Chapter 2 Quiz

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Exploring Early American Colonies: A Quiz on Colonial History

Test your knowledge of early American history with our engaging quiz that delves into the life, culture, and events of the colonial period. This quiz is designed for anyone interested in the foundational years of America, exploring topics such as settlement patterns, social dynamics, and key historical figures.

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Because Puritan Massachusetts was deeply religious, ministers were frequently elected to colonial offices.

True

False

The English "enclosure" movement of the 1500s and 1600s forced small farmers off "commons" land so that the land could be taken up by

Apartement style

Sports field

Sheep

The Irish

Intermarriage between Indians and English settlers was common.

True

False

Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?

Unlike slaves, indentured servants were held in bondage only for a limited period of time.

Like slaves, indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their masters.

Although servants could anticipate some kind of "freedom dues" (often a piece of land) upon completion of their indenture, many died before their terms expired.

Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.

The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.

True

False

The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.

True

False

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

All of these

High rates of death and disease

Contant attacks by french and Spanish pirates

Overconsumption of hearty English foods

Seventeenth-century Maryland stood out for its system of absolute rule, but also for its practice of religious toleration.

True

False

The "Rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.

True

False

One change in Indian life after the English colonists settled was

Indians rejected the use of metal goods for cooking practices as they preferred to continue in the customs.

while woven cloth was immediately accepted, it took many years for the Indians to accept guns from the English.

male Indians devoted less time to hunting beaver for fur trading.

alcohol became increasingly common and disruptive.

Harvard College was principally founded to educate young men into the ministry.

True

False

Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?

It had no religious qualification for voting in the 1600s.

It was a refuge for religious nonconformists.

It had no established church.

It required citizens to attend church.

Seventeenth-century New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants.

True

False

Indenture contracts usually bound indentured servants for periods of from five to seven years.

True

False

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was

Yellow corn

Rum

Tobacco

Silver

A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was

All of these

the profits to be made in transatlantic commerce.

escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England.

acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence.

In the 1600s, nearly two-thirds of English settlers came as indentured servants.

True

False

Most migrants to seventeenth-century New England came out of the poorer reaches of English society.

True

False

The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?

Mestizos

African Slaves

Native Americans

Indentured Servants

When supplies reached the Roanoke colony in 1590, the inhabitants had mysteriously vanished leaving only a word carved in a tree as a clue to their whereabouts.

True

False

The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was:

Slave ownership

Indentured servants

Land ownership

Religious freedom

The early settlers of English America enjoyed the least amount of rights compared to colonists of other empires.

Truew

False

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

introduction of headright system in Virginia; enactment of religious toleration in Maryland; Magna Carta

Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant

founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony; founding of Plymouth Colony; founding of Jamestown Colony

English Civil War; Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church; Walter Raleigh's Roanoke colony venture

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