HIST 1301 EXAM1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tobacco
The first blacks in British America were brought to Virginia. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of: - CORRECT 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: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅English Catholics
When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill" he was referring to that colony's
desire to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅serve as a model Christian community
Georgia was founded: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅as a colonial refuge for the poor and the religiously
persecuted
William Penn not only owned Pennsylvania but ran it as an absolute dictator. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE
Many of Anne Hutchinson's problems with the Puritan leaders were based on her objection to their
treatment of women. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE
The Mayflower Compact: - CORRECT 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: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅middle-class
The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted in: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅he
disappearance of the colonists
, The colony founded on Massachusetts Bay in 1630: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅soon was much bigger than
the Plymouth colony
By the early eighteenth century, the English colonies in North America: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅were
the most populous and prosperous on the continent
Roger Williams became notorious in Massachusetts for defending the Church of England. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE
One of the important factors aiding the survival of the early Jamestown settlers was: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the assistance they received from the Indians
One way Pennsylvania especially stood out among the English colonies was in its: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅friendly relations with Indians
In 1624, a British court dissolved the struggling Virginia Company, and Virginia: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅became a royal colony
For the English preparing to colonize America, one model of Settlement was provided by their country's
prior experience in: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ireland
Roger Williams's mistrust of the purity of others eventually led him to the belief that: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅there should be complete separation of church and state
One outstanding characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The high
mortality rate among its settlers
Puritans viewed the Indian belief in nature filled with spirits as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Satanic
The Plymouth colony was established by a group of English Separatists. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tobacco
The first blacks in British America were brought to Virginia. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of: - CORRECT 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: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅English Catholics
When Massachusetts leader John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill" he was referring to that colony's
desire to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅serve as a model Christian community
Georgia was founded: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅as a colonial refuge for the poor and the religiously
persecuted
William Penn not only owned Pennsylvania but ran it as an absolute dictator. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE
Many of Anne Hutchinson's problems with the Puritan leaders were based on her objection to their
treatment of women. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE
The Mayflower Compact: - CORRECT 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: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅middle-class
The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted in: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅he
disappearance of the colonists
, The colony founded on Massachusetts Bay in 1630: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅soon was much bigger than
the Plymouth colony
By the early eighteenth century, the English colonies in North America: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅were
the most populous and prosperous on the continent
Roger Williams became notorious in Massachusetts for defending the Church of England. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE
One of the important factors aiding the survival of the early Jamestown settlers was: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the assistance they received from the Indians
One way Pennsylvania especially stood out among the English colonies was in its: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅friendly relations with Indians
In 1624, a British court dissolved the struggling Virginia Company, and Virginia: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅became a royal colony
For the English preparing to colonize America, one model of Settlement was provided by their country's
prior experience in: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ireland
Roger Williams's mistrust of the purity of others eventually led him to the belief that: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅there should be complete separation of church and state
One outstanding characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The high
mortality rate among its settlers
Puritans viewed the Indian belief in nature filled with spirits as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Satanic
The Plymouth colony was established by a group of English Separatists. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
