Colonial America Chapter 2

Who among the following had the right to vote in English colonies?

• white men and women who owned property

• white men only

• white men and freed Africans

• white men and some Native Americans

Which of the following was legal under slave codes?

• teaching enslaved people to read and write

• the killing of an enslaved person by his or her master

• enslaved people meeting in large numbers

• an enslaved person owning a weapon

Which statement about the social structure of seventeenth-century America is accurate?

• Most colonists expressed reservations about slavery.

• Colonists were able to work their way into other classes. Less rigid social structure than Europe.

• The devout individual was the foundation of society.

• The professionals were replaced by planters and laborers.

"No slave shall be off the plantation without a white person" is an example of

• a slave code

• a piece of colonial American literature.

• a bill of rights.

• instructions for a slave revolt.

If the English colonies had not had so many plantations, it is likely that

• settlers enslaved Natives instead of African Americans

• slavery would not have taken root

• trade between colonies and Britain would not have existed

• Parliament would have forbidden slavery.

Many standard contracts of an indentured servant failed to mention the servant's wages. Why?

• Indentured servants paid their employers.

• Indentured servants did not get paid any wages.

• Indentured servants did not collect any wages the first year.

• None of the above.

What was the primary demographic feature of the population of colonial America?

• A high unemployment rate

• A strong urban character

• A low marriage rate

• A young average age

Which of the following was a factor in the growth of southern Slavery?

• the Navigation Acts

• an increase in colonial shipbuilding

• the plantation system

• the growth of apprenticeship

Indentured servitude was introduced for what reason in the south?

• the European farmers did not know how to grow

• there was too much work to be done

• the English saw themselves as a superior race

• Africans volunteered to work in America.

How did slavery change in the 17th Century?

• Slaves could no longer be imported from Africa

• Indentured servants could become enslaved

• Number of enslave people decreased

• Became life long and based on race