Questions & Answers
1. What was one major difference between England's colonies and those of
other European powers like the Spanish and the French?
Answer: England's colonies attracted a much larger number of permanent
settlers.
2. Which of the following statements is true?
Answer: Many English aristocrats feared that James II would become too
powerful and restore Catholicism to England.
3. What does the diary of William Byrd demonstrate about the culture of
England's 18th century American colonies?
Answer: The flow of consumer goods from England allowed wealthy
colonists to display their class status.
4. Which of the following statements reflects a widespread political attitude
in America and England after the Glorious Revolution?
Answer: "We need a bill of rights to prevent abuse of power."
5. Which of the following happened as a result of the French and Indian
War?
Answer: Tensions formed between colonists and British soldiers, who had
treated them poorly during the war.
6. The diagram of the British slave ship Brookes most directly illustrates
what feature of the Atlantic slave trade?
Answer: The interest among slave traders in maximizing profits and the
perception of slaves as commodities.
7. Which of the following statements best reflects the task system of labor,
from a slave's perspective?
Answer: "We experience less oversight because plantation owners often
live far from the fields to avoid malaria.”