Question 1

What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

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A)   He saw two kinds of liberty: natural liberty, the ability to do evil, and moral liberty, the ability to do good.
B)   He saw two kinds of liberty: negative liberty, the restricting of freedoms for the sake of others, and positive liberty, the assuring of rights through a constitution.
C)   He believed that individual rights took precedence over the rights of the community.
D)   He believed in a dictatorship, with only himself in charge of it.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

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A)   began with the wedding of John Smith and Pocahontas.
B)   was common.
C)   was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691.
D)   created a mixed race of Native Americans who often wound up enslaved.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Maryland's founder, Cecilius Calvert:

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A)   wanted Maryland to be like a feudal domain, with power limited for ordinary people.
B)   supported total religious freedom for all of the colony's inhabitants.
C)   gave a great deal of power to the elected assembly but not to the royal governor.
D)   lost ownership of the colony and died a pauper.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

What was Virginia's "gold," which ensured its survival and prosperity?

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A)   Cotton.
B)   Fur.
C)   Tobacco.
D)   Indigo.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

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A)   only Spain was interested in finding gold.
B)   England used Native Americans more for labor.
C)   England sent more people to the Americas in the seventeenth century.
D)   Spain relied much more on indentured servant labor.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

As leader of the Jamestown Colony, John Smith:

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A)   was a failure and had to return to England.
B)   improved relations with Native Americans by marrying Pocahontas.
C)   used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together.
D)   used an elaborate reward system to persuade colonists to work.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700, which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

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A)   Ireland.
B)   Chesapeake region.
C)   West Indies.
D)   New England.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

The Magna Carta:

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A)   was an agreement between King Henry VIII and the Anglican Church.
B)   guaranteed religious freedom in Great Britain.
C)   granted many liberties, but mainly to lords and barons.
D)   was seen as embodying English freedom until Parliament repealed it in 1722.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

How did Pocahontas play a key role in Jamestown society?

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A)   She served as an intermediary between Powhatan and English leaders.
B)   Her marriage to John Rolfe led to many more interracial marriages between Indians and the English.
C)   She was denied entry to James I's court.
D)   She caused King James I to denounce John Rolfe.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast, disease and:

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A)   European religion significantly transformed their societies.
B)   environmental factors dramatically altered their way of life.
C)   trade contradicted each other.
D)   Spanish incursions into the Chesapeake significantly altered their lives.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

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A)   The Pope had banned England from exploring the New World because the Church already had limited land ownership there to Spain and Portugal.
B)   He wanted a divorce, and the Pope refused to grant it.
C)   He was trying to unify Great Britain.
D)   He wanted to be pope, and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

What did Mary Rowlandson's book demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   The brutality of New England Indians.
B)   The strong pull of being part of the Puritan society.
C)   The importance of questioning the church elders.
D)   The significance of the separation of church and state.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 13

In contrast to the Chesapeake region, the population in New England:

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A)   did not stress family-based activities.
B)   focused on rice and tobacco.
C)   grew rapidly because of healthier surroundings.
D)   included even fewer women.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

When Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island:

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A)   he required voters there to be members of a Puritan church.
B)   the king refused to give it a charter, and it remained a renegade colony until Williams died.s
C)   he made sure that it was more democratic than Massachusetts Bay.
D)   he felt that too much democracy would be bad because it might interfere with religious freedom.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

How did Pocahontas play a key role in Jamestown society?

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For Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast, disease and:

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Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700, which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

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Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

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The Magna Carta:

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Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

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Maryland's founder, Cecilius Calvert:

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As leader of the Jamestown Colony, John Smith:

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What was Virginia's "gold," which ensured its survival and prosperity?

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In contrast to the Chesapeake region, the population in New England:

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When Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island:

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When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

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What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

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What did Mary Rowlandson's book demonstrate?

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