Period 2 - practice exam

The scene described in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments in the 1600s?

The mutual misunderstandings between Europeans and Native Americans as each group sought to make sense of the other

The events described in the passage most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments?

Spanish efforts to extract wealth from the New World

The excerpt is best understood in the context of

the diverging goals and interests of European leaders and colonists.

Who of the following was most likely to have supported the perspective expressed in Bacon’s Declaration?

male indentured servants

Which of the following was an important consequence of the historical processes discussed in the excerpt?

An increasing attempt of the British government to incorporate North American colonies into a coherent imperial structure in pursuit of mercantilist aims

The ideas expressed by William Penn in the excerpt most directly reflect the influence of

European Enlightenment ideas.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt contributed most to which of the following developments in colonial Pennsylvania?

The influx of large numbers of European immigrants in the early 1700s

A defining characteristic of Pennsylvania and the other Middle Colonies was their

relatively homogeneous population of self-sufficient family farmers.

The approach toward governing described in the excerpt was most similar to which of the following?

The establishment of colonial legislatures such as the Virginia House of Burgesses

The population trend reflected on these graphs for the colonies of France and the Netherlands most directly resulted from which government policies?

Prompting agriculture and settlement on land taken from American Indians

After 1640, the migration trends to British colonies depicted on these graphs led to which of the following?

Increased British colonial conflicts with American Indians over land, resources, and political boundaries

The long-term effects of the migration trends portrayed on these graphs are most directly explained by

participation by all British colonies to varying degrees in the transatlantic slave trade.

Which of the following developments led most directly to the publication of Poor Richard’s Almanack?

The cultural exchanges generated by transatlantic print culture

Which of the following persons or groups would have been least likely to agree with the point of view of the excerpt?

Members of the colonial commercial elite

Franklin’s statement that “the Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes are greater than her Incomes” is a criticism of which of the following developments?

European mercantilism

Franklin's warning about debt and freedom most directly supports which of the following developments?

That many colonists saved their money for consumable goods

What does John Winthrop IV's position at Harvard suggest about changes in eighteenth-century New England society?

The ideals of the Enlightenment increasingly shaped New England elites.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the portrayal of John Winthrop IV in this image?

As a man of science and ideas

Briefly describe ONE specific historical difference between the role of religion in Spanish colonization and in the colonization of New England.

The people of New England and the Spanish practiced different sects of christianity. The puritans in New England sought reform from the Church of England, while the Spanish abided by the system of encomienda, in which, they followed catholicism and tried to convert Natives.

The puritans of New England saw religion as a primary motivation in colonization, while, the Spanish saw religion as one of many motivations for colonization. The puritans of New England incorporated religion as a central part of their government and as means to set a model of a "city upon a hill", as a base model for societies. The Spanish viewed religion as a secondary motivation, runner up to economic flourishment and even forced conversions to catholicism, while the english acquired land through force.

Briefly describe ONE specific historical similarity between the role of religion in Spanish colonization and in the colonization of New England.

Both groups of colonizers sought to proselytize Christianity (Catholicism and Puritanism) and convert Native Americans in the New World.

Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect of religion on the development of society in either the Spanish colonies or the New England colonies.

"City Upon a Hill" as an example of religious "greatness"

o Puritan influence on government (e.g., Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut)

Evaluate the extent to which British mercantilist policies shaped the economic development of the New England colonies between 1660 and 1754.

British mercantilists shaped economic development in New England through the regulation of trade among the transatlantic world. The Navigation act regulated the exports of resources from New England to go through Europe first. Now that all exports were going through europe, this means an influx of wealth in the motherland, wealth in the motherland means wealth among the colonies.

Evaluate the extent to which the chattel slave system shaped the economic development of the Chesapeake colonies between 1660 and 1754.

the chattel slave system established a controlled labor force that fueled economic growth in the chesapeake colonies through the cultivation of the cash crop of tobacco. With the development of the slave code, more rights were given to slave owners and tighter controls were established to prevent rebellion. From this controlled labor force, the acceleration of the cultivation of tobacco fueled the economy of the chesapeake colonies by acting as a staple cash crop.

Briefly explain ONE specific historical similarity between New England and the Middle Colonies in the period from 1660 to 1750.

Briefly explain ONE specific historical difference between New England and the Middle Colonies in the period from 1660 to 1750.

Briefly explain ONE specific historical cause that accounts for the difference you indicated in (b).