Chapter 4: American Life In The Seventeenth Century

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1.

What kind of diseases took 10 years off the life expectancy of new comers in the Chesapeake?
- A.
  
  Dysentery,malaria,typhoid
- B.
  
  Syphillis, smallpox, flu
- C.
  
  Common cold, H1N1, HIV
2.

True or False? Men outnumbered Women.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

How many years did marriage last about?
- A.
  
  9
- B.
  
  40
- C.
  
  7
4.

Why was population growing steady in the 18th century in the Chesapeake?
- A.
  
  Floods every year that provided rich soil for agriculture
- B.
  
  Immunities
- C.
  
  A surplus of food being imported
5.

True or False? The Chesapeake Region was excellent for tobacco cultivation.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

What initiated attacks by Indians by the Chesapeake?
- A.
  
  Expanding farms
- B.
  
  Territories being taken over
- C.
  
  New technology being stolen from the Indians
7.

True of False? Indentured servants had to work their entire life time.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

What was the enclosure movement?
- A.
  
  When farmers lost all their cattle because of disobeying Purtian beliefs
- B.
  
  When large landowners gave a portion of their land to small farmers
- C.
  
  When large landowners closed off their land in England and small farmers lost their jobs
9.

How many acres of land did the purchaser of a voyage in the Chesapeake region get granted?
- A.
  
  70
- B.
  
  100
- C.
  
  50
10.

What was the rebellion when landless former indentured servants rebelled against the government of Virginia led by a twenty nine year old planter?
- A.
  
  South Carolina revolt
- B.
  
  Bacon's Rebellion
- C.
  
  Stono Rebellion
11.

True or False. The Virginia Assembly allowed the landless owners to vote.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

Why was Nathaniel Bacon and his followers upset over the government of VA?
- A.
  
  Because of the governor's friendly relations with the Indians
- B.
  
  Because their land was taken away for no apparent reason
- C.
  
  Because they had no right to vote
13.

What was a reason William Berkeley did NOT want to revenge against the Indians?
- A.
  
  Their territory was among the rivers that had fertile soil and they were provided with that to grow agriculture.
- B.
  
  They had a fur trading relationship that he didn't want to have taken away
- C.
  
  They helped provide lumber and shipping equipments that was what the economy was based off of in VA
14.

True or False? As a result of Bacon's rebellion, they expelled Governor Berkley from town.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

How did 20 of the rebels during Bacon's Rebellion die?
- A.
  
  They were hanged.
- B.
  
  They were stoned to death.
- C.
  
  They were beheaded.
16.

Where did colonial slavery originate?
- A.
  
  West africa
- B.
  
  Virginia
- C.
  
  Caribbean
17.

What made the population of indentured servants decrease in the colonies during the 1680's?
- A.
  
  Diseases
- B.
  
  Indian attacks in the frontier settlements
- C.
  
  Rising wages in England
18.

What is the name of the company that lost its monopoly on the slave trade which allowed ambitious colonials to begin trading?
- A.
  
  The Virginia Company
- B.
  
  The Royal African Company
- C.
  
  The Massachusetts Bay Company
19.

Where did most of the colonial slave traders come from?
- A.
  
  Rhode Island
- B.
  
  New York
- C.
  
  Maryland
20.

What % of slaves did NOT reach the shores of the colonies during the Middle Passage?
- A.
  
  50%
- B.
  
  15%
- C.
  
  20%
21.

What happened to the survivors of the Middle Passage?
- A.
  
  They were auctioned off
- B.
  
  They were given to large landowners
- C.
  
  They worked as doctors
22.

True or False? Slaves and their children were designated as property for life
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
23.

True or False? The Chesapeake region had very demanding crops and very large plantations that slaves would never interact with other slaves
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
24.

What was the African- American dialect that blended English w/ other African languages called?
- A.
  
  Yoruba
- B.
  
  Ibo
- C.
  
  Gullah
25.

What was the slave rebellion called where several black slaves tried to kill the whites but only 12 whites were killed while 21 blacks were executed as a result?
- A.
  
  New York City slave revolt
- B.
  
  South Carolina slave revolt
- C.
  
  Stono Rebellion