b. Spanish-Portuguese
c. French
d. English
e. Germanic-Russian
19. __________ differed from other religious colonial leaders in that he encouraged settlers of
all faiths to establish themselves in his colony.
a. William Penn
b. Roger Williams
c. John Winthrop
d. John Wesley
e. Thomas Hooker
20. Led by James Oglethorpe, this colony was settled for military and philanthropic reasons.
a. Connecticut
b. Georgia
c. South Carolina
d. Maryland
e. Maine
21. How was Georgia’s establishment different than that of the other English colonies?
a. It was one of the first.
b. All forms of religion were permitted.
c. It was established as a military buffer between the colonists and Spanish Florida.
d. It had a large French Protestant contingent.
e. Only Catholics were allowed to live there.
22. What was one of the reasons the colony of Georgia grew?
a. It became a joint-stock corporation.
b. It was given to 21 trustees to oversee.
c. Idealistic rules were abandoned.
d. Rum was outlawed.
e. It began to sell captured natives as slaves.
23. During the first few years of the __________, the peoples of the Powhatan Confederacy
kept the settlers from starving to death.
a. Maryland colony
b. Plymouth colony
c. New Netherland colony
d. Jamestown colony
e. Massachusetts Bay colony
24. What were “praying towns”?
a. Another name for the first Puritan communities in the New World
b. Communities established by Puritans in England to avoid persecution
c. Another name for the earliest Quaker communities
d. A derogatory reference to unsuccessful Pilgrim settlements
e. Villages created by Puritans to separate “Christianized” Indians from their “heathen”
brethren
25. Pennsylvania colonists had a different experience with the Native Americans than most
other colonies. Why?
a. Relatively few Native Americans lived in that area.
b. The colony’s founder purchased Native American lands and learned some of their
language.
c. When the settlers arrived, they purposefully wiped out all of the Native Americans.
d. The colonists settled in an area known for having peaceful natives.
e. The colonists did not seek to convert them to Christianity.
26. The death of John Sassamon, a Christian Indian, in 1674 spurred
a. the Pequot War.
b. King Philip’s War.
c. Queen Anne’s War.
d. the French and Indian War.
e. Bacon’s Rebellion.
27. The English colonial region with the most success at enslaving Native Americans in the
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was
a. the Carolinas
b. New England
c. the Chesapeake
d. Florida
e. Maryland
28. In New York, a group of Native Americans joined together to resist Anglo encroachment.
They were known as the
a. Chippewa Confederation.
b. Iroquois League.
c. Shawnee Nation.
d. United Cherokees.
e. Ojibwa Organization.
29. Why was indentured servitude necessary for the prosperity of the Chesapeake colonies?
a. It allowed people to practice freely whatever religion they wanted.
b. England could get rid of undesirable citizens.
c. There was a shortage of laborers.
d. Nobody wanted to move to the colonies due to the continuous attacks by Native
Americans.
e. Cotton was very labor intensive, and a cheap source of labor was needed to maximize
profits.
30. Once freed, what were a former indentured servant’s “freedom dues”?
a. A generous grant of land from his former master
b. Some money, tools, clothing, and food; perhaps a little land
c. The right to marry, which was forbidden while under contract
d. The ability to collect back pay
e. The right to vote
31. Because of the __________ crop, the need for a substantial labor force in Virginia became
increasingly obvious.
a. tobacco
b. corn
c. maize
d. cotton
e. wheat
32. During their time of service, indentured servants
a. were never allowed to marry.
b. could not engage in trade.
c. could not own property.
d. could not be whipped.
e. could sue their master.
33. More than __________ Africans were forcibly shipped from Africa to North and South
America during the course of the Atlantic slave trade.
a. 100,000
b. 1 million
c. 10 million
d. 50 million
e. 100 million
34. The trans-Atlantic voyage that brought African slaves to the Americas was known as the
a. slave trade.
b. Underground Railroad.
c. Black Diaspora.
d. Middle Passage.
e. Triangular Trade.
35. How many Africans died aboard ships making the Middle Passage?
a. 1 in 3
b. 1 in 6
c. 1 in 10
d. 1 in 25
e. 1 in 100
36. Which of the following statements regarding slavery in the colonies is correct?
a. Regulations against slavery in Georgia were largely followed after the colony’s
founding.
b. Slavery resulted in African words, such as tote and banana, entering the English
language.
c. Slavery in English North America was very similar from region to region.
d. The arrival of African slaves preceded the recruitment of indentured servants.
e. In the eighteenth century, slavery was much more common in the North than in the
South.
37. By the early eighteenth century, the __________ were the dominant force in North
America.
a. French
b. Spanish
c. Dutch
d. English
e. Mexicans
38. American colonists were __________ than their counterparts in Europe.
a. worse off economically
b. generally more prone to illness
c. better fed, clothed, and housed
d. more likely to marry young
e. more likely to remain single
39. What was a crucial advantage that the English colonies had over other European colonists?
a. better geography
b. better work ethic
c. better relations with the Native American populace
d. self-governance
e. better crop land
40. Which of the following was a reason for English colonial success?
a. A hands-on style of management by Parliament
b. A hands-on style of management by the king
c. The ability of the colonies to engage in free trade with numerous nations
d. The organization by the colonists of profit-making entities with little government
interference
e. The heavy subsidization of the colonies by taxpayers in England
ESSAY
1. Compare and contrast the New England, middle, Chesapeake, and Carolina colonies of the
seventeenth century. How did they differ in population, economies, and ways of life?
2. How did the native populations of given regions (Mexico, Chesapeake, New England,
Southwest, etc.) affect European colonization efforts in those same regions?
3. In what ways was English colonization different from Spanish colonization? Or French or
Dutch colonization?
4. What made settlement in the middle colonies (NY, NJ, PA) so attractive to diverse European
peoples?
5. By the early eighteenth century, the English had surpassed other European colonization
efforts and became the most populous, prosperous, and powerful entity in North America.
Explain how this happened.
MATCHING
Match each person or group with one of the descriptions below.
a. Connecticut f. Pennsylvania
b. Georgia g. Plymouth
c. Maryland h. Rhode Island
1. William Bradford
2. Lord Baltimore
3. Thomas Hooker
4. “20 Negars”
5. James Oglethorpe
6. William Penn
7. John Smith
8. Roger Williams
9. John Winthrop
10. Baron De La Warr