Question 1

Boston merchants:

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A)   challenged the subordination of economic activity to Puritan control.
B)   refused to trade with anyone outside of the Puritan faith.
C)   paid for Anne Hutchinson's prosecution.
D)   had enjoyed widespread freedom to trade since the establishment of the colony.
E)   controlled John Winthrop.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

A consequence of the English Civil War of the 1640s was:

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A)   an English belief that England was the world's guardian of liberty.
B)   an increase in the power of the Stuart kings.
C)   the establishment of Plymouth Colony.
D)   the signing of the Magna Carta.
E)   the outbreak of war between Spain and England.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

The Diggers of Great Britain:

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A)   proposed building a tunnel to Rome to surprise and overpower the Catholic Church, thereby eliminating a source of controversy in English society.
B)   sought to eliminate male ownership of land as a means of promoting social equality for women.
C)   influenced the development of the American colonies, because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World.
D)   executed King James I.
E)   overthrew parliamentary forces in 1642.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Which statement about women in the early Virginia colony is FALSE?

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A)   Women mostly came to Virginia as indentured servants.
B)   Some women took advantage of their legal status as femme sole.
C)   Women consisted of about half the white population.
D)   Women often married at a relatively late age-mid-twenties.
E)   There was a high death rate among women.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The English Civil War was a bloodless war that restored Catholicism to England.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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D)   was seen as embodying English freedom, until Parliament repealed it in 1722.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)   was, like the English Constitution, unwritten.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?

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A)   Quakers
B)   Puritans
C)   Pilgrims
D)   Native Americans
E)   CatholicsF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Which one of the following is an accurate statement about the class-based society of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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A)   Only wealthy landowners or merchants were allowed membership in Puritan churches.
B)   The Body of Liberties of 1641 stated that a debtor became the servant of his creditor if he could not repay a loan within a year.
C)   The General Court banned ordinary people from wearing the garb of gentlemen.
D)   A member of the upper class was known as a gentleman or lady, while a member of the lower class was simply called friend.
E)   Voting was restricted by law to men who came from designated "good families" in England.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act, aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Why did the Pilgrims flee the Netherlands?

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A)   They sought new opportunities after a severe economic downturn in the Netherlands left many of them unemployed.
B)   They felt that the surrounding culture was corrupting their children.
C)   England had gone to war with the Netherlands, and the Pilgrims felt caught in the middle.
D)   The Catholic Church took over the Netherlands under a papal edict in 1617, and the Pilgrims felt that they had no choice but to go.
E)   The Dutch government ordered them to leave because of their radical religious ideas.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Henry Care believed that the English system of government was the best in the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

How did John Winthrop view a woman's liberty?

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A)   A woman was equal to her husband in the eyes of the Puritan faith.
B)   Once a woman married a man, she was his subject.
C)   A woman had no right to choose a husband; the church should choose one for her.
D)   Men and women were equal until they married, and then they were one.
E)   He never even mentioned women.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

When the Virginia Company gave control of the Virginia colony to the king in 1624:

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A)   it did so under pressure from the king, who was trying to consolidate his ownership of all colonies.
B)   its white population had quintupled since settlement began in 1607.
C)   this meant that control over the colony would rest entirely in royal hands, ending the local control that had existed under the Virginia Company.
D)   Virginia became the first royal colony.
E)   James wanted to change the colony's name to Jamesland, but Parliament rejected it.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Indians mostly traded furs and animal skins for European goods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

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A)   new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church.
B)   groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution, on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges.
C)   writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and press, because it caused too much controversy.
D)   the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment.
E)   thousands of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas:

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A)   brought unrest and conflict between the English and the Indians.
B)   split the church.
C)   was seen in England as a sign of Anglo-Indian harmony and missionary success.
D)   marked the beginnings of many ethnically mixed marriages between Indians and the English.
E)   caused King James I to denounce John Rolfe.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

In the Pequot War of 1637:

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A)   the Pequots defeated the Puritans in a battle that temporarily drove back the Massachusetts Bay settlers to only three coastal towns.
B)   Connecticut and Massachusetts soldiers teamed with Narragansett allies to set the main Pequot village afire and kill 500 Pequots.
C)   the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans, leading to the elimination of both tribes.
D)   the barbarity of the Native Americans surprised the colonists.
E)   the Pequots took over the old Pilgrim colony and made it their own.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

Which one of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England, who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

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A)   She ascended to the throne immediately after a long period of civil war and successfully unified the nation.
B)   Her refusal to marry led to her designation as "the Virgin Queen," after whom Virginia was named.
C)   When the Pope refused to allow her to divorce her French royal husband, she founded an independent Church of England.
D)   She temporarily restored Catholicism as the state religion of England.
E)   Under her authority, colonists established the first permanent English settlement in North America.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

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)   actually hated Catholics, which is why he set up a colony for them in a swamp.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Why did the Pilgrims flee the Netherlands?

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Maryland's founder, Cecilius Calvert:

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The marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas:

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The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

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Which statement about women in the early Virginia colony is FALSE?

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The English Civil War was a bloodless war that restored Catholicism to England.

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Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?

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How did John Winthrop view a woman's liberty?

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A consequence of the English Civil War of the 1640s was:

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Which one of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England, who reigned from 1553 to 1558?

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Henry Care believed that the English system of government was the best in the world.

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During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

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When the Virginia Company gave control of the Virginia colony to the king in 1624:

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Indians mostly traded furs and animal skins for European goods.

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Oliver Cromwell's Parliament passed the first Navigation Act, aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.

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Boston merchants:

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In the Pequot War of 1637:

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Which one of the following is an accurate statement about the class-based society of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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The Diggers of Great Britain:

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The Magna Carta:

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