History coursework

Question 1

Which of the following cannot be used as evidence of slave defiance toward their state of bondage?
Answer
Slave revolts
Refusing to cooperate
Establishing families
Running away

Question 2

Which cash crop was responsible for both the survival and the expansion of Virginia?
Answer
Indigo
Rice
Sugar
Tobacco

Question 3

Music and dance were a vital part of the American slave culture. Which instrument originated in Africa and was recreated by American slaves?
Answer
Piano
Banjo
Guitar
Violin

Question 4

Where was the first permanent English settlement in the New World established?
Answer
Plymouth
St. Augustine
Roanoke
Jamestown
Question 5

What was a new staple crop first introduced in South Carolina during the early 1740s?
Answer
Tobacco
Barley
Wheat
Indigo

Question 6

The first group of colonists to publically criticize slavery were the:
Answer
Puritans.
Quakers.
farmers.
indentured servants.

Question 7

The Plymouth Colony was financially backed by the Virginia Company and led by whom?
Answer
William Bradford
John Rolfe
John Winthrop
Nathaniel Bacon

Question 8

Colonial violence in the last quarter of the 17th century most clearly led to:
Answer
the Glorious Revolution.
tighter control over the colonies by the mother country.
the American Revolution.
a significant increase in the number of slaves imported from Africa.

Question 9

Prime Minister Robert Walpole felt it was unnecessary to change such a profitable relationship between England and her colonies. His policy, based on this belief, is called:
Answer
country born.
the Navigation Acts.
triangular trade.
salutary neglect.

Question 10

One result of Bacon’s Rebellion and other such southern conflicts was:
Answer
preventing the spread of Catholicism by attacking the Spanish.
reducing colonial authority by strengthening ties with England.
capturing and selling Indians into slavery.
wresting the fur trade from the French.

Question 11

Match the following:
1.What name was given to the English followers of John Calvin who wished to reform the Anglican Church from within?
2.Who married Pocahontas and thus solidified a treaty between the Powhatan Confederacy and the Jamestown Colonists?
3. What was the first North American document of self-government? It was drawn up by the settlers at Plymouth.
4.What term describes a type of colony where a sole person or family holds the power to appoint officials and holds sole ownership of the colony’s land? Maryland was the first such colony and it was followed by others such as New York and Pennsylvania.
5. What policy was established by Great Britain to ensure the sole purpose of the American colonies was to provide economic rewards and advantages to the mother country?

A. House of Burgesses
B. John Rolfe
C. John Smith
D. Mayflower Compact
E. Great Awakening
F. Covenant
G. Pilgrims
H. Proprietary
I. Puritans
J. Mercantilism

Question 12

The mercantilist system will eventually be cited as a reason for the American Revolution. However, this was not always the case. Define the mercantilist system and its effects on the colonies prior to 1760. Also, explain the initial colonial reaction to this system.

Question 13

Both indentured servants and African slaves were used as sources of labor in the Americas. Compare and contrast the lives of each in the colonies. Also, explain why the colonies moved increasingly from indentured servants to slaves.

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