Unit 1: Colonial America -- Exam

Base your answers to the question on the passage and your knowledge of social studies.

….Not

long before the English came into the Country, happened a great mortality

amongst [Native Americans], especially where the English afterwards planted,

the East and Northern parts were sore smitten [infatuated] with the

Contagion; first by the plague, afterwards when the English came by the small

pox, the three Kingdoms or Sagamorships of the Massachusetts were very

populous, having under them seven Dukedoms or petti-Sagamorships, but by the

plague were brought from 30,000 to 300. There are not many now to the

Eastward, the Pequots were destroyed by the English: the Mohawks are about

five hundred….

Source: John Josselyn, An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made during the Years 1638, 1663

1. The events described in this account could be considered a turning point in history because

• The author of this account went on to become a powerful English Lord.

• Native American societies grew strong again after contracting European diseases, resulting in an increase in Native populations at this time.

• Native Americans in the British colonies experienced a drastic decline in population due to disease and war brought by Europeans.

• New England colonists repaired relationships with Native Americans soon after the incidents described.

Base your answers to the question on the images below and your knowledge of social studies.

Based on these two images, which claim is most accurate?

• Colonial settlements did not vary much; all settlers lived in villages that grew into large cities.

• Large plantations growing tobacco and cotton were common in both New England and the southern colonies.

• Shipbuilding anchored the economy in northern and southern colonies.

• Colonial economies varied by region, depending on the geographic conditions.

Base your answers to the question on the images below and your knowledge of social studies.

Which of the following most likely led to the situation depicted in the image on the left (View of Boston Harbor)?

• British settlers imported wood from England to build large ships in Boston.

• Colonial settlers excavated [dug] the shallow beach to create Boston harbor.

• Naturally deep water and a sheltered harbor encouraged colonists to settle in Boston

• The British army invaded Boston to claim it from the Spanish empire.

Base your answers to the question on the passage and your knowledge of social studies.

….Not

long before the English came into the Country, happened a great mortality

amongst [Native Americans], especially where the English afterwards planted,

the East and Northern parts were sore smitten [infatuated] with the

Contagion; first by the plague, afterwards when the English came by the small

pox, the three Kingdoms or Sagamorships of the Massachusetts were very

populous, having under them seven Dukedoms or petti-Sagamorships, but by the

plague were brought from 30,000 to 300. There are not many now to the

Eastward, the Pequots were destroyed by the English: the Mohawks are about

five hundred….

Source: John Josselyn, An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made during the Years 1638, 1663

Based on the information provided in this account, which claim is most plausible?

• Native American peoples were welcoming to European colonists who settled in North America.

• Native American populations were susceptible [vulnerable] to diseases to which they had no previous exposure.

• European colonists poisoned Native peoples intentionally, decimating [destroying] their population.

• Native American civilization was far inferior to European civilization

Base your answers to the question on the passage and your knowledge of social studies.

5. Which claim is best supported by both documents?

• Colonial political institutions were not influenced by English legal traditions.

• Colonial political institutions failed to represent the interests of colonial inhabitants.

• Colonial political institutions were influenced by both English legal tradition and colonial experience.

• Colonial political institutions guaranteed suffrage for all adults who lived in the colonies.

Base your answers to the question on the passage and your knowledge of social studies.

According to these documents, a key difference between political institutions in England and its colonies centered around

• the scope and variety of powers held by their representative bodies

• the age at which a man was entitled to vote in elections

• who had the authority to raise taxes from the people

• The percentage by which a law could be passed in their representative bodies

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British

• sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements

• required colonial representation in Parliament

• practiced salutary neglect in the colonies

• maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

Which political feature of the United States developed during the colonial period?

• two-party system

• federalism

• representative government

• universal suffrage

Colonial-era New England Town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were both

• early social reform movements

• attempts to build a strong national government

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

• efforts to regulate trade with Native American Indians

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. __________________________________

A. Vast timber resources

B. Rocky soil

C. Rich ocean fishing grounds

D. Single-family farms

• Factors in the Economic Development of Colonial New England

• Reasons for the Development of Southern Plantations

• Features Contributing to Dutch Success in Colonial New Amsterdam

• Components of the British System of Mercantilism