American Stories (Brands/Breen/Williams/Gross)

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American Stories (Brands/Breen/Williams/Gross)

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Chapter 2

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England's New World Experiments, 1607-1732

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2.1

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Multiple-Choice Questions

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English settlers in seventeenth-century America could be characterized best in terms of their

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striking social diversity.

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similarity to French and Spanish migrants of the same period.

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unity of purpose and motivation.

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desire to help each other.

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homogeneity.

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Which one of the following was NOT a factor that stimulated English migration to the New World?

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religious disagreements in England

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poverty or the fear of falling into poverty

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a desire for land ownership

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government laws that forced the migration of the poorer classes

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rapid population growth

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Upon arriving in the New World, English settlers

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quickly abandoned English beliefs and values.

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generally adapted old beliefs to the new environment.

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rarely were forced to significantly change their old English ways.

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usually adopted the customs of the local Indian tribes as a way to survive.

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immediately focused on converting the Native Americans.

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To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of

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proprietorship.

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primogeniture.

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the joint-stock company.

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feudalism.

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mercantilism.

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The joint-stock company

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required large capital investment.

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promised immense wealth to investors.

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encouraged investment in colonial enterprises, with "limited liability" for the investors.

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was not required to obtain a royal charter.

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proved to be a failure in providing capital for colonization.

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The ______Company was responsible for the settlement of Jamestown in Virginia.

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New England

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Royal African

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Virginia

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American

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New World

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In which one of the following were religious reasons the least important in explaining the founding of that colony?

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Massachusetts

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Rhode Island

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Maryland

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Virginia

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Pennsylvania

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The selection of a site for Jamestown was primarily based on the settlers'

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fear of surprise attacks.

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desire for a healthful place to live.

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belief that friendly Indians lived nearby.

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need for close proximity to the open ocean.

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fear of diseases in the swamps.

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Jamestown might have gone the way of Roanoke had it not been for the perseverance of

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John Winthrop.

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Captain John Smith.

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Pocahontas.

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Richard Hakluyt.

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Cotton Mather.

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The first three years of Jamestown's history witnessed

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terrible hardship and suffering.

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the discovery of gold and silver.

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successful attempts at growing many profitable crops.

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the establishment of a representative form of government.

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the erection of the first Christian church in North America.

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Jamestown's prosperity was ensured by

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the discovery of gold.