California State University, Long Beach » History » History 172 - Early United States History » Summer 2019

Question #1

The Navigation Act of 1651 adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:

A. added New Netherland to the British Empire.

B. aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch

C. freed England's North American colonies from economic regulations.

D. required the Royal Navy to use only Protestant navigators on its ships

Question #2

Ideas of race and racism in seventeenth-century England.

A. had not fully developed as modern concepts.

B. originated in the writings of Sir Walter Raleigh.

C. caused many Englishmen to become abolitionists.

D. inspired the creation of an African labor force.

Question #3

William Penn was a member of which religious group?

A. Anglicans

B. Presbyterians

C. Quakers

D. Puritans

Question #4

Bacon's Rebellion was a response to:

A. Indian attacks in New England.

B. the Glorious Revolution in England.

C. increased slavery in the Carolinas.

D. worsening economic conditions in Virginia and tension over land

Question #5

What inspired the 1715 uprising by the Yamasee against English colonists in Carolina?

A. the colonists refusal to trade with the Yamasee.

B. the English colonists' plan to begin capturing Native Americans to sell as slaves.

C. an alliance of the Yamasee and Creek with the Iroquois Confederacy.

D. difficulties the Yamesee faced trading with English settlers because of fueds between English agents