Unit 2 DEUSH Quizizz

Which of the following accurately describes a problem faced by Virginia in the last decades of the 17th century?

conflict between large plantation owners and settlers on Virginia's western frontier

The issue of religious toleration figured most prominently in the founding of colonies in the

middle colonies

"In the 1500s, Indigenous people possessed a wide range of complex cultures." Each of the following gives evidence to support this statement EXCEPT

Indigenous people's susceptibility to European diseases

The chief purpose of mercantilist policies was to

strengthen the economy and power of the parent country

The acts of trade and navigation had all of the following consequences in the colonies EXCEPT

Extremely low prices were charged for English imports

Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Indigenous people in the 1500s and 1600s?

Indigenous people were regarded as inferior people subject to European domination

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period?

the Mayflower Compact

In the mid-18th century, all of the following were generally true about slavery in the British colonies EXCEPT

it was strongly opposed in New England

The issue of religion figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following?

the establishment of Separatists and Puritan colonies in Massachusetts

The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the

development of a tobacco industry

Which of the following was the LEAST important factor behind European exploration and settlement in the 16th century?

learning more about indigenous people and their complex cultures

By the end of the 16th century, all of the following were generally true about Spain's colonial empire EXCEPT

families continued to emigrate from Spain