High Level Colonial Region

 “… Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.”

• The author of this account went on to become a powerful English Lord.

• Native American societies grew strong again after contracting European diseases, resulting in an increase in Native populations at this time.

• Native Americans in the British colonies experienced a drastic decline in population due to disease and war brought by Europeans.

• New England colonists repaired relationships with Native Americans soon after the incidents described.

Based on the information provided in this account, which claim is most plausible?

• Native American peoples were welcoming to European colonists who settled in North America.

• Native American populations were susceptible to diseases to which they had no previous exposure.

• European colonists poisoned Native peoples intentionally, decimating their population.

• Native American civilization was far inferior to European civilization

. A historian would find the Catholic prayer book (1627) most useful for

• showing the kindness exhibited by Spanish missionaries to indigenous peoples of Florida

• showing that indigenous Floridians already practiced Christianity before the arrival of the Spanish

• showing that Spanish missionaries in the Americas sought to convert indigenous peoples to Christianity

• showing that indigenous peoples of Florida had the technology to print books in the 17th century

William Bradford’s account documents events that led to:

• the eventual failure of the Plymouth colony due to starvation and lack of knowledge about the American environment

• the success of the Plymouth colony due to knowledge shared by indigenous peoples with the English settlers

• the eventual complete integration of English and native cultures and society due to mutual respect and cooperation

• the immediate declaration of war by the Plymouth colonists against the local native tribes

William Bradford’s account documents events that led to:Which statement best describes a key difference in the nature of Spanish and English contact with Native Americans as reflected in Documents 1 and 2?

• the Spanish colonists in the Americas were Christian, but the English colonists in the Americas were not religious.

• Spanish colonists sought to convert natives to Christianity, whereas English colonists sought to create permanent settlements, with or without native cooperation.

• Spanish colonists sought to convert natives to Christianity, whereas English colonists sought to create permanent settlements, with or without native cooperation.

• Spanish colonists made contact with native Americans centuries earlier than the English colonist