Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-indentured servitude

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Question 2

Assess the validity of the following statement,"slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons,but by the end of the seventeenth century,it was clear that racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system."

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The statement is valid in that slavery d...

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-conversions

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The term "conversions" in a historical c...

Question 4

During the Salem witchcraft trials,most of those accused as witches were

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A)   property-owning women.
B)   from the ranks of poor families.
C)   primarily un-Christian.
D)   women in their late teen years.
E)   from subsistence farming families.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Compare and contrast the economies,geography and climate,mortality rates,sex ratios,and family relationships of New England and the southern colonies.In which of the two regions would you have preferred to live? Why?

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The economies of New England and the sou...

Question 6

As the seventeenth century wore on,regional differences continued to crystallize,most notably

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A)   the use of indentured servants.
B)   loyalty to England.
C)   the continuing rigidity of Puritanism.
D)   the breaking of the Atlanta economy.
E)   the importance of slave labor in the South.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

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A)   restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony.
B)   established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race.
C)   established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony.
D)   outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom.
E)   made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 8

By 1700,the colonial South generally lacked

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A)   a well-
B)   reliable overland transportation.
C)   an urban professional class.
D)   a manageable labor force.
E)   cash crops.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 9

Identify the main cause of Bacon's Rebellion: resentment felt by backcountry farmers,Governor Berkeley's Indian policies,or the pressure of the tobacco economy? Justify your choice.

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Question 10

The population of the Chesapeake colonies,throughout the first half of the seventeenth century,was notable for its

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A)   fast growth rate.
B)   scarcity of women.
C)   low death rate.
D)   stable family life.
E)   large percentage of middle-aged men.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves

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A)   were taken to South American and Caribbean colonies.
B)   came to English America before 1700.
C)   died aboard slave ships before they ever reached America.
D)   came from the west coast of Africa.
E)   came from the east coast of Africa.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 12

In 1650,males in the Chesapeake area competed for the affections of the extremely scarce women,whom they outnumbered nearly

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A)   six to one.
B)   ten to one.
C)   fifteen to one.
D)   twenty to one.
E)   There is no statistical data.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

During the seventeenth century,indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that

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A)   the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.
B)   African slaves cost too much money.
C)   in some areas families formed too slowly.
D)   Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
E)   families procreated too slowly.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

The Puritan system of congregational church government logically led to

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A)   an authoritarian political government.
B)   the early establishment of religious toleration.
C)   democracy in political government.
D)   the end of town meetings.
E)   complete equality between men and women.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)   Most of the early African immigrants gained their freedom.
B)   The legal difference between a slave and a servant was unclear early on in colonial history.
C)   Slavery in American began for economic reasons.
D)   Slavery was harshest in the deep South.
E)   Some slaves became slave owners once they were freed.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in New York was headed by ____,whereas that in Maryland was led by ____.

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A)   Nathaniel Bacon, Catholics
B)   William Berkeley, slaves
C)   Puritans, Indians
D)   Jacob Leisler, Protestants
E)   the Dutch, CatholicsF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

All of the following were consequences of the Half-Way Covenant except

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A)   it weakened the distinction between the elect and others.
B)   it maintained the original agreement of the covenant.
C)   it conferred partial membership rights in the once-exclusive congregations.
D)   it increased the numbers of church members.
E)   women became the majority in the Puritan congregations.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Write your definition of racism.Then use this definition to argue that the origin of slavery in colonial America was or was not primarily the result of English racism.

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Question 19

Describe what you think town life contributed to the lifestyle of New Englanders; then consider what the consequence was of the absence of towns in the colonial South.

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