In this video, the topic of the colonial settlement begins with a focus on the significance of immigration.  At the end of the video, the early settler opposition to the newer immigrants also becomes an issue.  Therefore, it is correct to say that the United States was founded by immigrants, but that the nation has also raised substantial opposition to immigrants since the founding of the nation.  It is NOT something new today, as it is often depicted in the press and by less knowledgeable national leaders.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A

The practice of indentured servitude resembled practice of slavery in all of the following ways EXCEPT which one?
A. Families would be broken apart as contract buyers would only purchase the type of worker (young/old, male/female) that they preferred.
B. The best indentures would be purchased first and usually on the coast, fresh off the ships, while the sick or weak passengers would be brought together into the interior of country to be bargained for and sold at a discount.
C. Although there were some exceptions to the rule, most indentured servants never lived long enough to obtain their freedom.  Essentially, it was a lifetime sentence.
D. Male indentures were more desirable than females, (a 6 to 1 ratio, during the early settlement years) largely due to the type of work that they would be required to do.
E. Indentured servitude did not discriminate.  Both men and women were part of this 17th Century practice.
ANSWER: C

What single factor was the most important element in bring social order and a sense of permanence to the settlement of the Virginia colony?
A. Financial success and the resulting sense of stability
B. Continued conditions, such as weather and the market, which were good for tobacco production
C. The accumulation of land and home ownership
D. Increasing the number of women, to become wives and encourage families.
E. None of these answers
ANSWER: D

Longest lifespan were those colonists living in New England in the North, rather than Virginia in the South.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A

The Puritan notion of marriage as a contract included all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. The contract could be dissolved by divorce.
B. Although the male was often seen as the absolute head of the household, women, in fact, had greater power and latitude in decision-making than is sometimes reported or believed.
C. The husband’s marriage “rights” were tempered by duties and obligations to his wife and family.
D. The family unit, which included a marriage and resulting offspring, was seen as the cornerstone of a stable community which was desirable in the new colonies.
E. All of these answers are correct.
ANSWER: E

Considering the subject of work and gender roles in the early colonial family, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Men were primarily responsible for planting and cultivation of the crops.
B. Because of well defined gender roles, colonial households were entirely self-sufficient and there was no need to barter or trade for goods and services from other people.
C. Women’s work centered within the household.
D. Both men and women participated in the harvest.
E. Food and clothing preparation was predominantly the role of the female.\
ANSWER: B

Which crop was the most important for the growth of slavery?
A. Sugar
B. Cotton
C. Tobacco
D. Rice
ANSWER: A

Historians presented, as reasons for the growth of slavery in the English colonies in North America and the Caribbean, all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A. The most important crop became sugar cane production
B. The immediate need for a large number of laborers who could be forced to complete very hard work
C. The price of slaves increased dramatically, so it was seen as a good investment
D. As the economy in England improved, fewer and fewer people we willing to sell themselves as indentured servants.
E. The profits from the sugar industry were so lucrative that it became economically sensible to utilize slave labor after 1675.
ANSWER: C

The Caribbean, not the English colonies in North America, was the more important destination for African slaves in the 17th and 18th Centuries.  In fact, only 5% of African slaves brought across the Atlantic wound up in what was to become the United States.  In the early settlement of the colonies, the African slave numbers were very small in comparison to the majority of those who came as indentured servants.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A

The slave trade from Africa was controlled by white Europeans.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B

Discrimination against immigrants and different ethnicities did not stop at Native Americans and Africans.  German and Scots-Irish experienced all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Both groups were largely Protestant and had experienced religious strife in their home countries.
B. The majority of immigrants from both groups settled in the Middle Colonies.
C. Even though they would become Americans, they maintained their distinct ethnicities and communities, languages and cultures.
D. Many found opportunities away from the Atlantic coast as they settled into the backcountry of North America where it was easier to find unclaimed land.
E. All of these German and Scots-Irish experiences are correct.
ANSWER: E