APUSH Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Who was the Governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I?

• William Berkeley

• Nathaniel Bacon

• William Bradford

• Matthew Hopkins

Who was the planter who led a rebellion with 1,000 other Virginians in 1676?

• William Bradford

• William Berkeley

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Matthew Hopkins

What stated that whoever paid the passage of a laborer (slave) received the right to acquire fifty acres of land?

• Spoils System

• Laissez Faire

• Habeas Corpus

• Headright System

A person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America.

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

• Farmer

• Employees

A rebellion by backcountry farmers aimed to attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land.

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Shay's Rebellion

• Leisler's Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

Which document allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church?

• Stamp Act

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Half-Way Covenant

Which company was chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa?

• British East India Company

• American Colonization Society

• Royal African Company

• none of the above

Which was the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade?

• Mason-Dixon Line

• Delaware River

• Hudson River

• Middle Passage

Laws that defined the harsh treatment of slaves were called

• Slave Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Headright System

An enslaved person who is owned for ever and whose children and children's children are automatically enslaved is called a

• Indentured Servant

• Chattel Slave

• Plantation Worker

• Mulatto