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Question 2 2 / 2 pts Martin Luther stated that only priests and other Catholic clergy should be allowed to read and interpret the Bible. True False Question 3 2 / 2 pts Why did Indians exercise more power in their relations with the French and the Dutch compared to the English? The Indian...

Question 2 2 / 2 pts Martin Luther stated that only priests and other Catholic clergy should be allowed to read and interpret the Bible. True False Question 3 2 / 2 pts Why did Indians exercise more power in their relations with the French and the Dutch compared to the English? The Indians in New England had no interest in trading with English settlers there and vice versa. The Indians in the French and Dutch colonies were more likely to be immune to European diseases.  The French and Dutch settlements were more dependent on Indians as trading partners than were the English. The first French and Dutch settlements, unlike the English settlements, never failed and were long-lasting. The French and Dutch, unlike the English, never allowed indentured servants to come to America. Question 4 2 / 2 pts European society on the eve of colonization valued freedom of expression and a free press above all else. valued gender equality above all else. was extremely hierarchical, with inequality built into virtually every social relationship. had no rigid class lines. allowed the majority of men a great degree of personal independence. Question 5 2 / 2 pts For Indians, generosity was among the most valued social qualities. True False Question 6 2 / 2 pts In Europe on the eve of colonization, one conception of freedom, called “Christian liberty,” found expression in countries dominated by Catholics but not in primarily Protestant ones. was a set of ideas that today is referred to as “religious toleration.” referred to the policy of trying to overthrow any non-Christian regime around the world. combined seemingly contradictory ideas of freedom and servitude to God. argued that all Christians should have equal political rights.  Incorrect Question 7 0 / 2 pts Despite their monarchy back in Spain, the Spanish colonies had elected assemblies. True False Question 8 2 / 2 pts What effect did the Medieval Warm Period have on agriculture and the rise of cities in North America? The extreme temperatures caused most crops to fail, and farmers had to move to urban areas. Unseasonably cool temperatures caused most crops to freeze at a time when population demographics were shifting to the countryside.  The constant rainfall caused fields to flood, forcing agricultural workers to move to urban areas. The longer growing seasons were ideal for farming, which encouraged urban living. The shorter growing seasons had an adverse effect on farming, and most agricultural workers were confined to the countryside. Question 9 2 / 2 pts Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press allowed news of Columbus’s explorations to spread quickly. True False Incorrect Question 10 0 / 2 pts What was the largest empire in West Africa prior to European contact?  the Nigerian empire the Kingdom of Benin the Mali empire the Songhai empire the Ghana empire Question 11 2 / 2 pts Many settlers came to America from England because they felt it could provide expanded opportunities. What was the biggest benefit for the English crown? The government would be able to increase its poor relief programs. Emigration would inflate the value of the pound, leading to economic growth. Emigration allowed England to deal with its social crisis caused by excess population. Emigration would end the world of feudalism. Emigration would create a more egalitarian society. Question 12 2 / 2 pts How did Pocahontas play a key role in Jamestown society? Her marriage to John Rolfe led to many more interracial marriages between Indians and the English. Her conversion to Christianity led to the majority of Native Americans in her village to switch to the Church of England. She married John Smith and led the Jamestown colony alongside him, leading to an alliance between the English and Indians. She served as an intermediary between Powhatan and English leaders, transporting food and messages. She became a symbol of the animosity between settlers and Indians and was denied entry to King James I’s court. Incorrect Question 13 0 / 2 pts The family structure in Puritan colonies in America differed significantly from the typical family structure in England. True False Question 14 2 / 2 pts Which of the following statements accurately describes the English understanding during the seventeenth century of the concept of freedom? It emerged at a time when English rulers had already officially declared the country a “democracy.” It was understood purely in religious terms, referring to freedom from Catholic interference. It was a political term referring strictly to who should have the right to vote. It remained a vital and much-debated concept even after Charles I was beheaded. It evolved primarily as part of the first western push for women’s rights. Question 15 2 / 2 pts In Puritan marriages husbands could beat their wives without interference from the authorities. wives were banned from attending church services. reciprocal affection and companionship were the ideal. divorce was not allowed. women could speak only when spoken to. Question 16 2 / 2 pts Maryland was established as a refuge for which group? Quakers Pilgrims  Native Americans Puritans Catholics Question 17 2 / 2 pts What did Anne Hutchinson’s critics accuse her of? Fraud: she stole money from the offering trays. Antinomianism: she put her own judgement above human law and the teachings of the church. Indecency: she wore revealing clothing. Judaism: she renounced Jesus Christ. Catholicism: she named the Pope as the head of the church. Question 18 2 / 2 pts English writers compared Native Americans to what other people, claiming that both peoples’ refusal to respect English authority and convert to English Protestantism was barbaric? the Spanish the French the Portuguese the Dutch the Irish Question 19 2 / 2 pts The abundance of “free” land in North America eventually led to the crown losing power. land shortages. the creation of a more egalitarian society.  limited population migration into the Americas. property owners using enslaved workers as their main labor source. Incorrect Question 20 0 / 2 pts Who performed the majority of the labor in tobacco fields in the early years of the Virginia colony? young male indentured servants from England women from England and the colonies enslaved indigenous people well-paid Catholic day laborers enslaved African people Question 21 2 / 2 pts By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates were rare in the colonies, thus demonstrating that the colonists lived in a premodern world. were almost entirely Dutch-made. were manufactured in several mainland English colonies but had to be shipped to England for sale. were specifically banned in the colonies by the Navigation Acts. were found in many colonial residents’ homes. Question 22 2 / 2 pts Indians benefited from the Walking Purchase, gaining more access to land in Pennsylvania than they anticipated. True False Question 23 2 / 2 pts Which of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England? a married woman who normally was subservient to her husband and the community, which made her behavior seem all the more bizarre a young married woman who laid low, had many children, and engaged little in the public affairs of the town a middle-aged woman who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband a single young man who got along well with all his neighbors and rarely became entangled in community conflicts a widowed man who presumably was too lonely or too dependent on the community, and because of this, was easy to ostracize Incorrect Question 24 0 / 2 pts Nathaniel Bacon was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him in his revolt against the Virginia governor’s system of rule. wreaked a good deal of destruction but never succeeded in taking over the colony of Virginia or driving out Governor Berkeley. was the governor of Virginia and passed a series of laws that caused many Native American groups to rebel to protect their lands. won unanimous support for his effort to reduce taxes, but his effort to remove all Native Americans from the colony doomed his rebellion. sought to protect Native American groups at all costs because he was worried that angering them would impact trade and, thus, the wider colonial economy. Question 25 2 / 2 pts Wealthy colonists tried to model their lives after the British by engaging in which behavior? sending their daughters to England for education speaking with a British accent  building homes modeled on the estates of the English gentry sending their second sons to fight in the British Army drinking tea without sugar Question 26 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is true of slave resistance in the colonial Chesapeake? Slaves tended to accept their bondage and lose their appetite for freedom as legal avenues to liberty receded. Bloody and deadly rebellions occurred frequently and were the most common forms of resistance. Slaves often ran away because their owners rarely made use of the press to get them back. Slaves always resorted to violence because there had never been opportunities to appear in court. Despite obstacles, slaves continued to attempt to escape and resist authority. Question 27 2 / 2 pts What conclusion may be drawn when comparing slavery in the English colonies to that in Spanish colonies? By the eighteenth century, slaves in English colonies had fewer opportunities to gain their freedom. The Anglican Church was more likely than the Catholic Church of Spain to demand that slaves be freed. After Nathaniel Bacon’s death, slaves in the English colonies gained more legal recourse in trying to obtain their freedom. Spanish colonies banned slave marriages, whereas the English colonies were more understanding of them. The Spanish colonies in the sixteenth century had refused to allow slavery from the beginning. Question 28 2 / 2 pts The freedom William Penn was particularly concerned with was the right to worship freely.  True False Incorrect Question 29 0 / 2 pts According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake, free Black men had the right to sue and testify in court. the children of enslaved women were free; the status of enslavement was not inherited. free Blacks were not permitted to serve in the militia unless they signed a loyalty oath. the sale of any married slave was prohibited. Black men were not permitted to marry white women, but Black women could marry white men. Question 30 2 / 2 pts What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid-seventeenth century? the taking of Quebec from France the creation of the constitutional monarchy through the Glorious Revolution the return of Charles II as king of England the formal end of the slave trade the defeat and dissolution of the Iroquois Confederacy Incorrect Question 31 0 / 2 pts England’s terms of surrender with New Netherland eliminated religious toleration because the English leaders believed it inhibited economic growth. True  False Question 32 2 / 2 pts How did the wealthiest families benefit from England gaining control of New Netherland? The Iroquois exclusively traded with these families. These families controlled millions of acres in New York. The women in these families did most of the trading. All of the fur trade business belonged to these families. These families controlled most of the colonial slave trade. Question 33 2 / 2 pts What was one reason for African slavery replacing indentured servitude as the primary labor source in the late seventeenth century in the Chesapeake colonies?  The British monarchy officially outlawed indentured servitude in 1742. British authorities were fearful that large-scale emigration was taking too many workers away from England. Native populations fought several wars with British colonials that resulted in the freeing of thousands of indentured servants. West African countries made lucrative trade deals with early-American colonies. Religious communities passed restrictions on indentured servants’ ability to work on Sundays. Incorrect Question 34 0 / 2 pts According to the economic theory known as mercantilism, the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power. England wanted the right to sell goods in France, but only to non-Catholic buyers. the government should encourage manufacturing and commerce by keeping its hands off the economy.  merchants should control the government because they contribute more than others to national wealth. colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods. Question 35 2 / 2 pts The Royal African Company had a monopoly on what? agriculture in the New World European settlement in Africa the slave trade trade between France and the Americas British tea imports Question 36 2 / 2 pts Which of the following statements about slaves in the New World and religion is accurate? Early slaves in the Americas tended to do away with traditional African religions due to the traumas of slavery. West African–born slaves, like their families back home, rejected the concept of a single “Creator of all things.” The majority of North American slaves came to the colonies already practicing Christianity. Because West African societies had no native religions, slaves were very open to the message of Christianity. As time went on, many slaves adopted elements of Christianity while maintaining aspects of traditional African beliefs. Question 37 2 / 2 pts Native Americans retained more power in the territory of British North America than they did in either Spanish or French North America. True False Question 38 2 / 2 pts The set of political ideas that scholars refer to as “republicanism” had little influence on the political culture of the American colonies. held that only property-owning, economically independent citizens should participate in public life. celebrated active participation in public life by all people regardless of economic status. called for the abolition of slavery. called for the abolition of colonialism. Question 39 2 / 2 pts Which of these two places were common sites for political debates in eighteenth-century America?  boardinghouses and printing presses slave auctions and courtyards coffeehouses and taverns bridges and intersections stables and libraries Question 40 2 / 2 pts The majority of slaves during the Middle Passage died on the ship transporting them across the Atlantic. True False Question 41 2 / 2 pts In South Carolina, slaveowners were generally much less wealthy than slaveowners in other southern colonies. sugar and tobacco were the main crops. most enslaved people did field work under the task system, whereby individual slaves were assigned daily tasks. rice plantations were generally much smaller than Virginia tobacco plantations. the slave population was the smallest of all the southern colonies. Question 42 2 / 2 pts Olaudah Equiano’s life underscored what eighteenth-century theme? Slavery was going to continue to grow without the possibility of ending. The British and French empires were on a collision course in North America. Most Christian ministers opposed the enslavement of Africans.  It was ironic that some men in the British colonies were slaves while others had their rights expanded. Slaves accepted their condition of bondage with little to no resistance. Question 43 2 / 2 pts What right does Pontiac claim for Indians in his 1762 and 1763 speeches? the right to buy and sell land freely for a large profit the right to purchase weapons from white men the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories the right to vote alongside British colonists the right to take scalps while waging war Question 44 2 / 2 pts What was a result of the northern colonies’ lack of a cash crop? More slaves existed in the northern colonies compared to southern ones. Slavery was not as integrated into the northern colonial economy as compared to the South. Slavery was banned in all of New England. Slavery did not exist in Massachusetts and New York. The northern colonial economies struggled with trade and attracting settlers. Question 45 2 / 2 pts What area was the major producer of revenue for the British crown in the eighteenth century? North Africa Benin New England  the Caribbean the Middle Colonies Question 46 2 / 2 pts During the Great Awakening, which marginalized demographic group in the colonies joined the Christian church in large numbers? enslaved and formerly enslaved people Irish immigrants indigenous people former Catholics merchants and traders of enslaved people Question 47 2 / 2 pts What was Gullah? a language created by priests to help enslaved people communicate across language barriers a language from modern-day Niger a language of mixed African roots, generally unintelligible to most White people a language spoken by the Creek people a language from North Africa Question 48 2 / 2 pts Northern colonial ports in New York and Massachusetts actively participated in the slave trade. True False Incorrect Question 49 0 / 2 pts On the rice plantations of South Carolina and Georgia, the birthrate of slaves was high. True False Question 50 2 / 2 pts How did the enslaved tend to pursue freedom in the American colonies in the 1700s? telling their stories to the congregations of Protestant churches suing for freedom in courts of law running away to places where they could pass as free forming alliances with Native American tribes presenting petitions to colonial governments