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| 456894983 | "In the 1500s, Native Americans possessed a wide range of complex cultures." What gives evidence to support this statement? | The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan the organization of Inca society the Maya's agricultural system the Maya calendar | |
| 456894984 | Describe the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500s and 1600s. | Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination | |
| 456894985 | What were important factors behind European exploration and settlement in the 16th century? | increase in scientific knowledge and technological change development of nation-states competition for trade religious commitment | |
| 456894986 | By the end of the 16th century, describe Spain's colonial empire. | It was controlled by a bureaucracy in Madrid The Roman Catholic Church had great influence New univeristies were spreading education and culture Great wealth was being sent back to Spain | |
| 456894987 | The delay in founding English settlements in the Americas was the result of? | religious uupheavels in England | |
| 456894988 | At the beginning of the 17th century, what factors served to increase the Engliish role in America? | defeat of the Spanish Armada population growth development of joint-stock companies emigration for religious reasons | |
| 456894989 | The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the? | development of a tobacco industry | |
| 456894990 | What source would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institution in the early colonial period? | the Mayflower Compact | |
| 456894991 | What is the most widely accepted discription of Columbus' accomplishments? | He started a permanent relationship between Euroope and the Americas | |
| 456894992 | The issue of religion figured most prominately in the consideration of what? | the establishment of Puritan colonies in Massachusetts | |
| 456894993 | The issue of religious toleration figured prominently in the founding of colonies by who?(more than one person) | Cecil Calvert Anne Hutchinson William Penn Roger Williams | |
| 456894994 | Describe a problem faced by Virginia in the last decades of the 17th century. | conflict between large plantaion owners and settlers on Virginia's western frountier | |
| 456894995 | What document would be useful in examining the origins of constitutional government in colonial America? | the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | |
| 456894996 | "Puritan intolerance of dissent led to the founding of a number of new colonies." Which colonies support this statement? | Providence Portsmouth(Rhode Island) Hartford New Haven | |
| 456894997 | Roger Williams differed from other Puritan ministers in his emphasis on? | the individual's private religious conscience | |
| 456894998 | What factors led to the formation of the New England Confederation? | the problem of defending against Indian attacks conflicts over colonial boundaries concern about runaway servants neglect by the English government | |
| 456894999 | The chief purpose of mercantilist policies was to? | strengthen the economy and power of the parent country | |
| 456895000 | What were some of the consequences in the colonies of the acts of trade and navigation? | Colonial manufacturing was limited Colonial economies were regulated from London Smuggling became a common practice New England shipbuilding prospered | |
| 456895001 | William Penn's "Holy Experiment" included what ideas? | nonviolence fair treatment of Native Americans a refuge for Quakers religious toleration | |
| 456895002 | In the mid-18th centruy, what was true about slavery in the British colonies? | Planters throught it provided a more dependable labor supply than other options There were more slaves than indentured servants in the southern colonies Slaves accounted for about half the population in Virginia Colonial laws gave slavery a permanent legal status | |
| 456895003 | The Great Awakengin was a reaction to? | churches' earlier failure to take account of people's emotional needs | |
| 456895004 | Preahers of the Great Awakening focused on the importance of? | the consequences of leading a sinful life the sovereignty and power of God repenting of one's sins in order to be saved from eternal damnation looking to the Bible as the final source of authority | |
| 456895005 | What were the consequences of the Great Awakening? | decline in the authority of Protestant ministers a belief that common people could make their own decisions increased emotionalism in church services a feeling of shared experience among colonists in different regions and of different national origins | |
| 456895006 | What is true of immigration to the colonies during the first half of the 18th century? | Most immigrants came from continental Europe | |
| 456895007 | In the 18th century, what is true abouot colonial society in America? | The English languate and English traditions were dominant There were few poor people and no real aristocrats Voters played an active role in government A degree of religious toleration could be found in each colony | |
| 456895008 | At his trial, John Peter Zenger won acquittal on the grounds that? | truth could not be libel | |
| 456895009 | What did the colonies lack? | an adequat monetary system | |
| 456895010 | Descrive the government of all 13 colonies in the mid-18th century. | One house of legislature was elected by eligible voters | |
| 456895011 | "Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the multitalented colonial American." Give examples to support this. | experiments with electricity "Poor Richard's Almanack" invention of bifocal lenses founding of a nonsecretarian college | |
| 456895012 | What describes the "new man" descrived by Crevecoeur? | a German-speaking farmer on the fontier | |
| 456895013 | What expresses British criticism of the colonies in 1763? | Samuel Adams and other colonial leaders organized oppostition to British authority Many colonists showed disloyalty by failing to support the war effort The colonial militia was badly trained Although the colonies benefited from the British victory, they failed to pay thier fair share of the costs | |
| 456895014 | "After the French and Indian War, the British government tried to make Americans pay for British protection in the colonies." What acts support this statement? | Stamp Act Sugar Act Quartering Act Townshend Acts | |
| 456895015 | Pontiac's Revellion was a reaction to? | the westward movement of the English settlers | |
| 456895016 | What were the consequences of the Stamp Act? | Delegates from different colonies held a protest meeting in New York The Son's of Liberty threatened tax officials Colonists boycotted British goods London merchants suffered from a reduction in trade | |
| 456895017 | John Dickinson defended the idea of no taxation without representation by arguing that? | to tax people without their consent violated English law | |
| 456895018 | The Townshend Acts provoked what reactions from the colonists? | the Massachusetts Circular Letter John Dickinson's "Letters From a Farmer in Pennysylvania" colonial boycotts of British goods the Gaspee incident | |
| 456895019 | The Boston Tea Party had what cause? | Parliament's efforts to improve the profits of the British East India Company | |
| 456895020 | What source would be most useful in studying the philosophical foundations of the American Revolution? | John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" | |
| 456895021 | Englightenment philosopers believed in what? | People have the right to revolt against tyranny People have rights simply because they are human Sovereignty resides with the people A fundamental purpose of government is to protect people's rights | |
| 456895022 | Make a correct statement about the American colonies in the 1770s before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. | Except for a few radicals, Americans generally accepted the policies of George III's ministers |
