History 1301 Final Exam

1. The first Europeans known to step foot in North America were the:

• English

• Spanish

• Vikings

1. Aside from the quest for wealth, the Spanish colonization was also characterized by an attempt to:

• Convert the natives to Christianity

• Find a water route across North

  America to the Pacific Ocean

• Populate the land with indentured

  servants

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Boston

The Virginia colony was originally established as a

• Religious Refuge

• Joint Stock Company

• Royal Colony

The crop that saved the Virginia colony was

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Corn

1. Which colony is generally associated with the Puritans?

• Pennslyvania

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts

The chief executive of an English colony was called the

• Prime Minister

• Governor

• Lord of the Realm

The first colony to offer total religious toleration was

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

• Georgia

1. A series of colonial wars between England and France, culminating in the French and Indian (Seven Years) War resulted in:

• The end of major French influence

  in North America

• The French having to pay off England’s cost of the wars

• the rise of the Untied States as a

  great power

1. As far as many colonists were concerned, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts were all:

• Illegal taxes

• Laws intended to unify the

  colonies

• Opportunities to improve relations

  between England and the colonies