Chapter 3

Question 1

All of the following we’re characteristics of colonial South Carolina, except:

Answer 1

It’s lowland areas became a region dominated by large scale colonial settlements because of the favorable climate

Question 2

Why was bacon’s rebellion such a watershed event , not only for Virginia’s history, but that for all American colonies?

Answer 2

Led to the incorporation of more slaves, and less indentured servants, creating racially divided country

Question 3

Which of the following was not a reason for the marked deterioration of the relationships between English colonists and Indians in the last decades of the 17th century?

Answer 3

The clash between English Protestants ideals and the Roman Catholicism of the Indians, converted by earlier Spanish missionaries

Question 4

The most socially and ethically diverse proprietary colony was:

Answer 4

Pennsylvania

Question 5

Which of the following is not an accurate description of the restoration monarchy in England?

Answer 5

Loosened its restrictions on colonial trade with other European nations

Question 6

The american colonies established during the restoration wer primarily of which type?

Answer 6

Proprietary colonies

Question 7

Which of the following most correctly describes the concept of “the middle ground” for colonial America

Answer 7

A zone where colonists and Indians came together on relatively equal terms for peaceful trade and shared rituals

Question 8

Metacom’s war occurred in which colonial region?

Answer 8

New England

Question 9

Which of the following was not a reason for the decline in the use of indentured servants by Chesapeake planters?

Answer 9

Significant ethnic and cultural differences between planters and servants led to tensions and occasional violence.

Question 10

Why was the development of colonial slave code such a historically significant process?

Answer 10

Codes led to the creation of permanent servitude based upon racial categorization,thus creating a legalistic foundation for African slavery

Question 11

The English seized what became their colony of New York from which European rival?

Answer 11

Netherlands

Question 12

Which of the following was not an outcome of king Williams war in the 1960’s

Answer 12

The capture of Hudson’s bay allowed the English to establish an interior outpost to try to limit French expansion

Question 13

Which of he following best describes the intent of the navigation acts?

Answer 13

To place strict limits on colonial trade, stipulating where colonists could ship certain products, and requiring many goods to be shipped solely to England

Question 14

The principle obstacle to Spanish colonial administration in the southwest was:

Answer 14

Violent and sustained resistance to Spanish control by the pueblo people’s in late 1600’s

Question 15

Which of the following was not a reason for the increasing use f slave labor in the English colonies by the early 1700’s?

Answer 15

Increased dangers associated with Indian slavery

Question 16

The beaver wars of the second half of the 17th century were:

Answer 16

Conflicts between the Iroquois and Huron societies over access to the fur trade with the French

Question 17

The colony of Pennsylvania was intended primarily as a religious haven for which persecuted sect?

Answer 17

Quakers

Question 18

The colony of Georgia was founded for all of the following reasons except:

Answer 18

To create slave plantation society that generated profits similar to neighboring South Carolina

Question 19

Which of the following was not a principal motivation for European involvement in the African slave trade

Answer 19

Religious mandate that prescribed such treatment for “heathen people’s” unless they converted to Christianity

Question 20

Colonial slave code stipulated that the condition of the _______ determined the condition of the child when it came to determining enslaved status

Answer 20

Mom