The Tea Act of 1773
A.  angered colonial merchants.
B.  reduced the price of tea to the American colonists.
C.  benefited a private British company.
D.  both a and c
E.  all of the first three
ANSWER: E

Which of the following helped push Europeans to look for new lands during the fifteenth century?
A.  the bubonic plague
B.  the rise of a new merchant class
C.  the growth of centralized nation-states
D.  both b and c
E.  all of the first three
ANSWER: D

Which statement about the character and/or evolution of seventeenth-century English settlements is NOT accurate?
A.  The colonies were essentially business enterprises.
B.  The colonies were only loosely tied to the crown.
C.  Efforts to blend English society with that of the native peoples were minimal.
D.  The original plans for these colonies were seldom carried through.
E.  Warfare between England and France dominated colonial life.
ANSWER: E

At least three-fourths of the people who came to the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century were
A.  slaves.
B.  women.
C.  non-English.
D.  indentured servants.
E.  children.
ANSWER: D

During the eighteenth century, British parliamentary leaders were politically dependent on 
A.  the monarchy.
B.  the great merchants of England.
C.  the imperial bureaucracy.
D.  the leaders of the Anglican Church.
E.  no one.
ANSWER: B

Which statement about Christopher Columbus is NOT true?
A.  He was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of Spain.
B.  He thought the world was larger than it is.
C.  He believed that the Asian land mass extended farther eastward than it does.
D.  He did not realize that any significant land mass lay to the west of Europe between Europe and Asia.
E.  Each statement is true.
ANSWER: B

The first economic boom in Jamestown resulted from
A.  the discovery of gold.
B.  trade with the Indians.
C.  the production of tobacco.
D.  a combination of fisheries and lumber.
E.  none of the above
ANSWER: C

The most important factor for long-term population growth in British North America was
A.  the ability of the colonists to reproduce themselves.
B.  the continued importation of slaves.
C.  the continued importation of indentured servants.
D.  the in-migration of Spanish, French, and Dutch.
ANSWER: A

Resistance to imperial authority in British North America centered
A.  in the colonial legislatures.
B.  among the various royal governors.
C.  among the royal officeholders.
D.  in the interior as opposed to the coast.
E.  in the South as opposed to the North.
ANSWER: A

Parliament responded to the Boston tea party by
A.  calling for the quartering of troops by the colonists.
B.  reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.
C.  calling for royal officers accused of crimes to be tried in England.
D.  both a and b
E.  all of the first three
ANSWER: E

In British North America, life expectancy tended to be the highest in
A.  the South.
B.  the middle states.
C.  the area west of the Appalachians.
D.  New England.
E.  the West Indies
ANSWER: D

According to the Peace of Paris of 1763,
A.  the French surrendered all title to the mainland of North America.
B.  the British acquired all French territory in North America east of the Mississippi River.
C.  the French ceded to Spain all its claims west of the Mississippi River.
D.  both a and b
E.  all of the first three
ANSWER: E

According to the video, which statement about the colonial slave trade is the MOST accurate?
A.  North America was not as important a direct destination as the Caribbean.
B.  The monopoly of the Royal African Company of England became increasingly tight.
C.  Over time, the price of slaves gradually went up.
D.  Slaves were fairly evenly spread over all of the British North American colonies.
E.  The impact of this trade did not produce a black majority in any British North American colony.
ANSWER: A

As a result of the Seven Years' War,
A.  England acquired a great financial debt.
B.  the size of the British Empire in North America was greatly enlarged.
C.  English leaders became increasingly contemptuous of the American colonists.
D.  both b and c
E.  all of the first three answers
ANSWER: E

The Proclamation of 1763
A.  was a response to an attack by Chief Pontiac.
B.  permitted American colonists to advance west of the mountains that divided the Atlantic coast from the interior.
C.  gave the colonial assemblies control over the westward movement of the American colonists.
D.  represented a direct threat to the Indians of the Ohio Valley.
E.  required Indians to cede land west of the Mississippi River to the British.
ANSWER: A

Which statement about mercantilism is the LEAST accurate?
A.  It presumed that the world's wealth was finite.
B.  It increased competition among nations.
C.  It worked against the formal acquisition of colonies.
D.  It was an increasingly attractive idea in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
E.  Each statement is essentially accurate.
ANSWER: C

Quakers believed that
A.  all could attain salvation and women were generally equal to men.
B. the concept of predestination was the basis of their religion.
C.  formal church government was quite important.
D. the doctrine of original sin was far more influential than having an “inner light”.
E.  pacifists should be tried as traitors to their country
ANSWER: A

Which of the following was NOT passed by the Grenville ministry, in what the textbook called the “first crisis” after the French and Indian War?
A.  the Quartering Act
B.  the Stamp Act
C.  the Sugar Act
D.  the Coercive Acts
E.  the Currency Act
ANSWER: D

Which statement about English Puritanism is the MOST accurate?
A.  It is safe to say that the majority of English Puritans wished to leave the Church of England.
B.  Puritan discontent grew quite rapidly after Elizabeth I became queen of England.
C.  The most radical Puritans were called Separatists.
D.  Puritans tended to look with favor upon the reign of James I.
E.  both c and d
ANSWER: C

The English Navigation Acts of the 1660s
A.  helped eliminate mercantilism.
B.  were directed primarily at the French.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
ANSWER: D

In response to colonial protests against the Stamp Act, the British government
A.  rescinded the legislation to which the colonists objected.
B.  passed the Declaratory Act.
C.  ordered the attack known as the Boston Massacre
D.  both a and b
E.  neither a nor b
ANSWER: D

Which statement comparing Parliament with the colonial assemblies is the MOST accurate?
A.  Both Parliament and the colonial assemblies operated on the theory of "virtual" representation.
B.  Both operated on the theory of "actual" representation.
C.  Parliament operated on the theory of "actual" representation, while the colonial assemblies operated on the theory of "virtual" representation.
D.  Parliament operated on the theory of "virtual" representation, while the colonial assemblies operated on the theory of "actual" representation.
ANSWER: D


According to the textbook authors, which of the following was most responsible for the European's conquest of the native peoples in the Western Hemisphere? 
A.  European military superiority and weaponry
B.  the exposure of the native peoples to smallpox and other diseases
C.  the introduction of slavery to the New World
D.  the brutality of the Spanish conquistadores
E.  European alliances that pitted native peoples against one another
ANSWER: B


The first meeting of an elected legislature in what would become the basis for representative government in the United States occurred 
A.  during the Mayflower Compact.
B.  in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
C.  in John Winthrop's theocracy in Massachusetts Bay.
D.  in the establishment of the Royal Colony in South Carolina.
E.  in William Penn's experiment in toleration in Pennsylvania.
ANSWER: B