1. “The thing that is nearest the heart of the [English] nation,” King
Charles II said, is _____.
2. The economic philosophy
of. _______________ was put in systematic form in a book of 1630, England’s Treasure by Foreign Trade.
3. Rice, and later indigo,
were the lucrative cash crops in the colony of ______________.
4. Because New England was a
glacial moraine, the soil was famously _____, which discouraged
large-scale farming.
5. New Englanders looked to
the sea to produce wealth; in addition to overseas trade and shipbuilding, many
New Englanders were engaged in ________.
6. New England traders
bought ______ in West Africa with textiles, iron, and other European
manufactures.
7. King James II was forced
to flee England in 1688 because he was a ________.
8. The joint monarchs who
succeeded James II in 1688 were ________________; the first American
college in the South was named for them.
9. In 1691, Plymouth colony
permanently lost its independent identity and was incorporated into __________.
10. Beginning in 1692, the
village of _____ in Massachusetts was rocked by a series of trials and
executions for witchcraft.
Multiple Choice
1. The "Commonwealth of England lasted for a decade and was ruled
by
a. James II.
b. Edmond Andros.
c. Charles II.
d. Oliver Cromwell.
e. William Pitt.
2. The three distinct regions that emerged in the colonial era included
all of the following except
a. the Middle Colonies.
b. the Midwest.
c. New England.
d. the South.
e. all of these choices.
3. English mercantilists approved of the southern colonies because those
colonies
a. were home to a large merchant class also committed to mercantilism.
b. manufactured most of the goods that the English needed.
c. were where slavery existed.
c. produced crops grown in England.
d. produced valuable “enumerated articles” such as tobacco and rice.
4. After about 1660, Virginia and Maryland suffered an economic
depression because
a. the world price of tobacco collapsed.
b. slave rebellions destroyed numerous plantations.
c. Indians began a boycott of English trade goods.
d. the Crown forbade the minting of the Pine Tree Shilling in the South.
e. none of these choices.
5. A social structure resembling the social structure in no other colony
evolved in
a. South Carolina
b. Massachusetts
c. North Carolina
d. Virginia
e. Maryland
6. New Englanders competed with their English cousins in every area except
a. fishing.
b. shipbuilding.
c. agriculture.
d. seaborne trade.
e. none of these choices.
7. The Dominion of New England
a. briefly united all of England’s American colonies.
b. was organized in response to the Glorious Revolution.
c. promoted local government.
d. eliminated local assemblies.
e, all of these choices.
8. Following the overthrow of King James II,
a. Governor Edmund Andros took over the Dominion of New England.
b. Charles II was crowned king.
c. James II was crowned king.
d. Charles II was beheaded.
e. Massachusetts became a royal colony.
9. Ships’ masters of the seventeenth century were able to determine
their latitude quite precisely by means of
a. measuring sailing speed.
b. the astrolabe.
c. the chronometer.
d. taking a poll of the crew.
e. the compass.
10. All of the following characterized the Middle Colonies except
a. rapid population growth.
b. political instability.
c. general prosperity.
d. liberal laws.
e. religious toleration in
Pennsylvania.
11. The chief purpose of the
Navigation Acts was to
a. ensure the prosperity of
the colonies.
b. promote the prosperity of
Englishmen and women.
c. punish the colonies.
d. promote maritime safety.
e. regulate trade between
England and Europe.
12. The Navigation Acts
provided for all of the following except
a. All colonial trade had to
be shipped in vessels built and owned by Englishmen or colonists.
b. Three-fourths of the ships’
crews engaged in colonial trade had to be English or colonial.
c. All goods imported into the colonies from Europe had to be shipped
first to certain English ports, unloaded there, and then reloaded for shipment
to America.
d. Certain “enumerated articles”—luxury goods, mostly—could not be
shipped to the colonies under any circumstances.
e. Wages were regulated.
13. Bacon’s Rebellion
reflected
a. backcountry discontent
with Governor Berkeley’s Indian policy.
b. lower-class opposition to
import duties.
c. tidewater discontent with
Berkeley’s dictatorial style.
d. tidewater resentment of
the Navigation Acts.
e. none of these choices.
14. The lack of cities in
the Chesapeake region encouraged
a. political and social
domination by the great planters
b. the emergence of
democratic institutions
c. economic self-sufficiency
among the merchant elite
d. all of these choices
e,. none of these choices.
15. The wealthy planters of
the Chesapeake region
a. created a lavish lifestyle
that was conspicuously different from anything known in England.
b. were typically in debt.
c. were too rich to be
concerned with the price of tobacco.
d. lived much of the year in
Charleston.
e. spent much time in London.
16. Seventeenth-century
navigators were unable, with precision, to determine
a. the port to which they
were headed.
b. latitude.
c. longitude.
d. the direction they were
going.
e. all of these choices.
17. New England agriculture
was shaped by all of the following except
a. a short growing season.
b. rocky soil.
c, lack of rainfall.
d. small farms.
e. European demand for its
produce.
18. The immediate cause of the
witchcraft scare of the 1690s was
a. a squabble between
different factions in the village church.
b. a reaction to a series of
misfortunes that had befallen Massachusetts.
c. the exposure of adolescent
girls to frightening tales.
d. all of these choices.
e. none of these choices.
19. The witchcraft hysteria
subsided
a. because none of the
colony’s leaders participated in the witchhunt
b. when it was proven that
witches did not exist
c. when the accusers began to
finger prominent and powerful people as witches
d. when all the witches were
executed.
e. because of William Penn’s
opposition to the persecution
20. The introduction of
indigo cultivation in South Carolina
a. owed in large part to the
efforts of a woman planter, Eliza Lucas Pinckney.
b. meant the slaves raising
rice could be worked even when rice required no attention.
c. made the great planters of
South Carolina among the wealthiest social groups in the colonies.
d. all of these choices.
e. none of these choices.