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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The First Century of Settlement in the Colonial South (1600-1750)

Multiple Choice


1	Powhatan reacted to the English settlement of Jamestown by:
		A)	defeating the settlers and removing nearly every trace of them.
		B)	moving his tribe further west toward the Appalachians.
		C)	establishing a joint tobacco-raising cooperative with the English.
		D)	trading food to the English in exchange for guns and other supplies that would help the Pamunkeys subdue rival tribes.


2	Mercantilism is best understood as the:
		A)	rise of the merchant class and their demand for a less powerful monarchy.
		B)	state regulation and protection of commerce to enrich the nation by exporting more than importing
		C)	movement away from state regulation of commerce to allow the free market to determine trade.
		D)	practice of using indentured servants to provide relatively cheap labor in colonial enterprises.


3	The Jamestown settlement was established as a:
		A)	joint stock company seeking to make money.
		B)	religious experiment led by Puritans.
		C)	humanitarian effort to relieve London's overcrowding.
		D)	trading post to sell food to the Indians.


4	Which of the following is NOT true about the settlement of Jamestown and the entire Chesapeake region in the 17th century?
		A)	Men outnumbered women by roughly six to one.
		B)	Most of those who came were from England's wealthiest families, as they were the only ones who could afford passage.
		C)	Most who came were relatively young, with a high percentage from the 15 to 24-year-old age group.
		D)	Life expectancy was poor at first but improved over time as food supplies increased.


5	Which of the following is NOT true about the founding of Maryland?
		A)	It began as a proprietary colony, founded by Catholic aristocrats.
		B)	Virginians resented the economic competition.
		C)	The colony quickly established religious freedom for all.
		D)	Land was provided rent-free


6	The Navigation Acts were examples of:
		A)	early self-rule by the colonial assemblies.
		B)	the growing disinterest by the English government about affairs in the American colonies.
		C)	mercantilism.
		D)	the decline of mercantilism.


7	Bacon's Rebellion:
		A)	was a successful effort by wealthy Protestant planters to remove the Catholic proprietary government from power.
		B)	so angered royal authorities that they dispatched troops to burn down the city of Jamestown.
		C)	led to the formation of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the first colonial attempt at self-government.
		D)	reflected the deep resentment by those who did not have political and economic power of those who did.


8	African slaves became a more popular source of labor in the Chesapeake after 1680 because of all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	the initial investment for slaves was cheaper than for indentured servants.
		B)	masters would have title to any children of slaves as well.
		C)	the growth of African slavery helped to unite poorer and wealthier whites in racial solidarity.
		D)	the growth of the slave trade.


9	The "middle passage" referred to:
		A)	the 5,000-mile journey across the Atlantic endured by enslaved Africans aboard tightly-packed ships.
		B)	the transformation of African labor in the English colonies from temporary servitude to lifelong slavery.
		C)	laws enacted to place severe limits on the rights of Africans.
		D)	the payment of trans-Atlantic ship fare in exchange for an "indenture" of several years labor.


10	The number of settlers and slaves grew dramatically in Barbados and other Caribbean islands after 1640, when the cash crop became:
		A)	tobacco.
		B)	sugar.
		C)	bananas.
		D)	cotton.


11	James Oglethorpe and the others who founded Georgia envisioned it as a place that would:
		A)	offer religious freedom for all.
		B)	be a near utopia of small farmers.
		C)	provide an opportunity for a new aristocracy of landed nobles in the English colonies.
		D)	protect Florida colonists from potential attacks by the Spanish or Indian tribes.


12	In 1680, the Spanish were driven out of New Mexico for more than a decade due to:
		A)	a. the outbreak of the plague.
		B)	defeat in the Yamasee War.
		C)	the Great Pueblo Revolt.
		D)	Coode's Rebellion.

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