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

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