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•The pattern described by Las Casas illustrates which of the following
developments within the Spanish colonies? (the document is about the
devastation of Indians) - Answer: The use of encomiendas to support
plantation-based agriculture
•Early on, the community described in the passage above attracted
primarily who? (the document is John Winthrop's "Model for Christian
Charity") - Answer: Large families
•This society described by John Winthrop resulted in an early economy
that featured what? (the document is John Winthrop's "Model for
Christian Charity") - Answer: A mixed economy
•The New England communities that developed based on John
Winthrop's vision were mainly what? (the document is John Winthrop's
"Model for Christian Charity") - Answer: Close-knit small towns
surrounded by farmland
•Which crisis situation commemorates the rise in tensions between early
up-country settlers and the power of the established low-country eastern
government off the colonies? - Answer: Bacon's Rebellion
,•What is the best reason tensions existed between up-country frontier
settlers and the established eastern governments and major planters
along the coastal areas of each colony? - Answer: The frontier farmers
were small farmers who resented the power and wealth of teh
established gentry of the eastern religions
•The policies stated in the Navigation Acts of 1660 can best be seen as
an example of what? - Answer: Mercantilism
•The efforts described in the Navigation Acts of 1660 can be understood
in the context of what? - Answer: British goals of gaining new sources of
raw materials for production of manufactured goods in England
•Which of the following developments in American colonial history
shows a high level of continuity with the Navigation Laws of 1660? -
Answer: Increased British attempts to strengthen imperial control over
its North American colonies after the French and Indian war
•Which religious group were the authors of the Maryland Act of
Toleration trying to protect? - Answer: Roman Catholics
•What best summarizes the attitude toward religious beliefs expressed in
the Maryland Act of Toleration? - Answer: Christians should be able to
practice their faith without fear of persecution
,•Which group benefitted the most from the cultivation of tobacco at
Jamestown? - Answer: Large landowners in the Chesapeake
•Supporters of the cultivation of tobacco at Jamestown most likely
would have supported what? - Answer: Increased immigration of poor
Englishmen to Virginia
•Which historical development most directly lead to the end of the labor
system of tobacco at Jamestown? - Answer: The inability to exert
substantial control over the white indentured labor force
•Why did colonists not expand past the Appalachian range with the
Proclamation Line of 1763? - Answer: Violent uprisings by Native
Americans in the Ohio River Valley
•What influenced the principles laid out in the "Pennsylvania Charter of
Privledges"? - Answer: Enlightenment values
•How did the principle laid out in the Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges
affect the demographic makeup of Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th
centuries? - Answer: Pennsylvania became one of England's most
diverse North American colonies
•William Penn's "Holy Experiment" included what ideas? - Answer:
Nonviolence, fair treatments of the Native Americans, a refuge for
, Quakers, and religious toleration- NOT the Bible as a religious authority
for all
•The intended audience of the Mayflower Compact would most likely
have approved to what? - Answer: Theocratic control of colonial
government
•The authors of the Mayflower Compact were most likely motivated by
what? - Answer: Self-government for the good of all
•Which colony was established around similar religious goals of the
Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges? - Answer: Maryland
•In the first half of the 1600s, how did Native Americans in Virginia and
Maryland most typically respond to the English colonization described
in "The Labor Problem at Jamestown"? - Answer: By defending their
territory against the English
•What was a long-term result of the labor problem at Jamestown? -
Answer: The rise of the plantation system and the use of African slaves
•Compared to New England, what was early English settlement in
Virgina and Maryland characterized by? - Answer: Lower life
expectancy, a larger population of indentured servants, and a greater
gender imbalance
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Explanations – Guaranteed A+ Results!
•The pattern described by Las Casas illustrates which of the following
developments within the Spanish colonies? (the document is about the
devastation of Indians) - Answer: The use of encomiendas to support
plantation-based agriculture
•Early on, the community described in the passage above attracted
primarily who? (the document is John Winthrop's "Model for Christian
Charity") - Answer: Large families
•This society described by John Winthrop resulted in an early economy
that featured what? (the document is John Winthrop's "Model for
Christian Charity") - Answer: A mixed economy
•The New England communities that developed based on John
Winthrop's vision were mainly what? (the document is John Winthrop's
"Model for Christian Charity") - Answer: Close-knit small towns
surrounded by farmland
•Which crisis situation commemorates the rise in tensions between early
up-country settlers and the power of the established low-country eastern
government off the colonies? - Answer: Bacon's Rebellion
,•What is the best reason tensions existed between up-country frontier
settlers and the established eastern governments and major planters
along the coastal areas of each colony? - Answer: The frontier farmers
were small farmers who resented the power and wealth of teh
established gentry of the eastern religions
•The policies stated in the Navigation Acts of 1660 can best be seen as
an example of what? - Answer: Mercantilism
•The efforts described in the Navigation Acts of 1660 can be understood
in the context of what? - Answer: British goals of gaining new sources of
raw materials for production of manufactured goods in England
•Which of the following developments in American colonial history
shows a high level of continuity with the Navigation Laws of 1660? -
Answer: Increased British attempts to strengthen imperial control over
its North American colonies after the French and Indian war
•Which religious group were the authors of the Maryland Act of
Toleration trying to protect? - Answer: Roman Catholics
•What best summarizes the attitude toward religious beliefs expressed in
the Maryland Act of Toleration? - Answer: Christians should be able to
practice their faith without fear of persecution
,•Which group benefitted the most from the cultivation of tobacco at
Jamestown? - Answer: Large landowners in the Chesapeake
•Supporters of the cultivation of tobacco at Jamestown most likely
would have supported what? - Answer: Increased immigration of poor
Englishmen to Virginia
•Which historical development most directly lead to the end of the labor
system of tobacco at Jamestown? - Answer: The inability to exert
substantial control over the white indentured labor force
•Why did colonists not expand past the Appalachian range with the
Proclamation Line of 1763? - Answer: Violent uprisings by Native
Americans in the Ohio River Valley
•What influenced the principles laid out in the "Pennsylvania Charter of
Privledges"? - Answer: Enlightenment values
•How did the principle laid out in the Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges
affect the demographic makeup of Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th
centuries? - Answer: Pennsylvania became one of England's most
diverse North American colonies
•William Penn's "Holy Experiment" included what ideas? - Answer:
Nonviolence, fair treatments of the Native Americans, a refuge for
, Quakers, and religious toleration- NOT the Bible as a religious authority
for all
•The intended audience of the Mayflower Compact would most likely
have approved to what? - Answer: Theocratic control of colonial
government
•The authors of the Mayflower Compact were most likely motivated by
what? - Answer: Self-government for the good of all
•Which colony was established around similar religious goals of the
Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges? - Answer: Maryland
•In the first half of the 1600s, how did Native Americans in Virginia and
Maryland most typically respond to the English colonization described
in "The Labor Problem at Jamestown"? - Answer: By defending their
territory against the English
•What was a long-term result of the labor problem at Jamestown? -
Answer: The rise of the plantation system and the use of African slaves
•Compared to New England, what was early English settlement in
Virgina and Maryland characterized by? - Answer: Lower life
expectancy, a larger population of indentured servants, and a greater
gender imbalance
