Test Bank For A People And A Nation A History of the United States 9th Edition By by Mary Beth Norton
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Chapter 3—North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720
SHORT ANSWER
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Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. |
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Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? |
1.The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
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2.the English Civil War
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3.the Restoration colonies
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4.James, duke of York
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5.the Duke’s Laws
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6.Sir George Carteret and John Lord Berkeley
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7.Quakers
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8.William Penn
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9.Carolina
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10.the “Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina”
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11.Atlantic Creoles
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12.New England witchcraft accusations and trials, 1650-1690
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13.colonial political structures of the late seventeenth century
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14.Louis de Baude de Frontenac
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15.the Iroquois Confederacy
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16.the Beaver Wars
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17.the Pueblo revolt of 1680
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18.King Philip’s War
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19.Bacon’s Rebellion
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20.the Atlantic slave trade
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21.the Royal African Company
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22.the “middle passage”
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23.Gracia Real de Santa Teresa Mose
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24.Gullah
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25.rice and indigo cultivation in South Carolina
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26.the task system
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27.Eliza Lucas
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28.the Indian slave trade
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29.the Tuscarora War
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30.the Yamasee War
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31.the New York slave revolt of 1712
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32.mercantilism
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33.the Navigation Acts
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34.vice-admiralty courts
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35.the Dominion of New England
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36.the Glorious Revolution
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37.King William’s War
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38.the Salem Village witchcraft crisis
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39.the Board of Trade and Plantations
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40.”court” parties versus the “country interest”
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.All of the colonies founded during the reign of Charles II were
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founded by colonists who left or were banished from the Puritan colonies of New England. |
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given as rewards to men who had supported Charles II during the English Civil War. |
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established as military fortifications built to defend against Indian raids. |
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seized from the Dutch by military force. |
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2.Which of the following was a feature of the Duke’s Laws?
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Dutch residents were allowed to keep their long-standing legal practices even though New Netherland was under English rule. |
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They made the Church of England the established church in New Netherland. |
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They provided a representative assembly for New Netherland’s inhabitants. |
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They voided land titles issued by the Dutch. |
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3.Why was the economic growth of New York slow during the colony’s early years?
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Continued Dutch resistance to British rule created instability and an atmosphere of economic uncertainty. |
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The colony attracted few settlers because of its record of religious intolerance. |
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The colony’s tax policies deprived investors of much-needed capital. |
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The Duke of York’s decision to grant the Jerseys to friends deprived the colony of a great deal of fertile land. |
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4.Which of the following is a Quaker belief?
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A person can best know God by attending church regularly. |
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Certain select people have been chosen by God to be saved. |
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People may not communicate directly with God but must go through a priest. |
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Anyone, male or female, may preach the word of God. |
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5.In Pennsylvania, William Penn
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encouraged the use of African slaves to make the colony profitable. |
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wanted to provide an environment in which criminals from England could be rehabilitated. |
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extended the right to vote to both adult men and women. |
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offered religious toleration to all settlers. |
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6.Which of the following is true of William Penn’s policies in Pennsylvania?
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His religious policies made the colony unattractive to non-Quakers. |
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His policy of screening prospective migrants led to the influx of settlers who were enlightened and tolerant in their views. |
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His labor policies meant that Pennsylvania had the highest percentage of slaves outside the South. |
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His Indian policies made the area attractive to Indians encountering difficulties with whites elsewhere. |
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7.The government established by the “Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina” may be characterized as
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democratic. |
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theocratic. |
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hierarchical. |
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totalitarian. |
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8.How did the development of the Albemarle region of the Carolina colony differ from the development of the region to the south?
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Slavery was more important to the economic development of the Albemarle region than to the economic development of the southern region. |
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African influences were greater in the Albemarle region because it had a higher proportion of African-born blacks than did the southern region. |
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A Virginia-like society was established in the Albemarle region; Barbadian influence was more important in the southern region. |
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The main export crop in the Albemarle region was grain, whereas cotton was the main export crop in the southern region. |
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9.Which of the following was a reason for the eventual division of Carolina into two separate colonies?
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The network of rivers that crossed Carolina from east to west created a geographical division that led to the division of Carolina into two separate colonies. |
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The two population centers that emerged in the colony, one to the north with close ties to Virginia and one to the south with close ties to Barbados, led to the division of Carolina into two separate colonies. |
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Disagreement between the colony’s two proprietors led to an agreement between them to divide Carolina into two separate colonies. |
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The constitution that John Locke drafted at the request of Carolina’s proprietors mandated that Carolina be divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. |
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10.Why did Puritan migrations from England to the New World largely stop after 1642?
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The Puritans lost much of their incentive to leave England during the English Civil War and Commonwealth periods. |
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King Charles I prohibited further Puritan migrations to America. |
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The hardships reported by the Puritans in America deterred those in England from leaving for America. |
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Almost all of the Puritans in England had already departed. |
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