Los Angeles Mission College » History » History 011 - US History to 1877 » Spring 2022

Question #1

Which of the Great Lakes lies closest to New York?

A. All are at an equal distance

B. Lake Ontario

C. Lake Erie

D. Lake Huron

Question #2

Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were all similar in that they were all:

A. initially propriety colonies

B. determined to keep slavery influence at a minimum

C. economically dependent on the export of a staple crop

D. founded as refugees for persecuted religious sects in England

E. founded after the restoration of Charles II to the throne

Question #3

To encourage settlers to come to jamestown, the headright system offered them

A. employment

B. passage to Virginia

C. profit sharing

D. land

Question #4

Which religious group was particularly irksome and disquieting to the Massachusetts Bay Puritans?

A. Protestants

B. Baptists

C. Quakers

Question #5

Economically, the colony of Pennsylvania

A. got off a very slow start

B. became profitable very quickly

C. never prospered

D. received much help from New York

E. had extensive plantations

Question #6

Which were the smallest of the original colonies?

A. Connecticut and Rhode Island

B. New York and Rhode Island

C. Maryland and Delaware

D. Delaware and Rhode Island