Gallopade Chapter 2 Quiz - Influences on Colonial Life

Please select the correct goals of the Spanish for settling in North America.

• Gold

• God

• Globalization

• Glory

Spain and France both wanted to spread Catholicism. One reason why was to create better relations with the __________________________.

_____ both had groups who settled in North America to escape religious persecution.

• France and Spain

• Spain and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

Compared to the other main settlers of North America, this country had a smaller territory.

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

How were Spanish and British goals similar in establishing colonies in North America?

• They both wanted to expand their empires to gain glory.

• They both wanted to end religious persecution of their citizens.

• They both wanted to build colonies that would produce manufactured goods.

• They both wanted to establish a northwestern trade route to Asia.

How did French settlements in North America differ from British and Spanish settlement?

• They were abandoned quickly if no gold was found.

• They often started as fur trading ports.

• They often started as places where Puritans could worship freely.

• They were abandoned quickly if American Indians were nearby.

Why did an African slave trade develop in the southern colonies of North America?

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when indentured servants refused to keep working on them.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when the fur trade became big business.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when the original cash crop failed.

• A new enslaved labor force was needed on plantations when European diseases killed large numbers of indigenous people.

How did the location of French colonies differ from the location of Spanish colonies in North America?

• French colonies were farther west

• French colonies were farther east

• French colonies were farther north

• French colonies were farther south

How did slavery first develop in the American colonies?

• Plantations owners tricked indentured servants into signing slavery contracts.

• Plantation owners forced indigenous people to provide labor growing cash crops.

• Plantation owners brought African slaves with them from Europe to provide labor growing cash crops.

• Plantation owners enslaved poor European immigrants who could not pay their debts.

Which of these examples were passive forms of resistance to enslavement? (Choose three)

• appealing to judges for freedom

• pretending to be ill

• leading rebellions and running away

• working slowly or breaking tools needed to do work

• remaining strong and using music and religion for self-expression