The eastern third of what is now the United States
A.  had the most abundant food resources of any place on the North American
continent.
B.  was mainly covered with forests.
C.  contained many tribes which were simultaneously engaged in farming,
hunting, and fishing.
D.  both a and b
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 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
Which of the following was most responsible for Cortez's conquest of the
Aztecs? 
A.  Spanish military superiority
B.  the exposure of the Aztecs to smallpox
C.  the introduction of slavery by Spain
D.  the brutality of the Spanish conquistadores
E.  Spanish alliances with anti-Aztec native peoples
Answer: B
Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is the LEAST
accurate?
A.  The crown issued licenses to those Spanish who wanted to establish
settlements.
B.  Colonizers had to finance their expeditions without government help.
C.  Colonizers had to assume the full risk of loss.
D.  The first settlers were interested mainly in farming.
E.  The first settlers were hugely successful.
Answer: D
Which statement comparing the British and the Spanish is the MOST accurate?
A.  The British were more successful than the Spanish at extracting precious
metals.
B.  The commercial policies of the Spanish government were more strict than
those of the British.
C.  The British were more likely than the Spanish to rule their empire but
not to people it.
D.  The British concentrated relatively less energy than the Spanish on
agriculture and commerce.
E.
Answer: B
Which statement about transfers between Spanish and native people is the
LEAST accurate?
A.  Europeans introduced sugar to the Indians.
B.  The Indians introduced the horse to the Europeans.
C.  The Indians introduced maize to the Europeans.
D.  The Europeans introduced domestic livestock to the Indians.
E.  Each statement is quite accurate.
Answer: B
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
Motives for English colonization included
A.  anti-Catholicism.
B.  the collapse of the wool market.
C.  surplus population in England.
D.  both b and c
E.  all of the first three
Answer: E
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 first permanent English settlement in the New World was established in
A.  Boston.
B.  Plymouth.
C.  Roanoke.
D.  Philadelphia.
E.  Jamestown.
Answer: E
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
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 tobacco economy of Virginia demanded great quantities of
A.  land.
B.  labor.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
The first meeting of an elected legislature in what would become the basis
for representative government in the United States took place in
A.  Massachusetts.
B.  Virginia.
C.  New York.
D.  Carolina.
E.  Pennsylvania.
Answer: B
The first blacks imported to Virginia in 1619
A.  were most likely indentured servants.
B.  began a steady stream of African slaves to the British colonies.
C.  were preferred to European indentured servants.
D.  followed Indians into slavery.
E.  came from other British North American colonies.
Answer: A
The battle between Nathaniel Bacon and William Berkeley was a fight
A.  within the Virginia backcountry.
B.  within the Virginia tidewater aristocracy.
C.  between Virginians and Pennsylvanians.
D.  between Virginians and Marylanders.
E.  between the Virginia backcountry and the Virginia tidewater aristocracy.
Answer: E
Landless former indentured servants were drawn to Nathaniel Bacon because of
their hatred of
A.  Indians.
B.  the English landed gentry.
C.  Spanish adventurers.
D.  French fur traders.
E.  both a and b
Answer: E
The suppression of Bacon's Rebellion helped spur
A.  tobacco production.
B.  slavery.
C.  religious revivals.
D.  European investment.
E.  the triangular trade.
Answer: B
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans
A.  were slow to introduce representative government to the colony.
B.  had every intention of breaking away from the Church of England.
C.  thought it was important that each local congregation of Puritans control
its own affairs.
D.  only b and c
E.  none of the above
Answer: C
Unlike the Puritans, the Quakers rejected
A.  the concept of predestination.
B.  the doctrine of original sin.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
Quakers believed that
A.  all could attain salvation.
B.  women were generally equal to men.
C.  formal church government was quite important.
D.  both a and c
E.  both a and b
Answer: E
Quakers tended to
A.  be pacifists.
B.  stress class differences.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: A
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
E.
Answer: D
Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the New World were
A.  aristocrats.
B.  religious dissenters.
C.  laborers.
D.  commercial agents.
E.  soldiers of fortune.
Answer: C
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
Which statement about indentured servants is the LEAST accurate?
A.  Few came voluntarily.
B.  Most were men.
C.  There was a fixed term of servitude.
D.  Their presence in the New World created serious social problems.
E.  Upon their completion of service, male indentured servants were to
receive some form of compensation.
Answer: A
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.
E.
Answer: A
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.
Answer: D
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
At the trial of Peter Zenger the court ruled that criticisms of the
government were
A.  by definition illegal.
B.  universally permissible.
C.  not libelous if factually accurate.
D.  not libelous if the accused could prove that he meant no harm.
E.  not libelous if the accuser could not demonstrate that anyone had been
harmed.
Answer: C
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
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
The Seven Years' War
A.  brought American colonists into closer contact with British authority
than ever before.
B.  lessened contact between American colonists and British authority.
C.  did not greatly affect the relationship between the two.
D.
E.
Answer: A
What future American leader was militarily involved in the early stages of
the French and Indian War of North America?
A.  Ben Franklin
B.  Patrick Henry
C.  James Madison
D.  George Washington
E.  Benedict Arnold
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
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
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.  all of the above
Answer: A
The Proclamation of 1763
A.  required Indians to cede land east of the Appalachian Mountains to the
British.
B.  was generally effective.
C.  met at least the modest expectations of the Indians.
D.  all of the above
E.  none of the above
Answer: A
Which of the following was NOT passed by the Grenville ministry which held
power after the Seven Years' War?
A.  the Mutiny Act
B.  the Stamp Act
C.  the Sugar Act
D.  the Coercive Acts
E.  the Currency Act
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.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
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.
E.
Answer: D
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
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