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

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