Chapter 2The Planting of English America, 1500–1733

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Question

All of the following were true of the Roanoke Island settlement EXCEPT

a) Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition that first landed in 1585.

b) it was a vaguely defined region named in honor of Elizabeth, the “Virgin Queen.”

c) after several false starts, the hapless Roanoke colony mysteriously vanished, swallowed up by the wilderness.

d) it made English colonies compete on par with those of the Spanish Empire.

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Answer

All of the following were true of the Roanoke Island settlement EXCEPT

a) Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition that first landed in 1585.

b) it was a vaguely defined region named in honor of Elizabeth, the “Virgin Queen.”

c) after several false starts, the hapless Roanoke colony mysteriously vanished, swallowed up by the wilderness.

d) it made English colonies compete on par with those of the Spanish Empire. (correct)

Hint: See page 28.

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Question

The main importance of the Joint-stock company was it

a) produced a new, free swinging, jointed form of stocks more suitable to rough New England climate.

b) enabled a considerable number of investors, called adventurers, to pool their capital.

c) undermined the rules of primogeniture.

d) invested heavily in the hemp industry in Barbados.

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Answer

The main importance of the Joint-stock company was it

a) produced a new, free swinging, jointed form of stocks more suitable to rough New England climate.

b) enabled a considerable number of investors, called adventurers, to pool their capital. (correct)

c) undermined the rules of primogeniture.

d) invested heavily in the hemp industry in Barbados.

Hint: See page 30.

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Question

The Charter of the Virginia Company was significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it

a) guaranteed to the overseas settlers the same rights of Englishmen that they would have enjoyed if they had stayed at home.

b) set a precedent for rights of Englishmen, which were gradually extended to subsequent English colonies.

c) ensured that Virginia would be a proprietary colony, with no possible interference from the British Crown.

d) helped to reinforce the colonists’ sense that even on the far shores of the Atlantic, they remained comfortably within the embrace of traditional English institutions.

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Answer

The Charter of the Virginia Company was significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it

a) guaranteed to the overseas settlers the same rights of Englishmen that they would have enjoyed if they had stayed at home.

b) set a precedent for rights of Englishmen, which were gradually extended to subsequent English colonies.

c) ensured that Virginia would be a proprietary colony, with no possible interference from the British Crown. (correct)

d) helped to reinforce the colonists’ sense that even on the far shores of the Atlantic, they remained comfortably within the embrace of traditional English institutions.

Hint: See page 30.

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Question

All of the following were true of the Jamestown colony EXCEPT

a) it proved to be immediately successful, as the discovery of tobacco in 1607 ensured its prosperity.

b) the early years of Jamestown proved a nightmare for all concerned.

c) forty would-be colonists perished during the initial voyage in 1606–1607.

d) once ashore in Virginia, the settlers died by the dozens from disease, malnutrition, and starvation.

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Answer

All of the following were true of the Jamestown colony EXCEPT

a) it proved to be immediately successful, as the discovery of tobacco in 1607 ensured its prosperity. (correct)

b) the early years of Jamestown proved a nightmare for all concerned.

c) forty would-be colonists perished during the initial voyage in 1606–1607.

d) once ashore in Virginia, the settlers died by the dozens from disease, malnutrition, and starvation.

Hint: See page 31.

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Question

All of the following were true of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1644–1646) EXCEPT the

a) Indians made one last effort to dislodge the Virginians.

b) peace treaty of 1646 guaranteed Chesapeake Indians access to their ancestral lands.

c) Indians were again defeated.

d) peace treaty of 1646 repudiated any hope of assimilating the native peoples into Virginian society or of peacefully coexisting with them.

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Answer

All of the following were true of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1644–1646) EXCEPT the

a) Indians made one last effort to dislodge the Virginians.

b) peace treaty of 1646 guaranteed Chesapeake Indians access to their ancestral lands. (correct)

c) Indians were again defeated.

d) peace treaty of 1646 repudiated any hope of assimilating the native peoples into Virginian society or of peacefully coexisting with them.

Hint: See page 33.

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Question

The Barbados Slave Code of 1661 declared all of the following EXCEPT

a) “If any Negro or slave whatsoever shall offer any violence to any Christian… such Negro or slave shall… be severely whipped by the Constable.”

b) “For his second offence of that nature he shall be severely whipped, his nose slit, and be burned in some part of his face with a hot iron.”

c) “If such a Negro or slave shall incur similar debt from a Christian, then he shall be released from his bonds.”

d) “And being brutish slaves, [they] deserve not, for the baseness of their condition, to be tried by the legal trial of twelve men of their peers.”

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Answer

The Barbados Slave Code of 1661 declared all of the following EXCEPT

a) “If any Negro or slave whatsoever shall offer any violence to any Christian… such Negro or slave shall… be severely whipped by the Constable.”

b) “For his second offence of that nature he shall be severely whipped, his nose slit, and be burned in some part of his face with a hot iron.”

c) “If such a Negro or slave shall incur similar debt from a Christian, then he shall be released from his bonds.” (correct)

d) “And being brutish slaves, [they] deserve not, for the baseness of their condition, to be tried by the legal trial of twelve men of their peers.”

Hint: See pages 37–38.

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Question

All of the following nations belonged to the Iroquois Confederacy in the late 1500s EXCEPT the

a) Mohawks.

b) Oneidas.

c) Tuscaroras.

d) Onondagas.

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Answer

All of the following nations belonged to the Iroquois Confederacy in the late 1500s EXCEPT the

a) Mohawks.

b) Oneidas.

c) Tuscaroras. (correct)

d) Onondagas.

Hint: See page 42.

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Question

The Act of Toleration (1649) applied to

a) Catholics and Protestants in Maryland.

b) Jews and atheists in Rhode Island.

c) Quakers and Dunkers in Pennsylvania.

d) Anglicans and Presbyterians in Virginia.

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Answer

The Act of Toleration (1649) applied to

a) Catholics and Protestants in Maryland. (correct)

b) Jews and atheists in Rhode Island.

c) Quakers and Dunkers in Pennsylvania.

d) Anglicans and Presbyterians in Virginia.

Hint: See page 36.

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Question

Squatters were mostly likely to be found in

a) Virginia.

b) North Carolina.

c) South Carolina.

d) Maryland.

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Answer

Squatters were mostly likely to be found in

a) Virginia.

b) North Carolina. (correct)

c) South Carolina.

d) Maryland.

Hint: See page 40.

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Question

All of the following were true of Georgia EXCEPT

a) the harbor of Savannah nourishing its chief settlement.

b) it was one of the first of the thirteen colonies to be planted.

c) the English crown intended Georgia to serve chiefly as a buffer against vengeful Spaniards from Florida.

d) it received monetary subsidies from the British government at the outset.

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Answer

All of the following were true of Georgia EXCEPT

a) the harbor of Savannah nourishing its chief settlement.

b) it was one of the first of the thirteen colonies to be planted. (correct)

c) the English crown intended Georgia to serve chiefly as a buffer against vengeful Spaniards from Florida.

d) it received monetary subsidies from the British government at the outset.

Hint: See page 41.