History 101 - United States History to 1877 » 2019 » Chapter 2 Quiz

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Question #1
The first blacks imported to Virginia in 1619
A.   were preferred to European indentured servants.
B.   sparked an immediate rapid stream of African slaves to the British colonies.
C.   followed Indians into slavery.
D.   arrived as independent landowners.
E.   may have been considered indentured servants by the colonists.
Question #2
The suppression of Bacon’s Rebellion helped spur
A.   calls for independence from England.
B.   the triangular trade.
C.   European investment.
D.   slavery in Virginia.
E.   tobacco production.
Question #3
Which of the following statements regarding the Navigation Acts (1660s and 70s) is FALSE?
A.   Certain colonial products could be exported only to England.
B.   English colonies were closed to all trade except that carried by English ships.
C.   Duties were imposed on the coastal trade among the English colonies.
D.   English colonists could only produce products that were also sold in England.
E.   All European goods sent to the colonies had to pass through England and were subject to taxes.
Question #4
What became the dominant crop of the Caribbean colonies?
A.   corn
B.   sugar
C.   cotton
D.   tobacco
E.   beans
Question #5
Unlike Puritans, the Quakers
A.   rejected the doctrine of original sin.
B.   All these answers are correct.
C.   were not persecuted by the English government.
D.   paid their clergy handsomely.
E.   accepted the concept of predestination.
Question #6
In 1637, hostilities broke out between English settlers in the Connecticut Valley and which local Native American tribe?
A.   Wampanoags
B.   Powhatans
C.   Seminoles
D.   Pequots
E.   Sioux
Question #7
In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she
A.   was accused of practicing witchcraft.
B.   argued that only the “elect” were entitled to any religious or political authority.
C.   was a single mother who refused to marry.
D.   challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society.
E.   preached against what she called the “Antinomian heresy.”
Question #8
When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619,
A.   it gave settlers full political control of their colony.
B.   it put an end to a violent uprising by disgruntled colonists.
C.   it recommended that Virginia declare independence from England.
D.   landowning women colonists were allowed to vote.
E.   colonists were given a share of local political representation.
Question #9
The Puritan founders in Massachusetts who described their colony as a “city upon a hill”
A.   wanted to differentiate their community from the materialism and acquisitiveness of New Haven.
B.   felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world.
C.   sought to create a community in which all people were treated as equals.
D.   wanted to create a community that would be open to all peoples of all faiths.
E.   wanted to construct their community on high ground to save it from Indian attacks.
Question #10
The initial Jamestown colonists focused primarily on,,
A.   the long-term success of the settlement.
B.   the search for gold.
C.   converting the local Indians to Christianity.
D.   developing peaceful relations with the Indians in the area.
E.   building a family-centered community.

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