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Thomas Hooker is associated with establishing the colony of


A) Connecticut.
B) Vermont.
C) Maine.
D) New Hampshire.
E) Rhode Island.

F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Georgia was founded


A) by Quaker missionaries.
B) to provide a refuge for Catholics.
C) as a haven for religious dissenters.
D) to quickly make money for its investors.
E) to create a military barrier against the Spanish.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

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In 1620,the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America


A) hoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian community.
B) enjoyed a particularly mild winter their first year.
C) came over the objections of the Virginia colony.
D) were seeking to escape military service in England.
E) intended to settle at Cape Cod.

F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

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The English Restoration began with the reign of


A) Elizabeth I.
B) Oliver Cromwell.
C) Charles II.
D) George I.
E) James II.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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The Fundamental Constitution for the Carolina colony


A) made no provisions for a colonial parliament.
B) sought to create a society of general equality among Englishmen.
C) was influenced by the English philosopher John Locke.
D) initially did not include slavery.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams were both executed for their dissent on the major tenets of Puritanism.

A) True
B) False

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Over time in the seventeenth century,an increasing number of New England Puritans came to view Indian society


A) as helpful neighbors and partners in commerce.
B) as worth preserving.
C) with fear and contempt.
D) with condescending admiration.
E) as part of the godly community.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Bacon's Rebellion


A) was a conflict between eastern and western political forces in Virginia.
B) saw the royal governor of Virginia forced to resign.
C) spread throughout several colonies.
D) spelled the demise of the Virginia Company.
E) carried on for several years.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

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The rebellion led by Jacob Leisler took place in


A) New Jersey.
B) Connecticut.
C) Massachusetts.
D) Rhode Island.
E) New York.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as


A) unlikely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs.
B) relatively tolerant.
C) more likely to advance Puritan thought in England.
D) governed by economic motives.
E) extremely hostile.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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The Dominion of New England supported the colonists' claims for the "rights of Englishmen."

A) True
B) False

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The Navigation Acts were designed primarily to control migration into the Americas.

A) True
B) False

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The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of


A) an influx of rats from settlers' ships that ate much of the stored grains.
B) a barricade set up by the Indians, which kept the colonists from hunting and cultivating food inland.
C) the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops.
D) the sinking of the colonists' supply ship in the Atlantic.
E) a drought that led to crop failures.

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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Unlike Puritans,the Quakers


A) rejected the doctrine of original sin.
B) paid their clergy handsomely.
C) were not persecuted by the English government.
D) accepted the concept of predestination.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Which of the following statements regarding the Navigation Acts (1660s and 70s) is FALSE?


A) All European goods sent to the colonies had to pass through England and were subject to taxes.
B) Certain colonial products could be exported only to England.
C) English colonists could only produce products that were also sold in England.
D) Duties were imposed on the coastal trade among the English colonies.
E) English colonies were closed to all trade except that carried by English ships.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The suppression of Bacon's Rebellion helped spur


A) calls for independence from England.
B) tobacco production.
C) slavery in Virginia.
D) European investment.
E) the triangular trade.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Philosopher John Locke helped draw up the Fundamental Constitution for Carolina.

A) True
B) False

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Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia


A) was first triggered by the kidnapping of Pocahontas.
B) continued without interruption until the early eighteenth century.
C) was primarily a result of religious tensions between natives and settlers.
D) was uncommon until the early eighteenth century.
E) included an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Compare the colonization efforts of England and Spain in the New World.

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In 1608,Puritan Separatists that left England


A) could not legally do so without the king's permission.
B) were encouraged by the Church of England to emigrate.
C) emigrated quietly to northern France.
D) chartered a colony in Plymouth.
E) sought refuge in Virginia.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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