Period 2 Test Prep
Practice Test Questions
*Need to be memorized(55% of exam)
Which of the following explains the most likely reason why English colonists wanted to come to North America?
a. To put distance between themselves and the English monarchy
b. To exercise their strong belief in natural rights
c. To seek economic opportunity and improved living conditions
d. To form alliances with French and Dutch settlers already present
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson challenged the authority of which of the following?
a. Anglican clergy
b. Puritan magistrates and ministers
c. Catholic priests and bishops
d. Baptist ministers
e. Methodist itinerants
All of the following groups of non-English colonists migrated into the British North American colonies in large numbers throughout the eighteenth century EXCEPT
a. Germans
b. Russians
c. Scots
d. Irish
e. Dutch
Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century?
a. The colonial government officially supported religious toleration.
b. Colonial officials strictly separated church and state.
c. Colonial officials encouraged churches to incorporate Catholic elements of worship.
d. Ministers held most elected offices.
e. Church membership was required for voting and holding public office.
New England Puritans sought primarily to create which of the following in Massachusetts?
a. A missionary community focused on converting American Indians to Christianity
b. Town meetings at which all adult males could vote
c. A model community promoting government by strict religious principles
d. A society founded on the principles of religious toleration
e. A community whose members achieved salvation through good works
In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700s?
a. The southern colonies only
b. The middle and southern colonies only
c. The tobacco- and rice- growing colonies only
d. All the colonies except Pennsylvania and the New England colonies
e. All the colonies
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; . . . and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment.”
The quotation above contains ideas typical of
a. the Enlightenment
b. the Anti-Federalists
c. Quakerism
d. the Great Awakening
e. antinomianism
Colonists from which of the following European nations generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?
a. England
b. France
c. Portugal
d. Spain
e. The Netherlands
The introduction of tobacco during the early 1600s in the Virginia colony led to the
a. devastating period of disease called the starving time
b. use of indentured servants, and later enslaved Africans, for agricultural labor
c. concentration of settlers and farms into small village communities
d. emerge of peaceful and cooperative relationships with neighboring American Indian peoples
e. development of diversified economy
“Brothers, We tell you that we seek not war, we ask nothing better than to be quiet, and it depends, Brothers, only on you English, to have peace with us.
“We have not yet sold the lands we inhabit, [and] we wish to keep the possession of them. Our elders have been willing to tolerate you, brothers Englishmen, on the seaboard. . . . But we will not cede one single inch of the lands we inhabit beyond what has been decided formerly by our fathers.
“[The governor of French Canada] who is here present has nothing to do with what we say to you; we speak to you of our own accord, and in the name of all our allies. . . . We are entirely free; we are allies of the King of France, from whom we have received the Faith and all sorts of assistance in our necessities; we love that Monarch, and we are strongly attached to his interests.”
— English Parliament, Navigation Act, 1696
One direct long-term effect of the Navigation Act was that it
a. promoted commercial treaties with Spain and France throughout the 1700s
b. contributed to the rise of opposition that ultimately fostered the independence movement
c. encouraged colonists in North America to expand trade agreements with American Indians
d. led to the imposition of heavy taxes on the North American colonists in the early 1700s
Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the seventeenth century were primarily seeking to
a. recreate an Old World feudalistic society in the New World
b. create a perfect religious commonwealth as an example to the rest of the world
c. create a refuge for political dissidents
d. profit economically
e. increase the glory of Great Britain
By passing the Navigation Acts in the 1600s and 1700s, the British government intended to
a. reduce shipping costs between Britain and its North American colonies
b. guarantee that the British government would have a financial share of all colonial exports
c. create a source of income for British royal governors to use for improving colonial roads and canals
d. stimulate direct trade between British North American colonies and Spain and France
e. end colonial complaints about unjust taxation and regulation
By the 1750’s, the British colonies on the North American mainland were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
a. disdain for British constitutional monarchy
b. many religious denominations
c. a society without a hereditary aristocracy
d. a growing number of non-English settlers
e. acceptance of slavery as a labor system
“I conceive there lies a clear rule... that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
“If any come to my house to be instructed in the ways of God what rule have I to put them away?”
“The power of the Holy Spirit dwelleth perfectly in every believer, and the inward revelations of her own spirit, and the conscious judgment of her own mind are of authority paramount to any word of God.”
Anne Hutchinson, 1630s
The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?
a. Growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities
b. Efforts to raise the level of education for young girls and women
c. Growing disagreement over the expansion of legal rights in the colonial charter
d. Efforts by colonial women to establish independent communities separate from men
Question refers to the excerpt below.
“Slavery, though imposed and maintained by violence, was a negotiated relationship.... First, even as they confronted one another, master and slave had to concede, however grudgingly, a degree of legitimacy to the other.... [T]he web of interconnections between master and slave necessitated a coexistence that fostered cooperation as well as contestation. Second, because the circumstances of such contestation and cooperation continually changed, slavery itself continually changed. . . . Slavery was never made, but instead was continually remade, for power—no matter how great—was never absolute, but always contingent.”
Ira Berlin, historian, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America, 1998
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave labor in North America during the 1600s and 1700s?
a. Successful colonial attempts to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity
b. European demand for agricultural products grown in the colonies
c. The spread of European Enlightenment ideas in the colonies
d. A decline in regional distinctiveness among the colonies
Question refers to the excerpt below.
“What induced [American] Indians to go out of their way to trap beaver and trade the skins for glass beads, mirrors, copper kettles, and other goods?... Recent scholarship on [American] Indians’ motives in this earliest stage of the trade indicates that they regarded such objects as the equivalents of the quartz, mica, shell, and other sacred substances that had formed the heart of long-distance exchange in North America for millennia.... While northeastern [American] Indians recognized Europeans as different from themselves, they interacted with them and their materials in ways that were consistent with their own customs and beliefs.”
Neal Salisbury, historian, “The Indians’ Old World: Native Americans and the Coming of Europeans,” 1996
A direct result of European exploration of North America during the 1500s and early 1600s was the
a. large-scale migration of American Indians to Europe
b. introduction of new animals and crops to North America
c. decline of African slavery in North America
d. smaller role played by Spain in European affairs
By the late 1600s, slavery in North America became institutionalized in part because of the
a. decline of indentured labor
b. decline in immigration
c. increased mortality rate of White farmers
d. increased labor demands of factories
e. decreased availability of land
Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 because she
a. violated Puritan laws regarding marriage
b. advocated the inclusion of American Indians in Puritan congregations
c. was a Quaker who sought converts
d. advocated giving women full inheritance
e. challenged the religious beliefs of the colony’s leaders
A majority of the early English migrants to the Chesapeake Bay area were
a. families with young children
b. indentured servants
c. wealthy gentlemen
d. merchants and craftsman
e. disfranchised Catholics
Question refers to the excerpt below.
“The Americas were discovered in 1492, and the first Christian settlements established by the Spanish the following year.... [I]t would seem... that the Almighty selected this part of the world as home to the greater part of the human race.... [T]heir delicate constitutions make them unable to withstand hard work or suffering and render them liable to succumb to almost any illness, no matter how mild. . . . It was upon these gentle lambs... that, from the very first day they clapped eyes on them, the Spanish fell like ravening wolves upon the fold, or like tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days. . . . The native population, which once numbered some five hundred thousand, was wiped out by forcible expatriation to the island of Hispaniola.”
Bartolomé de Las Casas, 1552
An implication of Las Casas’ argument is that a major cause of the decline of the native populations in the Americas after 1492 was the
a. importation of European and African wildlife to the Americas
b. large-scale clashes between native armies and the Spanish
c. resistance of indigenous groups to religious conversion
d. epidemics brought to the Americas by Europeans
“I . . . longed to see and hear him, and wished he would come this way. And I soon heard he was [to] come to New York and [New Jersey] and great multitudes [began] flocking after him under great concern for their souls which brought on my concern more and more hoping soon to see him. . . .
“Then one morning all of a sudden, about 8 or 9 o'clock there came a messenger and said Mr. Whitefield . . . is to preach at Middletown this morning. . . . I was in my field at work. I dropped my tool that I had in my hand and ran home and . . . bade my wife get ready quick to go and hear Mr. Whitefield preach at Middletown, and [ran] to my pasture for my horse with all my might, fearing that I should be too late to hear him.
“. . . . When we got to the old meeting house there was a great multitude; it was said to be 3 or 4,000 . . . people assembled together. . . .
“When I saw Mr. Whitefield . . . he looked almost angelical . . . and my hearing how God was with him everywhere as he came along it solemnized my mind, and put me into a trembling fear before he began to preach . . . and my old foundation was broken up, and I saw that my righteousness would not save me. . . .”
The events described in the excerpt resulted in which of the following developments in the British North American colonies?
a. Protestant evangelicalism furthered the Anglicization of the colonies
b. Colonial assemblies attempted to assert more independence from Britain.
c. Religious leaders in New England expanded support for the abolitionist movement.
d. Britain enacted mercantilist policies to protect its economy from competition.
“I . . . longed to see and hear him, and wished he would come this way. And I soon heard he was [to] come to New York and [New Jersey] and great multitudes [began] flocking after him under great concern for their souls which brought on my concern more and more hoping soon to see him. . . .
“Then one morning all of a sudden, about 8 or 9 o'clock there came a messenger and said Mr. Whitefield . . . is to preach at Middletown this morning. . . . I was in my field at work. I dropped my tool that I had in my hand and ran home and . . . bade my wife get ready quick to go and hear Mr. Whitefield preach at Middletown, and [ran] to my pasture for my horse with all my might, fearing that I should be too late to hear him.
“. . . . When we got to the old meeting house there was a great multitude; it was said to be 3 or 4,000 . . . people assembled together. . . .
“When I saw Mr. Whitefield . . . he looked almost angelical . . . and my hearing how God was with him everywhere as he came along it solemnized my mind, and put me into a trembling fear before he began to preach . . . and my old foundation was broken up, and I saw that my righteousness would not save me. . . .”
The events described in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments?
a. The exchange of Enlightenment ideas between Europe and the Americas
b. Concerns about political corruption among colonial officials
c. The spread of the First Great Awakening from Britain to North America
d. Efforts across New England to convert Native Americans
In the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of slavery in British North America?
a. It was prohibited only in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
b. It was opposed by the Anglican church.
c. Slaves officially accounted for more than thirty percent of the colonial population.
d. The number of slaves increased rapidly in the last quarter of the century.
e. Most slaves lived on plantations with fifty or more slaves.
The table most directly suggests which of the following developments by 1749 ?
