Unit 2: Transplanting and Borderlands

Flashcards generated from colonial history multiple-choice assessment questions.

What were seventeenth-century English colonial settlements primarily?

They were mostly business enterprises.

Which feature does NOT describe the site chosen for the Jamestown settlement?

It was inaccessible by ship.

What was the primary focus of the initial Jamestown colonists?

The search for gold.

How did Captain John Smith help the Jamestown settlement survive?

By imposing work and order on the colonists.

What was a contributing cause of the "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610?

Major fires that ravaged surrounding crop lands.

What development yielded the first profitable economic growth in Jamestown?

The production of tobacco.

Which of the following was NOT a result of tobacco cultivation around Jamestown?

Improved relations with the local Indians.

Why did the Virginia Company develop the "headright" system?

To attract new settlers to the colony.

Which statement best characterizes the first years of Jamestown's existence?

The settlement survived despite an enormous loss of life.

What change occurred when the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619?

Colonists were given a share of local political representation.

How were the first blacks imported to Virginia in 1619 likely regarded by colonists?

They may have been considered indentured servants by the colonists.

What impact did the Powhatan Indian Pocahontas have in England?

She created an interest in England in "civilizing" Indians.

What event was part of the warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia?

An Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists.

What action was taken regarding the charter of the Virginia Company?

It had its charter revoked by James I.

In which area of technology were Native Americans more advanced than the Virginia colonists?

Agriculture.

What did seventeenth-century English colonists recognize regarding corn?

It produced yields greater than any of the European grains.

In its beginning, what purpose did the Maryland colony serve?

It was a refuge for English Catholics.

Which statement regarding Sir William Berkeley is FALSE?

He extended political representation for frontier settlers.

How had political representation for colonists in Virginia changed by 1670?

It had grown more restrictive.

What was Bacon's Rebellion?

A conflict between eastern and western political forces in Virginia.

What did the suppression of Bacon's Rebellion help spur?

Slavery in Virginia.

What legal requirement applied to Puritan Separatists who left England in 1608?

They could not legally do so without the king's permission.

What did the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America in 1620 hope to accomplish?

They hoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian community.

What factor was critical to the early survival and growth of the Plymouth colony?

The assistance of the natives.

How could King Charles I's treatment of Puritans be characterized?

Extremely hostile.

What historic distinction is held by the Puritan merchants who founded the Massachusetts Bay colony?

They carried out the largest single migration in the seventeenth century.

What type of governance did the Massachusetts Bay Puritans establish?

A colonial "theocracy."

What did the Massachusetts Puritan founders mean when describing their colony as a "city upon a hill"?

They felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world.

Which colony is Thomas Hooker associated with establishing?

Connecticut.

Why was Roger Williams deported from the Massachusetts colony?

He was a confirmed Separatist.

What was a notable characteristic of the colony of Rhode Island when established in 1644?

It was notable for its religious toleration.

Why was Anne Hutchinson deported from the Massachusetts colony in 1638?

She challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society.

Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter?

John Winthrop.

How did an increasing number of New England Puritans view Indian society over time?

With fear and contempt.

In 1637, hostilities broke out in the Connecticut Valley between English settlers and which local tribe?

The Pequots.

Which relatively new weapon did Native Americans use effectively in King Philip's War?

The flintlock rifle.

Who were the Cavaliers during the English Civil War in the 1640s?

Supporters of King Charles I.

The English Restoration began with the reign of which monarch?

Charles II.

What right did the proprietors who founded the Carolina colony guarantee?

They guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians.

Which English philosopher influenced the Fundamental Constitution for the Carolina colony?

John Locke.

What feature was notable in the development of the Carolina colony?

The northern and southern regions were economically and socially distinct from each other.

How did the New York colony emerge?

After a struggle between the English and the Dutch.

What characteristic did the New Jersey colony share with New York?

It had great ethnic and religious diversity.

Which of the following was NOT a Stuart Restoration colony?

Maryland.

Unlike Puritans, which doctrine did the Quakers reject?

The doctrine of original sin.

What positions and beliefs were held by seventeenth-century English Quakers?

They granted women equal standing in the church, had no paid clergy, were pacifists, and believed all could attain salvation.

Who was William Penn?

A man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism.

Which colony was established by people seeking to separate from Pennsylvania?

Delaware.

What economic calculation was made by English colonial settlements in the Caribbean regarding slaves?

They concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.

Which crop planting choice was NOT an agricultural technique used for improving soil?

Planting tobacco.

What became the dominant crop of the Caribbean colonies?

Sugar.

How did economic conditions in Spanish New Mexico compare to other regions?

It could be considered prosperous only when compared to other borderlands.

Why was Georgia founded?

To create a military barrier against the Spanish.

Who was originally excluded from the Georgia colony?

Both free Africans and slaves.

In colonial North America, what does the term "middle grounds" refer to?

A region in which no one European or Indian group held a clear dominance.

Which statement regarding the Navigation Acts (1660s) is FALSE?

English colonists could only produce products that were also sold in England.

How did the Navigation Acts benefit American colonial industry?

They encouraged the colonists to create an important shipbuilding industry of their own.

What administrative arrangement did the Dominion of New England call for?

A single royal governor.

In which colony did the rebellion led by Jacob Leisler take place?

New York.

What major political event took place during the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689?

An English king, James II, fled to the European continent.