Practice set for the Mr. Schaefer's APUSH class at Olympia High School on Chapter 4 of The American Pageant (13th ed), "American Life in the Seventeenth Century."
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| 983873794 | The wilderness of America was especially harsh and difficult in the......region | Chesapeake Bay | 1 | |
| 983873795 | True/False: Diseases were a large problem | True: especially malaria, typhoid and dysentary | 2 | |
| 983873796 | How many people lived to 40-50? | Few | 3 | |
| 983873797 | Ratio of men to women: | 6:1 | 4 | |
| 983873798 | Most populous colony and population: | Virginia, 59000 | 5 | |
| 983873799 | Economy and export was based mainly on what cash crop? | Tobacco in the Chesapeake region | 6 | |
| 983873800 | Explain the headright system: | An aristocrat earned the right to purchase 50 acres of land if they sponsored an indentured servant. All the land went to the rich. | 7 | |
| 983873801 | Most laborers were: | indentured servants | 8 | |
| 983873802 | Conditions for indentured servants: | SUCKED and it was very brutal | 9 | |
| 983873803 | Towards the end of the 17th century an especially numerous, dangerous demograpic was: | free, poor, landless, single, frustrated men | 10 | |
| 983873804 | Who led Bacon's Rebellion and why: | Nathaniel Bacon because he and his peers resented Virginia's governor, William Berkeley, and his policy towards Indians | 11 | |
| 983873805 | Was Bacon's Rebellion successful? | No, Bacon died in the middle of it and then Berkeley crushed it. | 12 | |
| 983873806 | What was the legacy of Bacon's Rebellion? | The poor and indentured got the idea of rebellion and there was unrest. | 13 | |
| 983873807 | When did black slaves finally outnumber white servants? | mid-1680 | 14 | |
| 983873808 | When did the importation of black slaves really take off? | after 1700. by 1750 black slaves accounted for almost half of Virginia's population. | 15 | |
| 983873809 | Where were most of the slaves from? | Western Africa: Senegal and Angola | 16 | |
| 983873810 | What were the first "slave codes"? | Slaves and their children would remail slaves for their entire lives unless voluntarily freed. | 17 | |
| 983873811 | Economy in the deep South was based on: | rice grown by slaves | 18 | |
| 983873812 | Cultural contributions by blacks of the time: | Many developed their own languages (english blended with their native tongue) and introduced banjos and bongo drums. Jazz also mainstreamed. | 19 | |
| 983873813 | Revolts by slaves? | In 1712 and 1739. Both failed. | 20 | |
| 983873814 | What and who were the First Families of Virginia? | Large, extremely wealthy families that dominated society in Virginia. They were the Fitzhughs, Lees and Washingtons. | 21 | |
| 983873815 | What was the largest social group in the south? | Farmers, many of whom had problems with drunkenness. There were very few cities in the south. | 22 | |
| 983873816 | Describe life in New England: | Less disease because of cooler temperatures, life expectancy of 70 years, family-oriented with lots of children, women had more rights than in other regions, severe and strict laws | 23 | |
| 983873817 | There were more structured citied in New England than anywhere else, how were they organized? | New towns were legally chartered, towns had meeting houses, towns of more than 50 families had primary education, towns of more than 100 families had secondary education | 24 | |
| 983873818 | What was the first college and who was it established by? | Harvard College was establish by the Puritans in 1636 | 25 | |
| 983873819 | What were "jeremiads"? | Sermons by Puritan preachers who feared that the younger generations wouldn't be as pious and scolded them for their sins | 26 | |
| 983873820 | What did the"Halfway Covenant" do? | It included everyone in the Puritan church, even if they weren't perfect Puritans | 27 | |
| 983873821 | How many were convicted in the Salem witch-hunts? | 20 people and 2 dogs | 28 | |
| 983873822 | How long did the Salem witch hysteria last? | From 1690-1693 | 29 | |
| 983873823 | What was the New England based on? | Because of the climate and soil, New England was all about small, diverse farms, trade, and fishing | 30 | |
| 983873824 | How was slavery in New England? | It was not very widespread because it was unecessary with the economy being based on trade, fishing, and small farms. | 31 | |
| 983873825 | What was the lifestyle of early settlers? | They worked hard all day, did little at night, and lived humbly | 32 | |
| 983873826 | What demographic in Europe were most settlers from? | Lower middle class | 33 |
