APUSH Period 2

The most important export from the Virginia colony was 

• Cotton
• Tobacco
• Rice
• Corn

Which group focused their settlements primarily on the trading of fur?

• English

• Portugese

• French

• Spanish

To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system offered ___ to people who would pay for someone's passage.

• Land 
• Employment
• Profit-sharing
• Passage to Virginia

Which event singularly most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery?

• Shay's Rebellion
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Stono rebellion
• Pueblo Rebellion

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

According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when

• It does not depend on products from other countries
• Other countries do not depend on its products
• The value of exports is less than the value of imports
• The value of exports is greater than the value of imports

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.
• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.
• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

All of the following are examples of conflicts between colonists and native American tribes EXCEPT...

• Bacon's Rebellion
• the Pequot War
• the Stono Uprising
• King Philip's War

Which of the following statements about cities during the colonial era is NOT true?

• poor sanitation left colonial cities vulnerable to epidemics
• religious and ethnic diversity was greater in colonial cities than in the colonial countryside
• most large colonial cities grew around a port
• the majority of colonists lived in urban areas

Colleges and universities during the colonial period were dedicated primarily to the training of...

• medical doctors
• scientists
• political leaders
• the clergy