Period 2 1607-1754

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of indentured servitutde?

• poor workers, convicted criminals, and debtors received immigration passage and fees in return for work in the New World
• servants entered into their contracts voluntarily and kept some of their legal rights
• servitude was so valuable that there was no need for slaves until the 19th century
• servants had little control over their work and were sometimes a part of harsh and brutal treatment

According to John Locke and  most Enlightenment thinkers, what does any government need to RIGHTFULLY take power?

• State of Nature
• Power
• Consent
• People

Which of the following groups in the colonies in the late 17th century would be most critical of John Locke's ideas as well as others of the Enlightenment?

• slave owners
• church leaders
• merchants
• women

Bacon's Rebellion was initiated by a group of farmers who felt most directly threatened by

• an increase in royal taxes
• the power of large planters
• conflicts with American Indians
• the growth of the slave trade

The most important export from the Virginia colony was 

• Cotton
• Tobacco
• Rice
• Corn

In the early years of the Virginia colony, a field laborer was most likely to be 

• A slave
• A Powhatan
• A landholder
• An indentured servant or former indentured servant

Which is NOT a part of the Three G's that were the main reasons for European exploration?

• God
• Greatness
• Glory
• Gold

Which of the following Europeans DID NOT colonize America?

• The Spanish

• The English

• The Irish

• The French

True or False: Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract where they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.

• True

• False

The following people were forced into slavery by the Spanish...

• Africans

• Native Americans

• Both of them