Colonial Period – American History Survey Quiz #3

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1. All of the following factors contributed to the establishment of the racial caste system of the English colonies EXCEPT. Choose the BEST answer.

A. The previous ingrained existence of racism

B. Legislation in 1691 that made it illegal to free black indentured servants

C. The Freedom Dues given to White indentured servants, but denied blacks

D. Scarcity of white labor due to growing Navy's

2. In the first 3 of the colonial wars, European empires fought predominately for expansion of

A. Gold and silver

B. Land

C. Slave Trade

D. Fur Trade

3. A=True B=False It was Religious orientation and not race that initially determined slave or indentured status in the colonies.

4. A=True B=False The Proclamation Line of 1763, established by the British Crown, was ultimately a result of the initial agitation of Delaware Prophet, Neolin, who preached resistance against European expansion and their dependence on European goods.

5. All of the following groups of people with the exception of _________ shared similar circumstances and conditions in early colonial society that often resulted in united rebellion against colonial institutions.

A. White Indentured servants

B. African Americans

C. Those that were represented by John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

D. Indentured Servants occasionally of Native American origin

6. Components of the Mission system in California included which of the following, mark all that applies.

A. The Mission

B. The Rancho

C. The Presidio

D. The Pueblo

7. King Phillips War of 1675 was a result of all of the following, EXCEPT

A. The aggressive expansion of English Europeans into Wampanoag territory

B. The containment of Wampanoags and others onto plantations or reservations

C. The unprovoked violence of Metacom

D. The Resistance to Assimilation programs represented by the establishment of “Praying Towns”

8. In 1761, Prior to the Revolution, a Delaware prophet_____________, reported a vision in which the master of life commanded them to return to ancestral ways, end dependence on foreign goods, throw off white independence & Stand against expansion.

A. Tecumseh

B. Lalawetheka

C. Neolin

D. Pontiac

9. Chief ______________ of the Ottowa Nation, used the momentum of the Spiritual Revitalization movement of the Deleware Prophet to create a military confederacy and launch a successful Military stand against the British.

A. Tecumseh

B. Lalawetheka

C. Neolin

D. Pontiac

10. During the Colonial Period the colonies that were notorious for slave raiding of Aboriginal Nations, such as the Yamasee and Tuscarora were the ___________________.

A. Maryland

B. Virginia

C. The Carolinas

D. New Netherlands