Final+Exam+Fall+2010--Help+for+questions+from+Unit+One

=  Hi Everyone--Because you all did not have me for Unit One this semester, I have decided to post the questions that I will use from Unit One in the final exam. Please note that I may change some of the distractors (that's teacher-language for the wrong answers) and I will definitely change the order of the answers, so don't just memorize the letter of the answer. These questions are all from the book, so a careful reading of Chapters 1-4 should give you the answers for each of these. Good luck! = =    =   1. Economic conditions in England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries were marked by     [A] the bankruptcy of three-quarters of English merchants. [B] increased demand for cloth because the Thirty Years’ War required Germany to import English cloth. [C] boom-bust cycles and inflation. [D] high prices for agricultural products. [E] depressions and unemployment. 2. Harvard College was founded to train [A] teachers. [B] physicians. [C] architects. [D] ministers. [E] lawyers. 3. Those accused of witchcraft in the Salem trials [A] were slaves. [B] were almost exclusively the poor and powerless in the community. [C] were young, troubled girls. [D] tended to be women who had previously been in trouble with the law. [E] included both low-status individuals and prominent citizens. 4. Religion in the Chesapeake region in the seventeenth century [A] was virtually nonexistent. [B] thrived because clergymen flocked to the area. [C] was a point of contention that was pulling Chesapeake society apart. [D] was not as important a force as in New England. [E] was a driving force in cultural life. 5. Which colony was intended as a haven for Catholics in the seventeenth century? [A] Maryland [B] Virginia [C] Massachusetts [D] New York [E] Pennsylvania 6. The Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 [A] embodied the fundamental anti-authoritarian tenets of the Antinomians. [B] was passed to protect Catholics in Maryland from religious persecution and was America’s first law affirming freedom of worship. [C] allowed Native Americans to perform their own religious rites in “praying towns.” [D] was essential to the growth of the British West Indies because it promoted social stability. [E] was passed to protect Puritans in Massachusetts from religious persecution and was America’s first law affirming freedom of worship. 7. Bacon’s Rebellion stemmed from violent attacks of    [A]  white indentured servants against plantation owners. [B] Native Americans against Protestant missionaries. [C] black slaves against plantation owners. [D] Protestants against wealthy Catholics. [E] poor white settlers against Native Americans. 8. The only British colony on the North American mainland to have a black majority in the eighteenth century was [A] Maryland. [B] Delaware. [C] Virginia. [D] South Carolina. [E] Georgia. 9. As a result of the Stono Rebellion, [A] Native Americans won the right to use English ships of war. [B] the king of England took direct control by ending proprietary rule and transforming North and South Carolina into royal colonies. [C] South Carolina planters engineered a series of reforms that helped create a more open and equal society. [D] the last vestiges of Native American resistance to white expansion were eliminated. [E] a harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and ensure that masters disciplined their slaves. 10. Which of the thirteen colonies was the last to be settled and the only one to receive some financial assistance from the British government? [A] the Carolinas [B] Delaware [C] Pennsylvania [D] Vermont [E] Georgia