APUSH Quarterly
- 1.
In the eighteenth century, colonial Virginia and Massachusetts were most alike in that both
- A.
A) relied on the marketing of a single crop
- B.
B) were heavily dependent on slave labor
- C.
C) had an established Anglican church
- D.
D) were royal colonies
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E) administered local government through justice of the peace
Correct Answer
D. D) were royal colonies -
- 2.
The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as
- A.
A) isolationism
- B.
B) capitalism
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C) mercantilism
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D) monopolism
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E) imperialism
Correct Answer
C. C) mercantilism -
- 3.
The Great Awakening refers to the
- A.
A) growth of European awareness of the New World
- B.
B) impact of Enlightenment on colonial thought
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C) wave of religious revivals
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D) beginning of the colonial movement toward independence from Great Britain
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E) growth of technology that added to increased industrialization in the early 1800's
Correct Answer
C. C) wave of religious revivals -
- 4.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the English colonial system was based most explicitly on the economic and political principles of
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A) mercantilism
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B) free trade
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C) salutary neglect
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D) enlightened despotism
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E) physiocracy
Correct Answer
A. A) mercantilism -
- 5.
"For we mus consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill..." The statement above was made by
- A.
A) Jonathan Edwards
- B.
B) John Winthrop
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C) Thomas jefferson
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D) WIlliam Penn
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E) Ben Franklin
Correct Answer
B. B) John Winthrop -
- 6.
Colonial cities functioned primarily as
- A.
A) mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods
- B.
B)places where most poor immigrants settled and worked
- C.
C)centers where large scale financial and banking operations were conducted
- D.
D) places wage earners commuted to
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E) centers of light manufacturing
Correct Answer
A. A) mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods -
- 7.
During t1565-1765 Spanish Florida was important to Spain because
- A.
A) It was a major source of valuable tropical produce
- B.
B) It was the center of the Catholic mission system in the New World
- C.
C) It retarded English colonial expansion southward from the Carolinas
- D.
D) supplied Spain with precious metals
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E) shielded converted Catholic indians from
Correct Answer
C. C) It retarded English colonial expansion southward from the Carolinas -
- 8.
Which of the following was true of most Puritans who emigrated to 17th century New England?
- A.
A) They had renounced the Church of England
- B.
B) They rejected the authority of England's king
- C.
C) They considered themselves to be non-separatists
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D) They approved of the crown's religious policy
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E) They intended to return eventually to England
Correct Answer
C. C) They considered themselves to be non-separatists -
- 9.
An advantage established by British settlements over French colonies in North America was that England
- A.
A) respected Natives and lived in harmony with them
- B.
B) encouraged permanent farming communities with large, food-producing populations
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C) refused to import Africans
- D.
D) rejected the mercantile system
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E) allied with Spain and coordinated colonial policies throughout the New World
Correct Answer
B. B) encouraged permanent farming communities with large, food-producing populations -
- 10.
In the 17th century the British colonies in the Chesapeake Bay region became economically viable due to the
- A.
A) adoption of representative government
- B.
B) intro of tobacco cultivation
- C.
C) flourishing trade with American indians
- D.
D) export of dried cod and whale tallow
- E.
E) cultivation of cotton
Correct Answer
B. B) intro of tobacco cultivation -
- 11.
The Halfway Covenant adopted by many Puritan congregations in the late 17th century did which of the following
- A.
A) strengthened the Anglican church
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B) undermined religious toleration
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C) promoted Christianity
- D.
D) eased requirements for church membership
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E) encouraged belief in predestination
Correct Answer
D. D) eased requirements for church membership -
- 12.
Settlers who established the British colony in VA during the seventeenth century were primarily seeking to
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A) recreate Old World feudalistic society
- B.
B) create a perfect religious commonwealth
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C) create a refuge for political dissidents
- D.
D) profit economically
- E.
E) increase the glory of Great Britain
Correct Answer
D. D) profit economically -
- 13.
In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700's
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A) southern colonies only
- B.
B) middle and southern colonies only
- C.
C) tobacco and rice growing colonies only
- D.
D) all colonies but pennsylvania and New england colonies
- E.
E) All of the colonies
Correct Answer
E. E) All of the colonies -
- 14.
Which of the following moved in greatest numbers into Appalachia as the American indians of the region were defeated
- A.
A) immigrants from Sweden
- B.
B) slaveholders, indentured servants, etc
- C.
C) Puritans from New England
- D.
D) Scotish irish, german, and english immigrants
- E.
E) white immigrants
Correct Answer
D. D) Scotish irish, german, and english immigrants -
- 15.
Which of the following best describes Deism
- A.
A) a belief that the course of each individuals life is predestined by God
- B.
B) a concept of toleration
- C.
C) the belief that GOd created the world but allowed it to operate through the laws of nature
- D.
D) a principle taught in colonial New England
- E.
E) A radical theory
Correct Answer
C. C) the belief that GOd created the world but allowed it to operate through the laws of nature -
- 16.
Which of the following happened as a result of Bacon's rebellion in 1676
- A.
A) Governor William Berkely abolished VA's House of Burgessess
- B.
B) VA passed new laws
- C.
C) tensions between back country farmers and tidewater gentry were exposed
- D.
D) indentured servants recieved additional free land
- E.
E) the king allowed VA colonists
Correct Answer
C. C) tensions between back country farmers and tidewater gentry were exposed -
- 17.
The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to
- A.
A) secure a refuge for the persecuted
- B.
B) check the growth of English colonies in North America
- C.
C)expand their commercial and mercantile network
- D.
D) gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses
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E) secure naval supplies
Correct Answer
C. C)expand their commercial and mercantile network -
- 18.
The first decade of the english settlement at Jamestown is most notable for the
- A.
A) discovery of gold and precious metals
- B.
B)successful cultivation and export of tobacco
- C.
C) violent struggles between English and Spanish forces
- D.
D)harmonious relations
- E.
E) high mortality rates among the settlers
Correct Answer
E. E) high mortality rates among the settlers -
- 19.
Harvard and Yale college were established primarily to
- A.
A) train lawyers and doctors
- B.
B) encourage scientific advances
- C.
C) ensure an adequate supply of ministers
- D.
D) prepare young men for political leadership
- E.
E) preserve the traditions of classical scholarship
Correct Answer
C. C) ensure an adequate supply of ministers -
- 20.
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by
- A.
A)3 aristocratic propitiers
- B.
B) a joint stock company anxious to return a profit for investors
- C.
C)Sir walter raleigh
- D.
D) King james 1
- E.
E) John smith
Correct Answer
B. B) a joint stock company anxious to return a profit for investors -
- 21.
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of 17th century puritans toward religious liberty
- A.
A)Having suffered persecution in england, they accepted everyones views
- B.
B) they tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own views
- C.
C)They tolerated all Protestant sects, but not catholic
- D.
D)They tolerated catholics, but not Quakers
- E.
E) They had no coherent views on religious liberty
Correct Answer
B. B) they tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own views -
- 22.
Which of the following religions had the most influence upon the daily life of the colonists of the 17th century
- A.
A) Baptists in the Carolinas
- B.
B) Puritans in Massachusetts
- C.
C) Baptists in rhode island
- D.
D) anglicans in VA
Correct Answer
B. B) Puritans in Massachusetts -
- 23.
By the 1750's, British colonies in North american mainland were characterized by all of the following except
- A.
A)disdain for British constitutional monarchy
- B.
B)many religious denominations
- C.
C) a society without a hereditary aristocracy
- D.
D) a growing number of non-English settlers
Correct Answer
A. A)disdain for British constitutional monarchy -
- 24.
The slaves who participated in the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina in 1739 hoped to
- A.
A) take over the colony and end slavery in it
- B.
B)return to Africa by commandeering boats
- C.
C) flee to Florida where Spanish offered freedom
- D.
D)runaway to join Maroon groups living in the backcountry
Correct Answer
C. C) flee to Florida where Spanish offered freedom -
- 25.
THe mercantilist system in the 18th century led to
- A.
A)the restriction of governmental intervention in the economy
- B.
B)the protection of natives from european economic exploitation
- C.
C)the expansion of colonial manufacturing
- D.
D) the subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country
Correct Answer
D. D) the subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country -
- 26.
The tribes of the iroquois confederacy were distinctive in that they
- A.
A)were less militan than other Native American tribes
- B.
B)all allied themselves with the American colonists against Britain during the Rev. war
- C.
C) successfully resisted incorporation into the English fur-trading system
- D.
D) were converted to Anglicanism
- E.
E)formed the most important Native american politcal organization to confront the colonists
Correct Answer
E. E)formed the most important Native american politcal organization to confront the colonists -
- 27.
During the period from 1492 to 1700 French activity in the Americas was primarily directed toward
- A.
A) establishing trade with American indians
- B.
B) plundering american indian settlements for gold and silver
- C.
C)conquering spanish and british colonies
- D.
D) encouraging the growth of permanent settlements
- E.
E) discovering a new route to africa
Correct Answer
A. A) establishing trade with American indians -
- 28.
Which of the following statements about 17th century cities is not true?
- A.
A) city residents were equal in wealth and status
- B.
B)cities were centers of economic activity
- C.
C) cities were often hit hard by diseases
- D.
D) many city residents earned their living in non farming activities
Correct Answer
A. A) city residents were equal in wealth and status -
- 29.
The wealthiest people in pre revolutionary america were primarily
- A.
A)lawyers, doctors, and other professionals
- B.
B) northern merchants and southern planters
- C.
C) inland farmers
- D.
D)industrialists
Correct Answer
B. B) northern merchants and southern planters -
- 30.
Indentured servitude in the british colonies of north america was primarily a
- A.
A) method by which the colonies initially secured a workforce
- B.
B)device for preventing the emancipation of the slaves
- C.
C) technique for regulating the size of the lower classes
- D.
D) means by which England rid itself of criminals
- E.
E) process by which young people learned skills
Correct Answer
A. A) method by which the colonies initially secured a workforce -
- 31.
Which of the following conditiions in england motivated puritans to migrate to new england in the 1630's 1) political repression of dissident protestants 11) an economic recession 111) restrictions on puritan religious practices
- A.
A)1 only
- B.
B) 11 only
- C.
C) 111 only
- D.
D) 1 and 11 only
- E.
E) 1, 11, and 111
Correct Answer
E. E) 1, 11, and 111 -
- 32.
The stono rebellion and the NY conspiracy trials of 1741 revealed which of the following
- A.
A) increasing resistance to taxation
- B.
B) The inability of newcomers to acquire fertile farmland
- C.
C) Overpopulation in urban areas
- D.
D)Sectional divisions between northern and southern colonies
- E.
E)Resistance to slavery
Correct Answer
E. E)Resistance to slavery -
- 33.
Which of the following was true of colonial New England
- A.
A)It consisted of loosely organized commuinities
- B.
B)Its economy was dependent on large scale farming and trading
- C.
C) Life was centered in clustered villages with farmland surrounding the villages
- D.
D) most people lived in large cities
Correct Answer
C. C) Life was centered in clustered villages with farmland surrounding the villages -
- 34.
The great awakening of the 1740's led to
- A.
A) the growth of religious conformity throughout all the colonies
- B.
B) an increase of attacks on American indian peoples
- C.
C) the establishment of Harvard college in massachusetts
- D.
D) splits among existing religious denominations and the rise of new churches
Correct Answer
D. D) splits among existing religious denominations and the rise of new churches -
- 35.
Colonists in 18th century south carolina benefited from the knowledge of Africans about
- A.
A)tobacco
- B.
B) rice
- C.
C) sugar
- D.
D) cotton
Correct Answer
B. B) rice -
- 36.
Economic inequality in colonial north america was greatest
- A.
A)in the Carolina backcountry
- B.
B)in inland towns
- C.
C) in seaboard cities
- D.
D) among the PA dutch
Correct Answer
C. C) in seaboard cities -
- 37.
Of the following who challenged the religious establishment in puritan new england
- A.
A)cotton mather
- B.
B) thomas hutchinson
- C.
C) anne hutchinson
- D.
D) john winthrop
Correct Answer
C. C) anne hutchinson -
- 38.
The shaded area in the map above represents the boundaries of the
- A.
A) King philip's domain in 1675
- B.
B)Powhatan confederacy in 1680
- C.
C) Dominion of new england in 1688
- D.
D) Puritan colonies in 1710
Correct Answer
C. C) Dominion of new england in 1688 -
- 39.
A major factor that retarded the early development of the Jamestown colony prior to 1610 was
- A.
A) the obsessive search for gold by the first settlers
- B.
B) the unwillingness of the local indian tribes to assist the settlers
- C.
C) fear of attack by spanish forces
- D.
D) the settlers' preoccupation with planting tobacco
- E.
E) the failure of the VA company to send supply ships
Correct Answer
A. A) the obsessive search for gold by the first settlers -
- 40.
In 17th century Puritan New England full membership in a Congregational church required
- A.
A) a profession of faith and a demonstration of good works
- B.
B) a written recomandation by the church's minister
- C.
C) a conversion experience
- D.
D) the support and testimony of 3 current members
- E.
E) membership by both parents and a conversion experience
Correct Answer
C. C) a conversion experience -
- 41.
In the 17th century some pueblo indians of the desert southwest adopted christianity as
- A.
A) an added dimension to their own religious culture, adding the Christian god as another diety
- B.
B) evidence of an ancient european culture that they were willing to embrace
- C.
C) a means of improving their agricultural practices
- D.
D) as a means of establishing greater equality within their community
Correct Answer
A. A) an added dimension to their own religious culture, adding the Christian god as another diety -
- 42.
Which of the following groups was least likely to respond with enthusiasm to the religious fervor of the Great Awakening
- A.
A) established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia
- B.
B) Presbyterians in the southern colonies
- C.
C) backwoods farmers isolated on the colonial fronteir
- D.
D) landless sons in NE communities
- E.
E) Itinerant preachers unable to find permanent parishes for themsevles
Correct Answer
A. A) established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia -
- 43.
Which of the following was true of the Norhteast american indian tribes at the time europeans first began colonization
- A.
A) their economies depended entirely on hunting and gathering
- B.
B)their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans
- C.
C) their populations were immune to European diseases
- D.
D) their warriors rarely engaged in intertribal warfare
- E.
E) their cultures made no distinction between men's work and women's work
Correct Answer
B. B)their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans -
- 44.
Single women and widows in the eighteenth century british north american colonies had a legal right to
- A.
A) hold political office
- B.
B) serve as protestant ministers
- C.
C) vote
- D.
D) own property
- E.
E) serve on juries
Correct Answer
D. D) own property -
- 45.
Which of the following statements best descrbibes the response of native americans to the continued settlement of europeans in north america during the 18th century
- A.
A) native americans traded with the french and the english as a means of maintaining their autonomy
- B.
B) native americans in the southern part of new france negotiated treaties with the french that allowed the peaceful expansion of the european timber trade
- C.
C) some native americans created a horse based nomadic culture in the northeast
- D.
D) native americans in the great plains assimilated with the european settlers
- E.
E) the iroquois did not adopt european firearsm and meral tools, in an effort to maintain their own traditions
Correct Answer
A. A) native americans traded with the french and the english as a means of maintaining their autonomy -
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