APUSH LO 2.2: European Colonization

By the end of the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of women in New England?

• They had begun to challenge their subordinate role in society.

• They were a majority in many church congregations.

• They voted in local elections.

• They frequently divorced their husbands.

Colonists from which of the following European nations generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to

• • secure a refuge for the persecuted

• • check the growth of English colonies in North America

• • expand their commercial and mercantile network

• • gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses

Which of the following explains the most likely reason why English colonists wanted to come to North America?

• To put distance between themselves and the English monarchy

• To put distance between themselves and the English monarchy

• To seek economic opportunity and improved living conditions

• To form alliances with French and Dutch settlers already present

The expansion of European settlement in the Americas most directly led to which of the following developments?

• The spread of religious tolerance throughout most of the European colonies in the Americas

• The growing separation between the colonial economies and the economies of their mother countries

• The use of enslaved Native Americans and Africans to meet the labor demands of colonial agricultural production

• The declining competition among the major Europeans powers over their colonial holdings

Which of the following best explains why some European colonists intermarried with Native Americans?

• To create economic and diplomatic relationships between Europeans and Native Americans

• To ensure that specific European countries could establish claims to land in North America

• To prevent the enslavement of certain groups of Native Americans considered allies

• To establish a new culture that synthesized European and Native American elements

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by

• • a joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors

• Sir Walter Raleigh, wishing to gain favor with Elizabeth I

• • King James I, eager to gain a base for expeditions against Spanish shipping

• • John Smith, seeking to spread Christianity

Life in the Jamestown Colony in the early seventeenth century was difficult for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• Some colonists believed that farming was beneath their social standing.

• • None of the expected gold or silver was found.

• • A severe outbreak of disease occurred.

• • The Spanish conducted frequent raids.