EOC Review

The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the (LT 1.4)

• religious spirit of the settlers

• management of the Virginia Company

• development of a tobacco industry

• location of the settlement

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period? (LT 1.8)

• the first chapter of the Virginia Company charter

• Columbus's journals

• the Treaty of Tordesillas

• the Mayflower Compact

European diseases that arrived in the New World were particularly deadly because... (LT 1.1)

• little medical aid was available so far from European urban centers

• the European conquerors deliberately accelerated the spread of the most deadly strains

• the Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases

• the vast devastation of warfare with the Europeans left few to care for the sick

What aspect of Spanish colonization did missionary Bartolome de Las Casas famously protest? (LT 1.2)

• the refusal of explorers to tithe on the wealth they discovered

• the lack of missionary zeal among the conquistadors

• the treatment of Native Americans as subhuman and expendable

• the focus of the Spanish Crown on Latin America while neglecting the Reconquista at home

Which event most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery? (LT 1.7)

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Stono rebellion

• Pueblo Rebellion

What was the "Headright System" implemented by the Virginia Company to attract more settlers to the colony?

• A system offering religious freedom to all new arrivals

• A grant of 50 acres of land for each person a settler paid to bring over

• A program providing free passage to anyone willing to work for five years

• A lottery system where new colonists could win plots of land

John Winthrop's "City Upon a Hill" sermon emphasized what core idea for the Puritan community?

• The importance of individual wealth accumulation.

• The community should serve as a moral example to the world.

• Strict separation of church and state.

• Complete equality and democratic participation for all inhabitants.

What was a defining characteristic of Pennsylvania under William Penn's leadership?

• Strict laws against all religious practices except Quakerism.

• A focus on military expansion and conquest.

• Religious toleration and respect for Native American communities.

• Exclusive trade agreements with European powers.

All of the following were effects of the French and Indian War on the colonists EXCEPT:

• It was a socializing experience for American men
• Impressment caused resentment among colonists
• Colonists began to view English authority as illigitimate
• It resolved tensions between colonists and Native Americans

Which was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• No chief executive
• all states needed to approve amendments
• Congress could not tax or regulate trade
• Survey, organize, and set up a process for the development of new states.