US History Topic 2

According to the excerpt, which of the following did the colonists at Jamestown do first after making landfall?

• attack American Indians

• begin building a fort

• establish a government

• survey the land

The data shown in the infographic best supports which of the following conclusions?

• American Indian diseases prevented Europeans from spreading inland.

• Contact with European diseases decimated American Indian populations.

• Europeans used American Indians' need for medicine to encourage diplomacy.

• Spread of disease hindered trade among American Indians and Europeans.

Which of the following conclusions does the statement by James Oglethorpe best support?

• A relatively small American Indian population encouraged Britain to expand its colonies.

• Among varied reasons for colonization, wealth, resources, and trade were greatest.

• Because of trade wars in Asia, Britain sought American colonies to distract its enemies.

• Most British colonies in North America began as military outposts to defend traders.

What was a common characteristic of the four Southern colonies?

• They began as proprietary colonies and became royal colonies.

• They lacked sufficient resources to support sustained settlement.

• They served as havens for religious refugees and dissenters.

• They shifted economic focus from farming to manufacturing and shipping.

According to the chart, in what way did both the Puritans and Separatists most differ from the Anglicans?

• Both wanted to separate from the Anglican Church.

• Both sought a less hierarchical, more congregational practice of their faith.

• Both believed that they could do little to alter God's will regarding salvation.

• Both supported the traditional hierarchy and ways of the Anglican Church.

In this statement, Roger Williams makes an early plea for what political principle?

• democracy

• representative government

• separation of church and state

• separation of powers

In what way did the New England colonies most resemble the Southern Colonies?

• They colonized lands claimed by American Indians.

• They established colonial governments grounded in religious belief.

• They experimented with forms of republican government.

• They served as refuges for English dissenters.

For what main reason did the Dutch and the Swedes pursue colonies in North America?

• to ally with the French against the English

• to block other European nations from gaining a foothold

• to gain wealth from trade and resources

• to spread Christianity to American Indians

What assumption on the part of Dutch colonists does Peter Schagen's report demonstrate?

• American Indians' ideas of land ownership were the same as those of Europeans.

• Conflict with American Indians was unlikely.

• Manhattan Island would prove a profitable investment by the end of the seventeenth century.

• Women in the colony wanted to have families there.

For what reason did New Netherland fail to attract as many colonists as the English colonies?

• conflict with American Indians

• inadequate push factors

• insufficient land for farming

• lack of trade opportunities