Chapter 3 Quiz

Front 1

According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:

Back 1

the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power.

Front 2

When England took over the Dutch colony that became New York:

Back 2

the English ended the Dutch tradition of allowing married women to conduct business in their own names.

Front 3

William Penn was a member of which religious group?

Back 3

Quakers

Front 4

What ironic consequence did William Penn’s generous policies, such as religious toleration and inexpensive land, have?

Back 4

They contributed to the increasing reliance of Virginia and Maryland on African slave labor.

Front 5

What commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century?

Back 5

sugar

Front 6

Which one of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

Back 6

By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands.

Front 7

Which one of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia?

Back 7

The lack of good land and corrupt bargains between the governor and the wealthiest tobacco planters made making a living nearly impossible.

Front 8

Bacon’s Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

Back 8

the replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia’s plantations

Front 9

In which one of the following ways did England reduce colonial autonomy during the 1680s?

Back 9

It created the Dominion of New England, run by a royal appointee without benefit of an elected assembly.

Front 10

According to New England Puritans, witchcraft:

Back 10

resulted from pacts that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes.

Front 11

Race and racism are modern concepts and had not been fully developed by the seventeenth century.

Back 11

True

Front 12

Bacon’s Rebellion was caused by a conflict between blacks and whites in Virginia.

Back 12

False

Front 13

Parliament enacted a bill of rights on the completion of the Glorious Revolution.

Back 13

True

Front 14

German immigrants greatly enhanced the ethnic and religious diversity of Britain’s colonies.

Back 14

True

Front 15

Anglicization meant that the colonial elites rejected all things British.

Back 15

False