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Chapter 03 Self-Quiz 1
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The early colonists of Jamestown included which of the following?
Skilled tradesmen who helped the others the survive the rigors of colonization.
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Farmers who helped raise food for the others.
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A large number of peasants.
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Nobles who were charged with looking for gold.
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Which of the following statements was NOT a consequence of the success of tobacco farming in Virginia?
Land became easier to obtain in Virginia than in England.
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Martial law was extended until 1630.
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English common law replaced martial law.
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Virginia became an attractive location for many living in England.
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Which was not a reason that English plantation owners in the Chesapeake Bay region adopted slavery so quickly?
The need for laborers and the price of slaves.
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The disease rate of indentured servants.
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The lack of indentured servants and scarcity of women.
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The British already had trade relations with Spain to secure slaves from Africa.
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About 90 percent of those who migrated to the Chesapeake in the 17 century came as
soldiers
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explorers
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farmers
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servants
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Which of the following statements characterizes the Puritans and Pilgrims?
They emigrated to North America for both religious and economic reasons.
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They were predominantly middle class and they had self-funded their ventures so that they could control all aspects of their work and their profit.
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They believed they were on a mission to establish a new society based on God's word.
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They were fleeing justice in England.
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Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact?
The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a "civic body politic."
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The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy.
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The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower.
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None of the above.
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The Puritans believed that land should be
shared with Native Americans.
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Communally farmed.
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owned by the individual who developed his own privately owned parcels of land.
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used to provide produce and profits with all the members of the town.
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The first New England towns reflected all of the following except:
The colonists' first houses were very small and simple.
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The placement of houses was very standardized with streets and town centers.
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The colonists had to adapt their village settlement ideas to a new environment.
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Houses were placed closer to farmland than to neighbors.
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To the Puritan clergy, Anne Hutchinson's most dangerous belief was
that men and women were equal in the eyes of God.
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that Roger Williams was innocent.
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that God had communicated directly to her.
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that the Puritan clergy had taught false scripture.
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The Pequot War was caused by
English desire for more land.
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conflicts among Europeans about who would govern the Connecticut River Valley.
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conflicts among Native Americans about who would trade with the Europeans.
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All of the above.
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How did the tobacco economy transform gender roles in the Chesapeake?
Women were now expected to do all of the "inside" work.
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Women had to work harder in the kitchen to feed the male workers.
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Women now went directly into the tobacco fields instead of the kitchen.
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It strengthened patriarchal controls.
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Which of the following best describes the Puritan belief system
Humanity was guilty of original sin and humans had no control over whether they were saved by god.
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Good works were the way to salvation.
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The Anglican church needed more rituals and priestly hierarchy to "purify" it.
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The Anglican church had strayed too far from Catholicism and people needed to return to its tenets.
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Which of the following statements best describes Roger Williams' journey?
He was cast out of Puritan society and migrated to Virginia to spread the gospel.
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He preached in New England but was exiled after preaching religious toleration.
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He fought with Church elders and sparked the antinomian controversy.
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He initially angered Church elders but became a prominent member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Which of the following statements best describes Puritans beliefs in regards to social equality?
All Puritans were equal and should be treated as such.
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Society should be organized hierarchically, with the rich and powerful taking care of the poor.
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Those who did the most good works should have the most power.
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All adult males could participate at the town meeting, but women could not.
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Which of the following statements best describes the life of indentured servants in the Chesapeake?
Working conditions were brutal and servants did not have even basic protections.
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They were employed as overseers of African slaves.
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They were treated humanely and most often completed their service.
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They were treated poorly, but they always stayed with one master.
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Tobacco eventually dominated the economy of Virginia and led colonists into conflict with native populations for control of land.
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Most settlers in the first 3 years in Jamestown died of disease and malnutrition, not Indian attacks.
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The English were the first Europeans to use Africans as slave laborers.
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Both men and women of various Christian beliefs were tolerated in Maryland.
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The first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1719.
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