hist 2601 test 1
What was the status of the first Africans to reach Virginia in 1619? - Servants
What saved Jamestown in 1612? - Tobacco
What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact? - It was the first written constitution in North
America.
In which region of North America did self-contained German communities arise in the eighteenth
century? - The Middle Atlantic
What caused the War of Spanish Succession and also caused Queen Anne's War? - The death of King
Charles II
What was the significance of Jean-Baptiste Colbert's contribution to France in the 1660s? - He fine-tuned
the mercantile system for France.
Which of the following was an outcome of King William's War (1689-1697)? - Iroquois leaders declared
themselves neutral in future European conflicts.
What effect did the Glorious Revolution have on the colonies? - Puritan power in New England was
diluted.
What was the Glorious Revolution? - A bloodless revolution that deposed King James II
What was one consequence of the Pueblo revolt? - Spanish expansion was limited in the Southwest.
, What was one effect of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa? - It fueled slave raids.
Scots-Irish immigrants were drawn to the backcountry of Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century
because they - aimed to escape poor economic conditions at home to get a fresh start in farming.
Why was John Peter Zenger imprisoned? - libel
The way that the family of Isaac Royall appears in the portrait he commissioned suggests that the family
was - elite
What caused most of the conflicts between Europeans and Indians as well as conflicts between different
groups of white settlers in the first half of the eighteenth century? - land
What was an effect of the Enlightenment in the colonies? - Colonists became more accepting of religious
diversity.
In the case of the market protest and the Hudson land-leasing protest, what action immediately
preceded the protests? - Sending a petition to colonial officials
What, according to historians, caused 160 accusations of witchcraft in Massachusetts and Connecticut
between 1647 and 1692? - Social insecurity wrought by colonial expansion
Why was Puritan minister Samuel Sewell upset about the behavior of Boston's mercantile elites? - He
feared that these merchants were more concerned with financial success than religious devotion.
In which of the following ways did Cotton Mather differ from Samuel Sewell? - Mather was willing to
accept certain aspects of the growing commercial success in the colonies.
What was an important outcome of the conflict between the Iroquois and the Delaware Indians in
Pennsylvania in the 1720s and 1730s? - The Walking Purchase
What was the status of the first Africans to reach Virginia in 1619? - Servants
What saved Jamestown in 1612? - Tobacco
What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact? - It was the first written constitution in North
America.
In which region of North America did self-contained German communities arise in the eighteenth
century? - The Middle Atlantic
What caused the War of Spanish Succession and also caused Queen Anne's War? - The death of King
Charles II
What was the significance of Jean-Baptiste Colbert's contribution to France in the 1660s? - He fine-tuned
the mercantile system for France.
Which of the following was an outcome of King William's War (1689-1697)? - Iroquois leaders declared
themselves neutral in future European conflicts.
What effect did the Glorious Revolution have on the colonies? - Puritan power in New England was
diluted.
What was the Glorious Revolution? - A bloodless revolution that deposed King James II
What was one consequence of the Pueblo revolt? - Spanish expansion was limited in the Southwest.
, What was one effect of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa? - It fueled slave raids.
Scots-Irish immigrants were drawn to the backcountry of Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century
because they - aimed to escape poor economic conditions at home to get a fresh start in farming.
Why was John Peter Zenger imprisoned? - libel
The way that the family of Isaac Royall appears in the portrait he commissioned suggests that the family
was - elite
What caused most of the conflicts between Europeans and Indians as well as conflicts between different
groups of white settlers in the first half of the eighteenth century? - land
What was an effect of the Enlightenment in the colonies? - Colonists became more accepting of religious
diversity.
In the case of the market protest and the Hudson land-leasing protest, what action immediately
preceded the protests? - Sending a petition to colonial officials
What, according to historians, caused 160 accusations of witchcraft in Massachusetts and Connecticut
between 1647 and 1692? - Social insecurity wrought by colonial expansion
Why was Puritan minister Samuel Sewell upset about the behavior of Boston's mercantile elites? - He
feared that these merchants were more concerned with financial success than religious devotion.
In which of the following ways did Cotton Mather differ from Samuel Sewell? - Mather was willing to
accept certain aspects of the growing commercial success in the colonies.
What was an important outcome of the conflict between the Iroquois and the Delaware Indians in
Pennsylvania in the 1720s and 1730s? - The Walking Purchase
