Chapter 3 History Quiz PDF

Chapter 3 The Franciscan order played an instrumental role in the settlement of which Spanish colony in North America? New mexico The English defeat of the ______ Nation opened up thousands of acres for tobacco production in Virginia. Powhatan Generally, what was women's status in Virgini...

Chapter 3 The Franciscan order played an instrumental role in the settlement of which Spanish colony in North America? New mexico The English defeat of the ______ Nation opened up thousands of acres for tobacco production in Virginia. Powhatan Generally, what was women's status in Virginia in the 1630s and 1640s? They benefited from a positive gender balance (more women than men). What finally brought an end to Bacon's Rebellion? Bacon died ______ million people from West and Central Africa were forcibly transported to the Americas between 1500 and 1866. 12.5 What caused the Yamasees to grow nervous enough to strike out against their one-time Carolinian allies? Florida had no more native peoples who could be enslaved. In the end, what finally united the Carolina colonists? fear of the Spanish, French, and Native Americans What did Juan de Oñate expect to find in "new" Mexico? Great wealth The Spaniards who had settled in New Mexico engaged in which of the following pursuits? husbandry farming To lure settlers, Georgia's founders offered them which of the following? land tools supplies When there was discussion of abandoning the "worthless" colony of New Mexico, who insisted that the Spanish remain there? Franciscan missionaries As tobacco production slowed in Virginia in the 1630s and 1640s, what took its place? corn production cattle production In 1715 the ______ Nation attacked English settlements in the Carolinas because they feared that the English would seek to enslave them. Yamasee What was Oñate's fate? He was removed from authority and charged with mismanagement and abusing Native Americans. Although Georgia's founders initially outlawed ______, they eventually relented under pressure from settlers. Slavery The Spanish would have ceased their efforts to colonize New Mexico had it not been for ______. the Franciscans, who convinced the king they had a religious duty to stay Why was control of Florida so important to the Spanish? It would allow them to protect trade from European rivals along the Atlantic coast. After the Yamasee War, the regional slave trade ______. Virtually ended Which of the following statements about enslaved Native Americans in New Mexico is true? Spaniards purchased enslaved women and children from other native peoples. Popé's uprising is best described as ______. the most successful pan-Native American uprising in North American history True or false: The primary objective of mercantilism was to foster a negative balance of trade. False The winter of 1609–1610 in Jamestown was marked by which of the following? Starvation and martial law An epidemic of ______ decimated the Puebloan population in the 1600s. Smallpox Supporters of mercantilism believed that ______. establishing colonies would allow European nations to maintain a favorable balance of trade. The Virginia Company of London was a ____ ____ Company Joint Stock What is one reason for the growing anger among the Puebloans toward the Spanish? The Spanish exploited their labor. What were headrights? land grants given to encourage immigration in the Chesapeake When did the last major rising of the Powhatan confederacy occur? 1644 Which monarch was restored to the English throne in 1660? Charles II By the 1660s, which of the following problems beset colonists in the Chesapeake region? dropping tobacco prices Which of the following marked Chesapeake society after 1690? political cooperation between new arrivals and existing leaders in Virginia sharing of power between Catholics and Protestants in Maryland What role did colonies play in mercantilism? They provided raw materials to the mother country. They purchased finished goods from the mother country. They provided markets for the mother country's financial services. Which of the following plagued early Jamestown? the unwillingness of settlers to work Which of the following changes after 1680 caused planters to shift to investing more heavily in enslaved Blacks than in white indentured servants? Slaveholders would have title to the children of the people they had enslaved, who were now living long enough have them. Death rates among enslaved people in the Chesapeake dropped, making slavery a more profitable practice. The number of white indentured servants coming into the colony decreased. By the late seventeenth century, the majority of Africans who were sold into slavery were ______. captives taken prisoner specifically to be enslaved The Middle Passage resulted in which of the following? (Check all that apply) the death of 15 out of every 85 Africans during the journey nightmarish conditions for the Black men, women, and children who were squeezed into the ships In what ways did new laws in the Chesapeake encourage racism? Whites came to identify themselves as white and therefore part of a privileged class, no matter their economic status. Whites, no matter their social status, received legal protections that were denied Blacks Which of the following was a way that Chesapeake leaders before the mid-1700s encouraged unity among whites of various classes? granting most white males the right to vote The English settlements in the Caribbean became the jumping-off points for which colony on the North American mainland? South Carolina Which of the following is not a reason why planters in the Chesapeake began to invest more heavily in enslaved people than in indentured servants after 1680? Enslaved people required less upfront investment than indentured servants. How did new laws adopted in the late seventeenth century affect race relations in the Chesapeake? They made sexual relations between whites and Blacks illegal. Which of the following correctly identifies a major problem in the British West Indies during the seventeenth century? high death rates What best describes relationships among rich planters in the Chesapeake colonies after 1690? Cooperation In which of the following ways did sugar production spread among the Caribbean islands? Sugar cultivation began in Barbados under the Dutch and later spread to French and English islands. How did the English in the Caribbean react to the growing fear of slave mutinies and rebellions? They fortified their homes. Which Caribbean colony was home to many of the original settlers of South Carolina? Barbados By 1716, Native American populations in Florida ______. were almost completely decimated by slave raids By what period did Blacks outnumber whites in South Carolina? The 1730s Why were the Spanish dreams of empire in the Southwest unfulfilled? Their actions provoked rebellion among native peoples. They found few riches Which of the following best describes relationships between enslaved Blacks and white indentured servants in pre-1680 Virginia? They led similarly harsh lives, socialized together, and formed sexual liaisons. Conditions had improved by the 1630s and 1640s in Virginia. How had children's mortality rates changed? They had not greatly improved; 25 percent were still likely to die.