WorksheetsUnit 1 Stimulus Based Multiple Choise
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
Base your answers to questions 1 and on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
….Not long before the English came into the Country, happened a great mortality amongst [Native Americans], especially where the English afterwards planted, the East and Northern parts were sore smitten with the Contagion; first by the plague, afterwards when the English came by the small pox, the three Kingdoms or Sagamorships of the Massachusetts were very populous, having under them seven Dukedoms or petti-Sagamorships, but by the plague were brought from 30,000 to 300. There are not many now to the Eastward, the Pequots were destroyed by the English: the Mohawks are about five hundred….
The events described in this account could be considered a turning point in history because
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.
Base your answers to questions 1 and on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
….Not long before the English came into the Country, happened a great mortality amongst [Native Americans], especially where the English afterwards planted, the East and Northern parts were sore smitten with the Contagion; first by the plague, afterwards when the English came by the small pox, the three Kingdoms or Sagamorships of the Massachusetts were very populous, having under them seven Dukedoms or petti-Sagamorships, but by the plague were brought from 30,000 to 300. There are not many now to the Eastward, the Pequots were destroyed by the English: the Mohawks are about five hundred….
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
Base your answers to questions 3 through 5 on the documents below and your knowledge of social studies.
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
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 treated native Americans as equals whereas English colonists persecuted native Americans brutally and relentlessly
Spanish colonists made contact with native Americans centuries earlier than the English colonists.
Base your answers to questions 6 on the images below and your knowledge of social studies.
Based on these two images, which claim is most accurate?
Colonial settlements did not vary much; all settlers lived in villages that grew into large cities.
Large plantations growing tobacco and cotton were common in both New England and the southern colonies.
Ship building anchored the economy in northern and southern colonies.
Colonial economies varied by region, depending on the geographic conditions.
Base your answers to questions 7 on the images below and your knowledge of social studies.
Which of the following most likely led to the situation depicted in the image on the left (View of Boston Harbor)?
British settlers imported wood from England to build large ships in Boston.
Colonial settlers excavated the shallow beach to create Boston harbor.
Naturally deep water and a sheltered harbor encouraged colonists to settle in Boston
The British army invaded Boston to claim it from the Spanish empire.
Base your answers to questions 8 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
Which claim is best supported by the evidence in this document?
The labor system of the British North American colonies depended solely on personal preferences of the people who settled there.
Climatic conditions, choice of export crop and pursuit of profit combined to determine a colony’s labor system
Labor systems were determined by the laws of each colony as well as the religion of its predominant group of settlers.
The labor force exerted a strong influence on the structure of each colony’s labor system.
Base your answers to questions 9 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
A historian’s best use of this document would be as
documentary evidence of differences among colonial regions
a record of recent research findings about colonial American economies
a fictional account of how colonial American economies might have worked
evidence of how colonial settlers understood economic theories
Base your answers to questions 10 on the documents below and your knowledge of social studies.
Based on both Documents 1 and 2, which is most likely responsible for the action shown in Document 2?
The decline of the institution of slavery in England by the early 17th century.
Increased 19th century demand for cotton grown in the deep southern U.S.
Increased 18th century demand for tobacco grown in the Chesapeake region of the U.S.
Increased demand for white indentured servants in the Southern states.
Base your answers to questions 11 on the documents below and your knowledge of social studies.
Which statement best describes a result of the historical events referenced in Documents 1 and 2?
Southern planters relied more heavily on white indentured servants to produce cotton.
Generations of people with African ancestry were legally subjected to lifetime enslavement.
Southern planters began to cultivate tobacco during the 18th century.
White indentured servants increasingly joined with black workers to fight for their rights.
Base your answers to questions 12 on the documents below and your knowledge of social studies.
Which claim is best supported by both documents?
Colonial political institutions were not influenced by English legal traditions.
Colonial political institutions failed to represent the interests of colonial inhabitants.
Colonial political institutions were influenced by both English legal tradition and colonial experience.
Colonial political institutions guaranteed suffrage for all adults who lived in the colonies.
Base your answers to questions 13 on the documents below and your knowledge of social studies.
According to these documents, a key difference between political institutions in England and its colonies centered around
the scope and variety of powers held by their representative bodies
the age at which a man was entitled to vote in elections
who had the authority to raise taxes from the people
The percentage by which a law could be passed in their representative bodies
Base your answers to questions 14 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
An elected assembly was an offshoot of the idea of civic duty, the notion that men had a responsibility to support and uphold the government through voting, paying taxes, and service in the militia. Americans firmly accepted the idea of a social contract, the idea that government was put in place by the people. Philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke pioneered this idea, and there is evidence to suggest that these writers influenced the colonists. While in practice elites controlled colonial politics, in theory many colonists believed in the notion of equality before the law and opposed special treatment for any members of colonial society.
Source: Emily Arendt et al., “Colonial Society” in The American Yawp Stanford University Press, 2018
Which evidence best supports the claim about colonial society made by the historian in this excerpt?
the existence of elected assemblies such as the House of Burgesses in the colony of Virginia
the diversity of religious practices among residents of the British North American colonies
the large number of French settlers living in the British North American colonies
the predominance of indentured servitude as a system of labor in the British North American colonies
Base your answers to questions 15 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
An elected assembly was an offshoot of the idea of civic duty, the notion that men had a responsibility to support and uphold the government through voting, paying taxes, and service in the militia. Americans firmly accepted the idea of a social contract, the idea that government was put in place by the people. Philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke pioneered this idea, and there is evidence to suggest that these writers influenced the colonists. While in practice elites controlled colonial politics, in theory many colonists believed in the notion of equality before the law and opposed special treatment for any members of colonial society.
Source: Emily Arendt et al., “Colonial Society” in The American Yawp Stanford University Press, 2018
Which statement best reflects the claim made by the historian in this excerpt?
Most American colonists believed that elites were best suited to govern.
Belief in equality before the law was widespread in Colonial America despite its social and political inequality
Equality before the law is a concept that originated in 18th century colonial America.
Enlightenment thinkers influenced colonists to believe in special treatment for elites.
Base your answers to questions 16 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
And be it also further Enacted by the same authority … that whatsoever person or persons shall… declare call or denominate any person or persons whatsoever … within this Province… an Heretic, Schismatic, Idolator, puritan, Independant, Prespiterian popish priest, Jesuit, Jesuited papist, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anabaptist, Brownist, Antinomian, Barrowist, Roundhead, Separatist, or any other name or term in a reproachful (disrespectful) manner relating to matter of Religion shall for every such offense forfeit and lose the sum of ten shillings sterling or the value thereof to be levied on the goods and chattels of every such Offender and Offenders, the one half thereof to be forfeited and paid unto the person and persons of whom such reproachful words are or shall be spoken or uttered, and the other half thereof to the Lord Proprietary and his heirs Lords and Proprietaries of this Province…
Source: Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
A historian would best use this document as
evidence of the punitive nature of colonial laws in Maryland
evidence of intolerance of religious worship in colonial law
evidence of colonial support for the democratic principle of religious tolerance
the existence of a unified religious community in colonial America
Base your answers to questions 17 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
And be it also further Enacted by the same authority … that whatsoever person or persons shall… declare call or denominate any person or persons whatsoever … within this Province… an Heretic, Schismatic, Idolator, puritan, Independant, Prespiterian popish priest, Jesuit, Jesuited papist, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anabaptist, Brownist, Antinomian, Barrowist, Roundhead, Separatist, or any other name or term in a reproachful (disrespectful) manner relating to matter of Religion shall for every such offense forfeit and lose the sum of ten shillings sterling or the value thereof to be levied on the goods and chattels of every such Offender and Offenders, the one half thereof to be forfeited and paid unto the person and persons of whom such reproachful words are or shall be spoken or uttered, and the other half thereof to the Lord Proprietary and his heirs Lords and Proprietaries of this Province…
Source: Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
This document most likely led to which result?
forced exile of members of Protestant religious denominations from Maryland
forfeiture of English citizenship by religious residents of Maryland
conversion of thousands of Maryland residents from Catholicism to Protestantism
the thriving of a variety of religious communities in the colony of Maryland
