American Pageant Ch. 2

The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most consequential for the future United States was the 

• Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610.
• French at Quebec in 1608.
• English at Jamestown in 1607.
• English at Massachusetts Bay in 1621.

Which word best describes England's efforts in the 1500s to compete with the Spanish Empire?

• Indifferent
• Competitive
• Aggressive
• Domineering

Identify the statement that is false.

• English society was disrupted by religious conflict when King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s.
• The Protestant Reformation resulted in years of a seesaw of the balance of power between Catholics and Protestants throughout England.
• When Elizabeth ascended to the English throne in 1558, the rivalry with Spain intensified.
• Spain and England were long-time and bitter enemies in the first half of the 16th century.

The English treatment of the Irish, under the reign of Elizabeth I, can best be described as

• firm but fair.
• better than their treatment of any English subjects.
• the prime example of salutary neglect.
• violent and unjust.

Match each individual with the correct phrase.
A. Francis Drake
B. Walter Raleigh
C. Humphrey Gilbert
1-"sea dog" who plundered the treasure ships of the Spanish Main
2-adventurer who tried but failed to establish a colony in Newfoundland
3-courtier whose colony at Roanoke Island was mysteriously abandoned in the 1580s

• A-1, B-3, C-2
• A-2, B-3, C-1
• A-3, B-2, C-1
• A-1, B-2, C-3

Spain's dreams of empire began to fade with the

• War of Spanish Succession.
• defeat of the Spanish Armada.
• loss of Brazil.
• Treaty of Tordesillas.

The first English attempt at colonization in 1585 was in

• Newfoundland.
• St. Augustine.
• Jamestown.
• Roanoke Island.

England's defeat of the Spanish Armada

• allowed England to take control of Spain's American colonies.
• demonstrated that Spanish Catholicism was inferior to English Protestantism.
• helped to ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic.
• occurred despite weather conditions, which favored Spain.

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Reformation, (B) founding of Jamestown colony, (C) Restoration, (D) defeat of the Spanish Armada, and (E) colony of Georgia founded.

• A, B, C, D, E
• C, A, D, B, E
• D, A, B, C, E
• A, D, B, C, E

Identify the statement that is false.

• England's victory over the Spanish Armada helped ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic.
• England never experienced any religious unity or stability as it continued to have years and years of bloody warfare over religious radicalism.
• England had a strong, unified national state under a popular monarch.
• England had a strong vibrant sense of nationalism and national destiny.