forts in Rupert’s Land, that were Hudson Bay Company’s trading post were Fort Albany, established in 1670, and Rupert House, established in 1668. Their cities along the eastern coast, from north to south, and their dates of establishment are as follows: Penobscot in 1628, Portsmouth in 1653, Boston, the capital of Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1630, Plymouth in 1620, Providence, the capital of Rhode Island Colony, in 1636, New Haven in 1640, Albany in 1664, New York, which was so named in 1664 but was founded as Fort Amsterdam in 1664, and named as New Amsterdam between 1653 and 1664, Philadelphia in 1682, Chester in 1682, and Annapolis in 1708. The French settled around Saint Lawrence River, east of Lake Ontario, northern tip of Minnesota, and the regions around the western and southern borders of Illinois. Their forts and their dates of establishment are as follows: Fort Tadoussac in the northern banks of Saint Lawrence river in 1600, Fort Frontenac in the northern banks of Lake Ontario in 1673, Fort Niagara in western New York in 1679, Fort Pontchartrain in eastern Michigan in 1679, Fort Saint Joseph, Fort Saint Louis, and Fort Crévecoeur in northern Illinois in 1680, 1682, and 1680 respectively, Fort Prudhomme in present-day northern Mississippi in 1682, and Fort Maurepas in present-day southern Mississippi in 1699. The French cities were Sault Sainte Marie established in 1639 in eastern Minnesota, and Cahokia established in 1698 and Kaskaskia established in 1703 in southern Illinois. The Spanish settled in present-day Mexico, southern New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and northern and central Florida. Their cities were Santa Fe in New Mexico and Pensacola founded in 1696 in northern Florida to counter French claims.

Map 4-3: Colonial North America, East of the Mississippi, 1720. Which of the following developments does the map illustrate?

The decline of New Spain

The dominance of New France over the entirety of the Midwest

The growth of varied English colonies

European cooperation in colonizing the New World

. Virginia's developing slave codes increased the freedom of whites.

True

False

. The colony of New York was carved out of previously French held territory.

True

False

. Pennsylvania may be best remembered in early colonial history as the only English colony to reject slavery.

True

False

. Because of the warm year-round climate, the health of colonists in the Caribbean was considerably better than that of colonists in mainland colonies.

True

False

. Virginia began utilizing enslaved people instead of indentured servants because indentured servants became too expensive for many tobacco planters.

True

False

. Controversy in Puritan New England churches in the later 1600s revolved around the fact that many people had abandoned the church for the more prosperous life.

True

False

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