Question 1

English observers of New Netherland believed religious toleration led to Dutch prosperity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What form of behavior did William Penn ban in his Pennsylvania colony?

Accepted Answer

A)   swearing
B)   alcohol consumption
C)   dancing in public or in private
D)   laughing during religious services
E)   singing outside of church

Question 3

According to New England Puritans, witchcraft:

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A)   was perfectly acceptable when it was used for proper purposes.
B)   was punishable by hanging unless it was used to reinforce men's standing and God's will.
C)   resulted from pacts that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes.
D)   was restricted to Salem.
E)   was due entirely to exposure to Catholicism.

Question 4

Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692?

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A)   The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others.
B)   When Tituba testified, the issue became racial and divided the town.
C)   All of the accused were children, and Puritans were determined to force their young to accept their religious traditions or face death.
D)   The colonial capital had just been moved to Salem, upsetting the normally staid town.
E)   They did not; actually, the number of accusations was average and Salem was highly overrated as a place for charges of witchcraft.

Question 5

Which of the following was true of agriculture in the colonies during the eighteenth century?

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A)   It was in decline in the backcountry as compared to coastal areas.
B)   Because New York's landlords had taken over so much land, agriculture grew more slowly in New York than in other colonies.
C)   New England moved away from smaller farming and increasingly toward large-scale farms and plantations.
D)   The standard of living on farms was far lower than it was in Europe.
E)   Farmers in the Middle Colonies had no interest in the market.

Question 6

Nathaniel Bacon, who led Bacon's Rebellion against the Virginia elite, was himself a wealthy planter.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Unlike slavery in America, slavery in Africa:

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A)   declined in importance during the 1600s.
B)   was more likely to be based in the household than on an agricultural plantation.
C)   led to much higher death rates.
D)   was entirely race-based.
E)   existed only for women.

Question 8

When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage:

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A)   every other colonial assembly followed suit.
B)   Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion.
C)   it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians.
D)   mass protests followed.
E)   slaves quit attending church.

Question 9

Which of the following was true of poverty in the colonial period?

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A)   Poverty was greater in the colonies than it was in Great Britain, which had more economic activity.
B)   The percentage of colonists living in poverty was great because the northern colonists considered slaves poverty-stricken.
C)   Limited supplies of land, especially for inheritance, contributed to poverty.
D)   Colonists differed greatly from the British back in England in how they viewed poverty and those living in poverty.
E)   It declined in the cities because of the rise of consumer markets.

Question 10

Which one of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands.
B)   Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century.
C)   Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America.
D)   The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake.
E)   Indentured servants replaced African slaves in the West Indies once the demand for slaves in Carolina drained away the African population of the islands.

Question 11

A consequence of Bacon's Rebellion was a consolidation of power among Virginia's elite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

To Quakers, liberty was:

Accepted Answer

A)   limited to white, landowning men.
B)   strictly defined.
C)   a universal entitlement.
D)   extended to women but not to blacks.
E)   limited to the spiritually inclined.

Question 13

Of colonists in British North America, which group was the wealthiest?

Accepted Answer

A)   Philadelphia merchants
B)   Boston political elite
C)   Virginia tobacco farmers
D)   South Carolina rice planters
E)   New York merchants

Question 14

Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   tobacco
B)   indigo
C)   silver
D)   cotton
E)   sugar

Question 15

The middle ranks of colonial America were those who lived between extreme wealth and poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Salem witch trials revealed a serious problem of witchcraft in Massachusetts that spread throughout the colonies, until there were witch trials in all but three of the colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The biggest reason Jews left Europe was:

Accepted Answer

A)   for the economic opportunities in New England.
B)   to be involved in colonial governments.
C)   to become indentured servants in North America.
D)   to escape rigid religious restrictions in German-speaking areas of Europe.
E)   to escape violence.

Question 18

The Indians entered into the Walking Purchase in good faith, but they were taken advantage of by the Pennsylvania governor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The English Bill of Rights of 1689:

Accepted Answer

A)   was unwritten, like the English Constitution on which it was based.
B)   was King William's finest writing on the importance of liberty.
C)   divided power in England between the king and Parliament.
D)   was copied word for word into the U.S. Constitution a century later.
E)   listed parliamentary powers over such individual rights as trial by jury.

Question 20

The Toleration Act passed by Parliament in 1690 was widely praised by the Puritans in Massachusetts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

A consequence of Bacon's Rebellion was a consolidation of power among Virginia's elite.

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The biggest reason Jews left Europe was:

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English observers of New Netherland believed religious toleration led to Dutch prosperity.

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When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage:

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Which of the following was true of agriculture in the colonies during the eighteenth century?

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Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century?

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Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692?

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The English Bill of Rights of 1689:

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Unlike slavery in America, slavery in Africa:

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The middle ranks of colonial America were those who lived between extreme wealth and poverty.

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Which one of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

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According to New England Puritans, witchcraft:

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To Quakers, liberty was:

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The Indians entered into the Walking Purchase in good faith, but they were taken advantage of by the Pennsylvania governor.

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What form of behavior did William Penn ban in his Pennsylvania colony?

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Which of the following was true of poverty in the colonial period?

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Of colonists in British North America, which group was the wealthiest?

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The Salem witch trials revealed a serious problem of witchcraft in Massachusetts that spread throughout the colonies, until there were witch trials in all but three of the colonies.

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The Toleration Act passed by Parliament in 1690 was widely praised by the Puritans in Massachusetts.

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Nathaniel Bacon, who led Bacon's Rebellion against the Virginia elite, was himself a wealthy planter.

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