April 6 MC practice
1. Which of the following was true of the Northeast American Indian tribes at the time Europeans first began colonization?
A. Their economies depended entirely on hunting and gathering.
B. Their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans.
C. Their populations were immune to European diseases.
D. Their warriors rarely engaged in intertribal warfare.
E. Their cultures made no distinction between men’s work and women’s work.
2. Settlers who established the colony in Virginia during the 17th century were primarily seeking to
A. recreate an Old World feudalistic society in the New World
B. create a perfect religious commonwealth as an example to the rest of the world
C. create a refuge for political dissidents
D. profit economically
E. increase the glory of Great Britain
3. In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700s?
A. the southern colonies only
B. the middle and southern colonies only
C. the tobacco- and rice-growing colonies only
D. all the colonies except Pennsylvania and the New England colonies
E. all the colonies
4. Which of the following was true of most Puritans who emigrated to 17th-century New England?
A. They had renounced the Church of England.
B. They rejected the authority of the English king.
C. They considered themselves non-Separatists.
D. They approved of the Crown’s religious policy.
E. They intended to return eventually to England.
5. Which of the following was true of a married woman in the colonial era?
A. She would be sentenced to a debtors’ prison for debts incurred by her husband.
B. She could vote as her husband’s proxy in elections.
C. She generally lost control of her property when she married.
D. She was the prime beneficiary by law of her husband’s estate.
E. Her legal rights over her children were the same as those of her husband.
6. The North American colonies took advantage of Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect to
A. establish religious freedom as a fundamental right
B. work out trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries
C. introduce the practice of slavery into the New World
D. establish a standing army
E. make favorable territorial settlements with the French
7. By the time of the American Revolution, most patriots had come to believe that, in republican government, sovereignty was located in
A. the people
B. Parliament
C. state governments
D. factions
E. a centralized government
8. The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to
A. raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America
B. reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods
C. fund the colonial postal system
D. impose a mercantilist system on the colonies
E. reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures
9. After the Revolution, the concept of the “republican mother” suggested that
A. women should be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic
B. voting would soon become a privilege granted to educated and/or married women
C. the first duty of mothers was to serve the needs of government
D. wives and mothers would be welcome in the emerging political parties
E. women’s virtues had been the inspiration for the ideals of the Revolution
10. All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT
A. most soldiers were draftees
B. the soldiers feared for the safety of their families back home
C. the army had inadequate arms and ammunition
D. the army paid soldiers in depreciated paper money
E. the army was inadequately fed and clothed