Question 1

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

Accepted Answer

A)   it ultimately did not make money.
B)   Jamestown suffered Native American attacks.
C)   Pocahontas died in England.
D)   King James criticized tobacco.
E)   Spain gained control of the company's colony.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Powhatan

Accepted Answer

Powhatan refers to both a Native America...

Question 3

Opechancanough:

Accepted Answer

A)   emphasized peaceful relations with the English colonists in Virginia.
B)   was responsible for his brother Powhatan's death.
C)   killed John Smith.
D)   mounted a surprise attack against Plymouth in the 1620s.
E)   opposed through violence English settlement of Virginia.F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

Most of the settlers of early Massachusetts were single adult males.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Roger Williams argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)   church and state must be totally separated.
B)   Puritans must stay in the Church of England and reform it.
C)   religious wars were necessary to protect not only religion, but also freedom.
D)   Puritans were on a divine mission to spread the true faith.
E)   only John Winthrop was capable of explaining the word of God.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast, disease and:

Accepted Answer

A)   European religion significantly transformed their societies.
B)   environmental factors dramatically altered their way of life.
C)   trade contradicted each other.
D)   Spanish incursions into the Chesapeake significantly altered their lives.
E)   English mining altered the landscape.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

Accepted Answer

A)   an outdated idea.
B)   to be unquestioned.
C)   so absolute that a husband could order the murder of his wife.
D)   not supposed to resemble God's authority in any way, because that would be blasphemous.
E)   limited only by the number of children-the more, the better.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

How did Pocahontas play a key role in Jamestown society?

Accepted Answer

A)   She served as an intermediary between Powhatan and English leaders.
B)   Her marriage to John Rolfe led to many more interracial marriages between Indians and the English.
C)   She was denied entry to James I's court.
D)   She caused King James I to denounce John Rolfe.
E)   Her conversion to Christianity led to the majority of people in her village switching to the Church of England.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 9

As leader of the Jamestown Colony, John Smith:

Accepted Answer

A)   was a failure and had to return to England.
B)   improved relations with Native Americans by marrying Pocahontas.
C)   used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together.
D)   used an elaborate reward system to persuade colonists to work.
E)   set up the first representative assembly in the New World.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

Accepted Answer

A)   the Pequots were forced to pay reparations for the damage they caused New England settlers.
B)   the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans, leading to the elimination of both tribes.
C)   the Pequots lost, but survived to become a valuable ally of the Puritans.
D)   the brutishness and ferocity of the colonists surprised New England tribes.
E)   the Pequots defeated the Puritans in a battle that temporarily drove the Massachusetts Bay settlers into Plymouth Colony.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England:

Accepted Answer

A)   arrived with other members of their families.
B)   were single, middle-class men.
C)   were lower-class men.
D)   had been released from debtors' prisons.
E)   sought to escape the Black Death then ravaging England.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church.
B)   Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles.
C)   The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings.
D)   Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it.
E)   The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 13

Women in the early Virginia colony consisted of about half the white population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-English Civil War

Accepted Answer

The English Civil War was a series of ar...

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-tobacco

Accepted Answer

A)  principles of religious toleration
B)  believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons
C)  gave five to seven years of service for passage to America
D)  first elected assembly in colonial America
E)  charter company that established JamestownF) first written frame of government in British AmericaG) a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great MigrationH) primary crop of the Chesapeake coloniesI) argued that the Church of England was still too CatholicJ) granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passageK) a political movement favoring expanded libertiesL) written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedomM) A) and B)
N) B) and F)

Question 16

Boston merchants:

Accepted Answer

A)   challenged the subordination of economic activity to Puritan control.
B)   refused to trade with anyone outside the Puritan faith.
C)   paid for Anne Hutchinson's prosecution.
D)   had enjoyed widespread freedom to trade since the establishment of the colony.
E)   controlled John Winthrop.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In England, the idea of working for wages:

Accepted Answer

A)   was so dishonorable that many refused to accept money for their work and instead received food and shelter.
B)   was associated with servility and the loss of liberty.
C)   was romanticized in ballads and tales.
D)   meant true freedom.
E)   grew more popular among the poor during the sixteenth century.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

The Pilgrims intended to set sail for Cape Cod in 1620.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Virginia Company accomplished its goals for the shareholders and for its settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

The Pilgrims intended to set sail for Cape Cod in 1620.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Roger Williams argued that:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Women in the early Virginia colony consisted of about half the white population.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The Virginia Company can be called a failure primarily because:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The Virginia Company accomplished its goals for the shareholders and for its settlers.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Opechancanough:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -tobacco

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In England, the idea of working for wages:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -English Civil War

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIThe English Civil War was a series of ar...View AnswerShow Answer

As leader of the Jamestown Colony, John Smith:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Most of the settlers of early Massachusetts were single adult males.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Boston merchants:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Powhatan

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIPowhatan refers to both a Native America...View AnswerShow Answer

How did Pocahontas play a key role in Jamestown society?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast, disease and:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The English Civil War was a series of ar...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
Powhatan refers to both a Native America...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified