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The Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth wrote the ________ Compact.

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The Dominion of New England


A) preserved existing colonial legislative assemblies.
B) was called into being by King Charles II.
C) was limited to what now constitutes New England.
D) declared the Navigation Acts null and void.
E) called for a single royal governor.

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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In the seventeenth century, English Quakers


A) granted women a position within the church generally equal to that of men.
B) had no paid clergy.
C) were pacifists.
D) believed all could attain salvation.
E) All these answers are correct.

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

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The conflict between tidewater Virginia and a rising elite to its west was called ________.

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William Penn


A) was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism.
B) established a moderately successful but never cosmopolitan colony.
C) suppressed the local Indians in Pennsylvania with a strong military presence.
D) never visited Pennsylvania.
E) used unscrupulous and deceptive advertising to attract settlers.

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

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The Fundamental Constitution for the Carolina colony


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

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

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The Virginia Company developed the "headright" system to


A) attract new settlers to the colony.
B) discourage poor people from moving to the colony.
C) require families to migrate together.
D) raise revenue from the sale of land.
E) cause conflict among the neighboring Indian tribes.

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

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The New Jersey colony developed no significant class of large landowners.

A) True
B) False

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What were the major characteristics of the Stuart Restoration colonies?

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In Jamestown, the winter of 1609-1610 was known as the "________."

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The first truly profitable crop in Virginia was ________.

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


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

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

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The English colony established as a buffer north of Spanish colonial holdings on the Atlantic Ocean was ________.

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The minister ________ is associated with the establishment of Connecticut.

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Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter?


A) Anne Hutchinson
B) John Winthrop
C) Roger Williams
D) John Wheelwright
E) Thomas Hooker

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

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The Navigation Acts were a part of the English mercantile system.

A) True
B) False

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

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Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia


A) continued without interruption until the early eighteenth century.
B) was first triggered by the kidnapping of Pocahontas.
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) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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The New York colony


A) had its founding proprietors from the Carolina colony.
B) made a commitment to representative assemblies.
C) emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch.
D) saw its population grow slowly for its first fifty years.
E) banned slavery from its inception.

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

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