Hist. 131 -Give Me Liberty!: Chapters 1 - 4
Which statement about the Indians of North America is FALSE? - ANSIndians lacked genuine
religion.
Adam Smith recorded in 1776 that the "two greatest and most important" events in the history of
mankind were the: - ANSDiscovery of America and the Portuguese sea route around Africa to
Asia.
Europeans - particularly the English, French, and Dutch - generally believed they had a right to
claim North American Indian land as their own based on: - ANSTheir view that the Indians did
not use the land properly.
The Spanish justified their claim to land in the New World through all of the following EXCEPT: -
ANSDefeating the English Fleet in 1588.
What motivated the Portuguese to begin exploration to find a water route to India, China, and
the East Indies? - ANSTo eliminate the Muslim "middlemen" in the luxury goods trade.
As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the 16th and 17th
centuries: - ANSEfforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to
settle in the New World, thereby easing the British population crisis.
The first 104 settlers who remained in Virginia after the ships that brought them from England
returned home: - ANSWere all men, reflecting the Virginia Company's interest in searching for
gold as opposed to building a functioning society.
In contrast to life in the Chesapeake Bay region, life in New England colonies: - ANSWas more
family oriented.
Roger Williams eventually left the Puritan's Massachusetts Bay Colony to found Rhode Island
after arguing that: - ANSChurch and state should be totally separated.
What did English settlers in North America believe was the basis of liberty? - ANSLand.
Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high? - ANSIt lay beside a malarial swamp.
What was one of Pennsylvania colony's only restrictions on religious liberty? - ANSHolding
office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews and Atheists
from serving in government.
Which statement about the Indians of North America is FALSE? - ANSIndians lacked genuine
religion.
Adam Smith recorded in 1776 that the "two greatest and most important" events in the history of
mankind were the: - ANSDiscovery of America and the Portuguese sea route around Africa to
Asia.
Europeans - particularly the English, French, and Dutch - generally believed they had a right to
claim North American Indian land as their own based on: - ANSTheir view that the Indians did
not use the land properly.
The Spanish justified their claim to land in the New World through all of the following EXCEPT: -
ANSDefeating the English Fleet in 1588.
What motivated the Portuguese to begin exploration to find a water route to India, China, and
the East Indies? - ANSTo eliminate the Muslim "middlemen" in the luxury goods trade.
As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the 16th and 17th
centuries: - ANSEfforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to
settle in the New World, thereby easing the British population crisis.
The first 104 settlers who remained in Virginia after the ships that brought them from England
returned home: - ANSWere all men, reflecting the Virginia Company's interest in searching for
gold as opposed to building a functioning society.
In contrast to life in the Chesapeake Bay region, life in New England colonies: - ANSWas more
family oriented.
Roger Williams eventually left the Puritan's Massachusetts Bay Colony to found Rhode Island
after arguing that: - ANSChurch and state should be totally separated.
What did English settlers in North America believe was the basis of liberty? - ANSLand.
Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high? - ANSIt lay beside a malarial swamp.
What was one of Pennsylvania colony's only restrictions on religious liberty? - ANSHolding
office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews and Atheists
from serving in government.
