The above act, the Navigation Acts, 1660-1696, was part of a British attempt to
Establish a high protective tariff on colonial goods entering Great Britain
Increase colonial production of manufactured goods
Enforce an economics system that believed colonies existed for the good of the mother country
Encourage the British north American colonies to increase trade with the Dutch
Acts such as the Navigation Acts encourage
the production of diversified food crops in the South
an increased demand for indentured servants by 1700
the growth of the shipbuilding industry in New England
the dominance of manufacturing industries in the middle colonies
Which of the following is NOT true of the series of English acts that regulated trade during the seventeenth century?
They were largely ignored by the American colonies if they were not beneficial
They benefited both the colonies and England in certain ways
They sparked frequent violent rebellions over British authority beginning with King Philip's (Metacom's) War
They required that colonial goods be carried in English ships with English crews
Which of the following is best reflected by the "Comments upon New England", 1671?
Some colonists were beginning to feel a sense of identity separate from Great Britain by the late seventeenth century
New England was threatening the world trade dominance of Great Britain in the late seventeenth century
Britain's inability to provide the colonists with adequate defense from the American Indians led the colonists to issue the Declaration of Independence
The majority of American colonists favored separation from Great Britain in 1671
The above passage, "Comments upon New England", indicates that the New England colonies
were dependent on Great Britain for raw materials
dominated trade with American Indian, reducing British profits
rejected the Anglican Church, leading to English repression
were operating outside the British mercantilist system
Which of the following best represents a reason for the development of the New England colonies as expressed by the Earl of Sandwich?
British preoccupation with internal and European affais
The continued naval dominance of the Spanish fleet
The failure of anew England to provide England with useful raw materials
The commitment of British troops to protect the new England colonies from American allies of the French
Founders of Rhode Island supported the above provision of the charter primarily because they
had experienced religious repression in the southern colonies
were opposed to the institution of slavery
had experienced intolerance of dissenting views in Massachusetts Bay
had experienced religious repression in the European countries from which they emigrated
Provisions such as those in the Rhode Island charter would ultimately encourage movement toward which of the following principles in colonial America?
Egaliltarianism
Separation of Church and state
Creation of a theocracy where the leaders of Church and state are the same
Churches being ruled by congregations
Which of the following colonies would be most similar to Rhode Island in granting religious freedom during the 1600s?
Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Connecticut
Virginia Company Instructions to Sir George Yeardley, November 18, 1618 The system described above was primarily initiated to
Encourage the deportation of riffraff from England
Protect colonists settling in Virginia from attacks by American Indians
Provide an adequate labor force to make the land profitable
Encourage the growth of an elite class of plantation ownership
Virginia Company Instructions to Sir George Yeardley, November 18,1618 As a result of the system eluded to above,
Slavery replaced indentured servitude as the chief labor source in Virginia by 1618
The Anglican Church was firmly established as the state church of Virginia by 1660
A majority of English people emigrating to Virginia came as indentured servants prior to 1650
There was little dissension between the backcountry and the Tidewater prior to 1700
Virginia Company Instructions to Sir George Yeardley, November 18, 1618 Because no such system was established in New England,
New England was the last colonial region to become overpopulated
African slaves became the chief labor source in New England
The Chesapeake colonies became more homogeneous than New England in both religion and ethnic background
The average size of landholdings were smaller in the New England than in the Chesapeake
Which system employed by the Spanish advanced the goals of both converting American Indians to Christianity and exploiting their labor?
Socialism
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Encomienda
Seventeenth and eighteenth century French and Dutch colonial relationships with American Indians were based primarily on
The mining and refining of precious metals
Trade alliances centering on the fur trade
Extreme hostility which prevented meaningful trade or commerce
The production of cash crops under plantation agriculture
Seventeenth and eighteenth century English
Did not seek to acquire land from the native populations
Was dedicated to the religious conversion and assimilation of native populations
Eventually established colonies based primarily on agriculture exclusively used African slave labor for mining and agriculture
Exclusively used African slave labor for mining and agriculture
Which of the following groups of colonial settlers largely avoided intermarriage or cross-racial sexual unions with native populations?
The English
The Dutch
The Spanish
The French
The Atlantic slave trade grew dramatically in the 18th century because of
The difficulty of effectively enslaving native peoples
A surplus of indentured servants
Special funding from European nations to subsidize slavery
Limited demand for colonial goods
Which British North American colony violently confronted the Powhatan Indians and justified their actions by their strong belief in their racial and cultural superiority?
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Bay
Which of the following was the largest slave rebellion in the British North American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War?
Shay's Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
Pope's Rebellion
Who, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, claimed that Puritans should establish a "City upon a Hill"?
Lord Baltimore
John Winthrop
John Wesley
Ronald McDonald
Which religion of the British North American colonies, nicknamed the "bread colonies," was the most ethically, religiously, and demographically diverse?
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The southernmost Atlantic colonies
The Chesapeake colonies
Which of the following regions had the longest growing seasons, primarily cultivated rice and indigo, and had a majority African slave population?
The New England colonies
The southernmost colonies
The middle colonies
From 1600 to 1750, the Dutch, French, and English in colonial North America
Developed "spheres of influence" which ended in colonial rivalries
Traded peacefully with American Indian Tribes
Became involved in numerous colonial-Indian conflicts that had spread from Europe
Faced increased aggression from the Spanish Empire
The most economically profitable commerce between European colonies in North America and native populations between the 16th and 18th centuries was based on
Commercial fishing
The slave trading
The fur trade
The mining of precious metals
Before 1750, what was the most frequent reaction of British colonists in North America to increased trade regulations and a growing mistrust of England's commitment to support the colonies?
Increased smuggling
Compliance with the laws of England
The creation of large-scale industries
Calls for revolution
Which of the following is NOT an example of England exerting greater control over its North American colonies?
Salutary neglect
The Navigation Acts
The Molasses Act
The Dominion of New England
During the 17th century, which of the following was the primary cash crop for the Chesapeake colonies?
Tobacco
Rice
Sugarcane
Cotton
Eighteenth-century Spanish contact with native communities in North America, through both missionaries and the establishment of presidios, was most prevalent in
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
California
Which 18th Europeans nation's settler's most categorically rejected North American Indian culture and worldviews?
France
Spain
Portugal
England
Which of the following best describes American Indian alliances with North American colonies during the 17th and early 18th centuries?
The alliances were overwhelmingly with the French
The alliances were limited due to reductions in the fur trade
The alliances were shifting, complex, and fragile
The alliances were based mostly on religious connections
In addition to deadlier weapons, which European trade goods had the most destructive effect on American Indian communities?
Alcohol
Steel traps and snares
Jewelry and manufactured clothes
Which American Indian confederation, reaching form the St. Lawrence Valley to the eastern Great Lakes, successfully resisted both native and colonial challenges during the 18th century?
The Iroquois
The Huron
The Ojibwa
The Cherokee
Which of the following terms best describes the maritime economic system of global exchange?
The Lords of Trade
The Atlantic World
Historians describe the colonial system of the European "mother country" regulating trade of its manufactured goods in exchange for raw materials from its North American colonies, as
Utopianism
Which colony in the mid-17th century passed legislation protecting the rights of the Catholic colonists to worship freely?
Maryland
New York
In the British North American colonies between 1607 and 1750, political communities based on English models, economic ties, and legal structures led to
A lack of religious diversity and pluralism
Strict obedience to British rules and regulations
Anglicization in the British colonies
Strong and consistent enforcement of the Navigation Acts by England
Starting in the early 18th century, some southern British colonies adopted slave codes from Barbados that
Ensured the protection of basic human rights for slaves
Led to the emergence of strict racial categories in colonial society
Were similar to the French and Spanish standards for slave treatment
Limited the total number of slaves on a plantation
By the mid-18th century, British colonies in North America Began to develop similar
Religious institutions as religious pluralism declined
Governance, with control over the lower houses in colonial legislature
Educational institutions as literacy rates nearly 100 percent throughout the colonies
Economic production pattern of commerce
With the exceptions of the Dominion of New England, British governmental oversight of the North American colonies prior to 1750 was
Limited to the Southern colonies
Strong and consistent
Closely aligned with colonial governements
Laissez-faire, or hands-off
Colonial intellectual resistance to 18th century British imperial control was often based on
The Enlightenment
The Great Awakening
Nativism
Anglican Doctrine
Which 18th century religious movement in the British colonies most clearly signified growing religious independence, diversity and uniqueness?
Puritanism
Deism
Which mid-Atlantic British colony was noted for its promotion of religious freedoms, good relations with local Indians, and Quaker idealism?
New Jersey
Delaware
