APUSH Period 1 and 2 Assessment

As it evolved in the seventeenth century, the region illustrated in the map came to

• encourage a variety of religious traditions

• lack a significant cash crop to export

• rely on relatively few enslaved laborers

• develop influential institutions of self-government

Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century?

• The colonial government officially supported religious toleration.

• Colonial officials strictly separated church and state.

• Colonial officials encouraged churches to incorporate Catholic elements of worship.

• Ministers held most elected offices.

• Church membership was required for voting and holding public office.

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.

• They could lead town meetings.

All of the following groups of non-English colonists migrated into the British North American colonies in large numbers throughout the eighteenth century EXCEPT

• Germans

• Russians

• Scots

• Irish

• Dutch

New England Puritans sought primarily to create which of the following in Massachusetts?

• A missionary community focused on converting American Indians to Christianity

• Town meetings at which all adult males could vote

• A model community promoting government by strict religious principles

• A society founded on the principles of religious toleration

• A community whose members achieved salvation through good works

The pattern depicted on the graph from 1450 to 1800 best serves as evidence of which of the following?

• The impact of the Columbian Exchange on global population growth

• The decline of feudalism in Europe

• The rise of industrialization in the Americas

• The spread of Enlightenment ideas across the Atlantic

These colonies were settled by the Pilgrims in 1620 and Puritans in 1630 to escape religious persecution in England

• Middle Colonies

• New England

• Southern Colonies

• Canada

Which of the following developments in colonial North America most helped to establish the “principle of consent” in government?

• The acquisition of Native American land by settlers

• The growth of transatlantic economic connections

• The autonomy of provincial legislatures from Great Britain

• The use of indentured servants as an agricultural labor force

Which colonial region was made up of Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia?

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Northern Colonies

Bacon’s Rebellion occurred because of disagreements between frontier settlers and the Virginia governor over which of the following issues?

• Relations with American Indians and restrictions on the fur trade

• An increase in taxes to subsidize the slave trade and support internal improvements

• The assignment of Anglican ministers to new settlements

• Currency disputes resulting from English demands that settlers end the use of barter

• The drafting of settlers into the English army