US History Unit 1 Test Review

Which of the following was NOT a reason why the early years of the Jamestown settlement were so difficult?

• Many settlers died of diseases and starvation
• Settlers experienced frequent conflicts with the Powhatans
• Religious differences led to many rebellions
• Settlers put more effort into looking for gold than into farming

King Phillip's War and Bacon's Rebellion are similar in that both involved

• conflicts created by weaknesses of the Mayflower Compact
• battles that took place during the Great Awakening
• the struggle between the French and British for control of North America
• colonial conflicts with Native Americans

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented 

• early social reform movements
• colonial attempts to build a strong national government
• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
• steps in the growth of representative democracy

The colony of Pennsylvania was founded as a place where

• people of different nationalities and beliefs could live peacefully together
• those who opposed the king could form a new nation
• the English poor could start new lives
• rice plantations could be established

How did the English establish the colony of New York?

• French merchants set up a prosperous trading port there
• The Duke of York founded it after taking Iroquois land in several wars
• Persecuted religious groups from England settled there
• The British created it after taking the Dutch settlement New Amsterdam

What livelihoods were more important to the economy of the New England colonies than to the Middle or Southern Colonies?

• Dairy Farming, Printing, Livestock
• Fishing, Whaling, and Shipping
• Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo
• Manufacturing, Grain Farming, and Fur Trading

Which of the following was a consequence of King Phillip's War?

• Many indentured servants rebuilt and expanded their landholdings in Virginia
• Spain was successful in their attempt to keep Great Britain and France out of the New World
• The Native American tribes prevented New England settlers from the encroaching on their ancestral lands
• It caused such a heavy loss of life among Native Americans that large areas of New England were opened to English settlement

Which economic policy was based on the idea that the American colonies existed primarily to provide economic benefit for Great Britain

• mercantilism
• free trade
• laissez-faire capitalism
• socialism

Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion of 

• indentured servants against their masters
• frontier colonists against the Virginia government
• African field laborers against English landowners
• Native Americans against the English

What was one of the results of Bacon's Rebellion?

• The House of Burgesses agreed to elect Nathaniel Bacon as governor of Virginia
• British authorities sent military troops to more closely monitor the colonists' behavior
• Virginia farmers increasingly used slave labor instead of indentured servants
• The Native Americans joined the rebels in overthrowing the king's authority in the southern colonies