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HIST 1301 Exam1 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from:—
Answer: Tobacco
The first blacks in British America were brought to Virginia.—
Answer: TRUE
The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:—
Answer: giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport
himself to the colony and fifty more for any servants he might bring
Mary land was established in 1634 as a refuge for:— Answer: English
Catholics
When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a
hill" he was referring to that colony's desire to:— Answer: serve as a
model Christian community
Georgia was founded:— Answer: as a colonial refuge for the poor and
the religiously persecuted
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William Penn not only owned Pennsylvania but ran it as an absolute
dictator.— Answer: FALSE
Many of Anne Hutchinson's problems with the Puritan leaders were
based on her objection to their treatment of women.— Answer: FALSE
The Mayflower Compact:— Answer: provided the original
government for the Plymouth colony
The early settlers of New En gland differed from those of the
Chesapeake in that they were primarily:— Answer: middle-class
The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted
in:— Answer: he disappearance of the colonists
The colony founded on Massachusetts Bay in 1630:— Answer: soon
was much bigger than the Plymouth colony
By the early eighteenth century, the English colonies in North
America:— Answer: were the most populous and prosperous on the
continent
Roger Williams became notorious in Massachusetts for defending the
Church of England.— Answer: FALSE
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HIST 1301 Exam1 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from:—
Answer: Tobacco
The first blacks in British America were brought to Virginia.—
Answer: TRUE
The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:—
Answer: giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport
himself to the colony and fifty more for any servants he might bring
Mary land was established in 1634 as a refuge for:— Answer: English
Catholics
When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a
hill" he was referring to that colony's desire to:— Answer: serve as a
model Christian community
Georgia was founded:— Answer: as a colonial refuge for the poor and
the religiously persecuted
© 2025 All rights reserved
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William Penn not only owned Pennsylvania but ran it as an absolute
dictator.— Answer: FALSE
Many of Anne Hutchinson's problems with the Puritan leaders were
based on her objection to their treatment of women.— Answer: FALSE
The Mayflower Compact:— Answer: provided the original
government for the Plymouth colony
The early settlers of New En gland differed from those of the
Chesapeake in that they were primarily:— Answer: middle-class
The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted
in:— Answer: he disappearance of the colonists
The colony founded on Massachusetts Bay in 1630:— Answer: soon
was much bigger than the Plymouth colony
By the early eighteenth century, the English colonies in North
America:— Answer: were the most populous and prosperous on the
continent
Roger Williams became notorious in Massachusetts for defending the
Church of England.— Answer: FALSE
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