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1
The Salem Witch Trials reflected the persecution of poor women by upper-class males & clergy
True
False
2
Directly beneath slave owning planters, in southern social structure, were indentured servants.
True
False
3
The average colonial New England woman who did not die in childbirth could expect to
work regular for pay outside the home
experience about 10 pregnancies
outlive her husband by 15 years
lose the majority of her children
4
The primary cause of Bacon's Rebellion
poverty and discontent of many single men unable to get land
refusal of landlords to grant indentured servants freedom
Governor Berkeley's harsh treatment of Indians
white settlers' resentment against growing slave labor
5
New Englander's long lives contributed to the general stability & order of family life
False
True
6
For the greater part of the 17th C, the Chesapeake colonies got most of the labor needed from
West Indian Natives
White Servants
African Slaves
Captured Indians
7
In New England, elementary education
was mandatory for any town with more than 50 families
was oriented for preparing students for entering college
failed to provide basic literacy to a large majority
was less widespread than in the South
8
For their labor in the colonies, indentured servants received all of the following except
passage to America.
a suit of clothes.
at times, a small parcel of land.
a headright.
9
The ratio of men to women in the Chesapeake colonies was ...
3:6
2:6
6:1
6:1
10
By the end of the seventeenth century, indentured servants who gained their freedom
often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement
rarely returned to work for their masters.
had little choice but to wrk for lw wages for former masters
often returned to England penniless and broke.
11
Most European immigrants to Virginia & Maryland in 17th century were indentured servants
False
True
12
Indentured servants in the seventeenth century Chesapeake represented
1/10 of the population
1/2 of the population
1/4 of the population
3/4 of the population
13
The majority of African slaves coming to the New World
were brought by the Dutch.
were delivered to South America and the West Indies.
died before reaching their destination.
went to English North America.
14
By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was
Virginia
Massachussetts
Pennsylvania
New York
15
Many of the slaves who reached North America
eventually gained their freedom.
were originally captured by African coastal tribes.
settled in the middle colonies.
came from eastern Africa.
16
The Half-Way Covenant reflected decline in Puritan religious fervor & religious participation.
False
True
17
Most European immigrants to Virginia & Maryland in 17th century were indentured servants
False
True
18
Political and economic power in the southern colonies was dominated by
urban professional classes such as lawyers and bankers
an Anglican clergy
extended families of wealthy planters
small landowners
19
The headright system of land grants to those who brought workers benefitted ....
slaves
indentured servants
wealthy planters
small farmers
20
Which is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?
1/2 of those born in early VA and MD didn't live past age 20
The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants.
It was 10 years shorter for Chesapeake colonists than in Eng
1/2 the male settlers made it to 50; 1/2 the females to 40
21
____ reaped the greatest benefit from the land policies of the headright system.
Merchant planters
New England colonists
Slave owners
Indentured servants
22
The primary beneficiaries of the headright system were
widows who acquired new husbands from England
righ planters who got land by paying passage for servants
indentured servants who were able to acquire their own land
English ship owners who transported laborers across Atlantic
23
The Congregational Church of the Puritans contributed to
the development of basic ideas of democracy
the increasing social harmony and unity in New England
the growing movement towards women's rights.
the extrememely hierarchical character of New England
24
In contrast to the Chesapeake Bay colonists in the South, those in New England
had shorter life expectancies
provided no protections for women within marriage
had fewer women and more men in their population
enjoyed longer lives and more stable families
25
Thpopulation of the Chesapeake colonies throughout th 1st half of the 17th C was notabl for its
scarcity of women.
fast growth rate.
stable family life.
low death rate.
26
Because there were few urban centers in the colonial South
the rural church became the central of southern life
most southerners traveled regulary to England or West Indies
good roads between plantations were constructed early
a professional class was slow to develop.
27
Life expectancy among 17th Century settlers of Maryland & Virginia was about 60 years
False
True
28
The focus of much of New England' s politics, religion, & education was the institution of the
colonial legislatures
militial company
town
college
29
Pregnancies among unmarried young women were most common in the 17th century colony of ....
Maryland
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Massachusetts
30
African slavery became the prevalent form of labor in the 1680s when
blacks could be brought to New World more safely
Bacon's Rebellion & rising wages made indentured unreliable
the clear legal differences between servant & slave blurred.
the first captives were brought from Africa
31
Most of the slaves who eventually reached North America were originally
sold as slaves in West Indies & then reshipped to America
from southern and eastern Africa
free servants who worked as household labor in Africa
captured by West African coastal tribes & sold to Europeans.
32
The Half-Way Covenant provided
partial participation in politics to non-church members
partial participation in church affairs for women
batpism, not full communion, to those who hadn't converted
limited involvement in Massachusetts church councils
