US History 1 CLEP Study Guide

In general, Native American groups prior to contact with Europeans - Answer-had adapted to a variety of geographic and climate conditions Which of the following was Not a factor in the success of the spanish in conquering Native American people? - Answer-The importation of Africans All of the following were reasons the English were interested in colonization Except? - Answer-English Landlords wanted to import their enclosure movement to the Americas to make money Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the dumping of precious metals from the Americas into European markest? - Answer-Introduction of joint-stock companies Which of the following is a true Statement about Puritanism? - Answer-Puritanism was based on a set of religious,political, and social values The first published poet in the North American colonies was? - Answer-Anne Bradstreet William Penn called his colony a " Holy Experiment" because he? - Answer-Wanted to establish a self-governing colony with political and religious freedom The Bodies of Liberty, the first set of laws in the English colonies, was passed by the? - Answer-Massachusetts General Courts Tabacco was the most important export commodity in the late seventeenth century for which of the folllowing states? - Answer-Virginia and Maryland Which of the following is Not a True statement about life in the English colonies? - Answer-The colonies had no colleges, so young men had to go to England for higher education Which of the following was fought between colonist and Native Americans? - Answer-King Phillip's War A major differences in government structure between royal colonies and charter colonies was? - Answer-The colonist elected their own governor in charter colonies, wheras the monarch appointed the governor in a royal colony The development of enslaved Africans as the chief labor supply after Bacon's Rebellion occurred because of? - Answer-the growing number of white landless and discontented former servants The first colony in the 1600s to require that each town established a public primary school was? - Answer-Massachusetts While the English were the largest group of people to immigrate to the colonies, the second largest group were? - Answer-Scot Irish A significant characteristic of the social class structure in the English colonies was - Answer-The size and wealth of the middle class The child depicted in this painting reflects what idea of Puritans? - Answer-Children were considered small adults The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on deck for the Fresh air" This quotation probably describe - Answer-A slave ship bound for the americas The religious group that had the greatest influences in New England after the initial phase of settlement was - Answer-Congregational Church Over time, which of the following rights were married women in the colonies able to exercise? - Answer-Conduct business The great Awakening spurred all of the following expect - Answer-The banning of Anglicanism A major Difference between slavery in Virginia and in the Carolinas and Georgia was that? - Answer-Most slaves in Virginia had been born in the colony rather than imported Which of the following was a major advantage for the British in North America during the French and Indian War? - Answer-The British colonies were populated with families willing to fight for their homes The British government did not enforce the Proclamation of 1763 because? - Answer-It was to the benefit of the British empire to have the colonist move west British policy toward its colonies in the 1600s and 1700s was based on the principle of - Answer-mercantilism The " Power of the purse" colonial legislatures ability to influences the actions of royal offical in the colonies, was eliminated by the - Answer-Townsend Act All of the following are examples of the influence of Enlightment thinking Except - Answer-Predestination- Belief that either your saved or your damned "of more worth is one honest man society, and in the sight of God than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived - Answer-Thomas Paine