Site MapHelpFeedbackMultiple Choice
Multiple Choice
(See related pages)



1

Which of the following did not shape the character of English settlements in America?
A)The colonies were business enterprises.
B)The colonies promoted freedom and religion.
C)The colonies were designed to transplant society from the old world to the new.
D)The colonies were able to develop their own political and social institutions.
2

One of the biggest problems during the first years of the Jamestown settlements was:
A)the unwillingness of colonists to grow food.
B)fights over the colony's few white women.
C)attacks by Indian neighbors.
D)battles between slaveowners and non-slaveowners.
3

Captain John Smith helped Jamestown survive when he:
A)divided the duties and privileges of leadership among several members of a council.
B)imposed work and order on the colony.
C)ended raids perpetrated on neighboring Indian villages to steal food and kidnap natives.
D)divided the colony's profits among the stockholders.
4

The Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia was:
A)John Smith.
B)Lord De La Warr.
C)John Rolfe.
D)Walter Raleigh.
5

The year 1619 was important in the history of Virginia because that year the colony:
A)elected its first House of Burgesses.
B)made its first profit.
C)received its first royal governor.
D)put down an Indian uprising.
6

To entice new laborers to their colony, the Virginia Company established the "headright" system to:
A)pay the Indians for their services.
B)import African slaves.
C)grant land to current and prospective settlers.
D)promise the colonists the full rights of Englishmen.
7

In 1619, two new elements were introduced into the Virginia social order. They were:
A)women and Catholics.
B)mestizos and blacks.
C)blacks and women.
D)women and mestizos.
8

Many Virginians turned to slaves rather than indentured servants for labor because Africans:
A)already knew how to raise tobacco.
B)did not have to be released, so there was no fear that they might become an unstable, landless class.
C)were cheaper to purchase at the outset.
D)were more naturally subservient and caused the master no trouble.
9

Which of the following colonies allowed freedom of religion to all Christians?
A)Massachusetts.
B)Virginia.
C)Plymouth.
D)Maryland.
10

Which if the following problems occurred during the early years of the Maryland colony?
A)starving time
B)disease
C)battles with Indians
D)religious disputes
11

Which of the following factors contributed to the outbreak of Bacon's Rebellion?
A)The autocratic rule of Governor Berkeley.
B)Overrepresentation in government of the frontier settlements.
C)The government's pursuit and destruction of Indian marauders.
D)All of the above.
12

Bacon's Rebellion was significant because:
A)revealed the bitterness of competition among rival elites in Virginia.
B)it was evidence of the continuing struggle to define the Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia.
C)it demonstrated the potential for instability in the colony's large population of landless men.
D)of a. and c.
E)of all of the above.
13

The majority of colonists who first settled in Plymouth were:
A)members of a Puritan Separatist congregation.
B)not members of a Puritan Separatist congregation.
C)upper-middle class Puritans from the London area.
D)moderate Puritans who wanted only minor reforms in church practices.
14

The Plymouth colony's relationship with its Indian neighbors was:
A)antagonistic from the beginning.
B)made worse by the diseases they brought with them from Europe.
C)an integral part of its survival during the formative years of the colony.
D)similar to that of settlers in Jamestown.
15

The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony was:
A)John Winthrop.
B)William Bradford.
C)Roger Williams.
D)Thomas Hooker.
16

The colony in Hartford:
A)was founded by members of the New Haven colony.
B)gave more white men the right to vote than the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
C)had stricter religious standards than did the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
D)was led by Anne Hutchinson.
17

Anne Hutchinson's teaching threatened to undermine the spiritual authority of the established clergy because she:
A)claimed believers could communicate directly with God.
B)preached that the clergy was corrupt.
C)denounced clergymen who were also politicians.
D)stressed faith over good works.
18

Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were least likely to advocate a policy of:
A)conversion to Christianity.
B)tolerance and respect.
C)displacement.
D)extermination.
19

The Restoration colonies had in common that they were all:
A)located in the south.
B)profitable for the crown.
C)proprietary ventures.
D)royal colonies.
20

Slavery in Carolina was greatly influenced by slavery in:
A)Virginia.
B)Barbados.
C)St. Augustine.
D)England.
21

Caribbean colonies built their economies on:
A)the slave trade.
B)shipbuilding.
C)export crops.
D)fishing.
22

Under the Caribbean slave code:
A)slaves lived longer than they did in other regions.
B)masters could kill slaves with impunity.
C)the island colonies became secure and prosperous communities.
D)owners were responsible for maintaining the health of their slaves.
23

The Navigation Acts were designed to:
A)regulate commerce according to the theory of mercantilism.
B)destroy the power of rising colonial merchants.
C)keep the price of tobacco low.
D)raise money to pay off England's war debts.
24

The overthrow of James II in the Glorious Revolution was:
A)well received in New England.
B)criticized by colonial merchants.
C)the result of pressure on Edmund Andros.
D)hardly felt by colonial politicians.
25

In America, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 led to changes which revealed:
A)a colonial desire for self government.
B)that local issues were more important than questions over the nature of the empire.
C)that the institution of monarchy was unpopular.
D)that the established church was unpopular.





To learn more about the book this website supports, please visit its Information Center.
(c)2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.


American HistoryOnline Learning Center

Home > Chapter 2 > Multiple Choice