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The first Africans imported to Virginia in 1619


A) were most likely indentured servants.
B) began a rapid stream of African slaves to the British colonies.
C) were preferred to European indentured servants.
D) followed Indians into slavery.
E) arrived as independent landowners.

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

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The European weapon quickly appropriated by Indians was the ________ rifle.

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During the middle of the seventeenth century,the right to vote in Virginia was becoming more restricted.

A) True
B) False

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During its first year in North America,the Plymouth colony


A) survived in large part due to assistance from Indians.
B) grew rich from the surrounding productive farmlands.
C) carried out warfare that wiped out much of the local Indian population.
D) saw two-thirds of its population die.
E) established critically important trade routes with Jamestown to the south.

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

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When it was established in 1644,the colony of Rhode Island


A) had strong ties to the church in the Massachusetts colony.
B) organized the first fully democratic government in North America.
C) had no ties to the Massachusetts colony.
D) was notable for its religious toleration.
E) banned Jews from emigrating.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of


A) colonists being kept barricaded in their palisade by local Indians.
B) the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops.
C) an influx of rats from settlers' ships that ate much of the stored grains.
D) a drought that led to crop failures.
E) the sinking of the colonists' supply ship in the Atlantic.

F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

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Quakers is a term applied to a dissenting English Protestant sect,the Society of Friends.

A) True
B) False

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What social institution did Europeans in the Caribbean share with their counterparts in North America?


A) town hall meeting
B) House of Burgesses
C) Quakerism
D) religious tolerance
E) slavery

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Anne Hutchinson preached the ________ heresy.

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The Navigation Acts primarily benefited


A) colonial American tobacco plantations.
B) British business and merchants.
C) New England merchants.
D) Virginian planters.
E) business and planters in the British Caribbean.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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The last English colony to be established in what is now the United States was ________.

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The culture of Africans in the Caribbean


A) was unable to flourish because of the harsh working conditions.
B) abandoned all African social traditions.
C) embraced Christianity.
D) was more elaborate than that of the white settlers.
E) developed because the proprietary colonies were required by their charters to use slaves.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Captain John Smith is associated primarily with the colony of ________.

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One result of the Restoration was the development of new colonies in North America.

A) True
B) False

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During its early years,the Pennsylvania colony often faced financial ruin.

A) True
B) False

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Thomas Hooker is associated with establishing the colony of


A) Rhode Island.
B) Vermont.
C) New Hampshire.
D) Connecticut.
E) Maine.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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John Smith imposed order on the Jamestown settlement,but he thought it wise not to antagonize local Indians.

A) True
B) False

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King Philip was known among his people as ________.

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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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Compare the similarities and differences between Massachusetts Puritans and Pennsylvania Quakers.

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