All Possible Questions You Will Find in History Changes Quiz - Check Your Knowledge 

These questions are used as quizzes, but they are also ways to teach yourself what you need to know to read for and to write any of the possible essays for Question 1 for Unit 1 Essay Exam. Make sure you notice the ones you miss—they may indicate an assumption that you need to remove from your mind.

 

After you take the History Changes Quiz, you will see:

1.     A quiz so you can check your knowledge – The quiz is in the same random order as this link. FYI: the last link offers this link in chronological order.

2.     A link with a table to help you compare the time periods and with the specific pages for the periods you will write about

3.     A file of definitions (such as servitude, slave, indentured servant, bondage, and master) that may help you (All quotations in these questions are included in that file and the source is Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary.

4.     A link to these same questions in chronological order—which should be easier to think about.

 

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1.   

These people was on the side of a group that lost a war or he did not fit in with his kinship clan. He could gain status and eventually marry, and his children could not be sold. What letter below applies to these people?

*a. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Africa and whose master is African

b. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from African but on islands near Africa and whose master is Portuguese

c. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Virginia and whose master is English

d. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from England and in Virginia and whose master is English

 

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2.   

These people worked in such severe conditions that many died. They worked with crops for global market (like sugar), not for local consumption. What letter below applies to these people?

a. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Africa and whose master is African

*b. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from African but on islands near Africa and whose master is Portuguese

c. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Virginia and whose master is English

d. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from England and in Virginia and whose master is English

 

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3.   

These people worked in tobacco fields. When they served their term, some of them were able to marry and get their own land. What letter below applies to these people?

a. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Africa and whose master is African

b. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from African but on islands near Africa and whose master is Portuguese

*c. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Virginia and whose master is English

d. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from England and in Virginia and whose master is English

 

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4.   

These people worked in tobacco fields. During their term they could not marry or have children. What letter below applies to these people?

a. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Africa and whose master is African

b. Slaves (lifetime bondage) from African but on islands near Africa and whose master is Portuguese

c. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from Africa and in Virginia and whose master is English

d. Servant (less than lifetime bondage) from England and in Virginia and whose master is English

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5.   

In what time period did this colony first buy Africans?

*a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

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6.   

When these colonists bought the first Africans, the status of these Africans was:

a. Status as servants with “shorter than lifetime bondage”

b. Status as slaves with “lifetime bondage”

*c. Some of both

 

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7.   

The textbook uses the term English servants for English people who agreed to become indentured servants in the Virginia colony. They agreed to work a specific period of years for no wages in return for passage across the Atlantic Ocean to the colony and, when they completed their years of service, for land so they could make a living). In what time period did these people actually receive the land they were promised for their years of labor?

*a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

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8.   

In what time period did the number of Africans (whether servants or slaves) amount to about 4% of the European (the white) population? Most workers in the tobacco fields are English servants, not Africans.

*a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

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9.   

In the1660s, the colonial legislatures in Virginia and Maryland wrote laws determining the status of a child born of a woman who was a slave. If the father was free, the child was:

a. free

*b. slave

 

Tip: In English law at this time, which parent determined the status of the child?

 

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10.            

In the 1660s, the colonial legislatures in Virginia and Maryland wrote laws determining the “normal status of blacks but never whites” was:

a. free

*b. slave

 

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11.            

In the 1660s, the colonial legislatures in Virginia and Maryland wrote laws governing slavery. Which one is not true?

a. If a master killed his slave when the master was punishing the slave, the act was not a felony.

b. Slaves could not hit a master even when trying to defend himself.

*c. An owner could emancipate (set free) a slave.

d. It was against the law for slaves to marry.

e. It was against the law for slaves to meet in groups.

 

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The textbook uses the term English servants for English people who agreed to become indentured servants in the Virginia colony. They agreed to work a specific period of years for no wages in return for passage across the Atlantic Ocean to the colony and, when they completed their years of service, for land so they could make a living).

 

In what time period did more and more of these people not receive the land they were promised for their years of labor until they many were “landless freemen” (free but unable to earn a living because they did not have land—and unable to vote either)?

a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

*b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

 

 

At what time did the re “landless freemen” (free but unable to earn a living because they did not have land—and unable to vote either)?

a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

*b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

 

 

The textbook uses the term English servants for English people who agreed to become indentured servants in the Virginia colony. They agreed to work a specific period of years for no wages in return for passage across the Atlantic Ocean to the colony and, when they completed their years of service, for land so they could make a living).

 

In what time period did these people receive their freedom again but did not receive the land they were promised for their years of labor and finally they rebelled against the government?

a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

*c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

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12.            

The planters dealt with the rebellion of the landless freemen by:

a. The Virginia assembly grants votes only to those who own land.

b. Planters stop bringing in indentured servants into Virginia. (Other colonies out of the South will want them.)

c. Planters start bringing enslaved Africans (no land and no vote).

*d. All of those listed.

 

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13.            

In what time period did the number of Africans (whether servants or slaves) amount to about 20% of the European (the white) population. Most workers in the tobacco fields are English servants, not Africans.

a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

*d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

e. None of these time periods.

 

 

14.            

In what time period did the number of Africans (whether servants or slaves) amount to about 96% of the European (the white) population. Most workers in the tobacco fields are African servants or slaves.

a. The English colony of Virginia from about 1612 to about 1660

b. The English colony of Virginia from about 1660 to about 1675.

c. The English colony of Virginia in 1676 in Bacon’s Rebellion (followed by the decisions by the planters)

d. The English colony of Virginia in about 1720.

*e. None of these time periods.

 

 

 

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17.            

After 1618, the Virginia Company's principal means of attracting new settlers was

a. the granting of religious freedom

b. liberal suffrage (voting) requirements

c. a system of land grants, or the "headright" system, to those who could afford to pay the costs of the transAtlantic passage for themselves or others

d. payment of passage by the company

e. impressment

 

 

18.            

This colony began with a settlement in a low-lying area selected as safe from Indian and Spanish attack. It continued to be an unhealthy colony with a high death rate. It survived in part because it grew tobacco.

a. Maryland

b. Virginia

c. Massachusetts Bay Colony

d. Plymouth Plantation or Plymouth Colony

 

 

19.            

Which one of the following was a Chesapeake colony (a colony in the Chesapeake Bay area marked by a distinctive settlement pattern)?

a. New Jersey

b. New York    

c. Connecticut   

d. Rhode Island   

e. Virginia   

 

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20.            

Which one of the following was a Chesapeake colony (a colony in the Chesapeake Bay area marked by a distinctive settlement pattern)?

a. New York 

b. Connecticut

c. Rhode Island

d. Maryland

e. New Jersey

 

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21.            

This colony was envisioned as a retreat for English supporters of Roman Catholicism, but encouraged the immigration of Protestants. The colony, however, experienced tensions between the two faiths. It is associated with the Act Concerning Religion, an act granting all Christians freedom of worship (a necessary act of toleration given the Catholics were being outnumbered by Protestants).

a. Maryland

b. Virginia

c. Massachusetts Bay Colony

d. Plymouth Plantation or Plymouth Colony

 

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22.            

The colony of Maryland was established as a religious sanctuary for:

a. Puritans

b. Roman Catholics

c. Baptists

d. Quakers

e. Presbyterians

 

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23.            

This colony is associated with first Dutch settlement and then English settlement:

a. Carolinas

b. New York

c. Pennsylvania

d. Barbados (Caribbean)

e. Georgia

 

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24.            

This colony was initially a grant from King Charles II to his brother. The grant was challenged by the Netherlands military because that nation also had colonies in the region, but its unpopular Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant had to surrender. The proprietor did not grant a representative assembly, but did set up a governor and council.

a. Carolinas

b. New York

c. Pennsylvania

d. Barbados (Caribbean)

e. Georgia

 

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25.            

The colony of Pennsylvania was established as a religious sanctuary for:

a. Puritans

b. Roman Catholics

c. Baptists

d. Quakers

e. Presbyterians

 

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26. 

The individual largely responsible for Pennsylvania's settlement was:

a. Sir George Calvert (later Lord Baltimore)

b. William Penn

c. John Winthrop

d. William Bradford

e. Roger Williams

 

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27. 

This colony was founded during the Restoration (the period after the Puritan Commonwealth when the Stuart monarch Charles II was restored). Its founder was William Penn, a man of wealth who converted to Quakerism and who actively involved in colonial planning and administration. The colony was successful and cosmopolitan.

a. Carolinas

b. New York

c. Pennsylvania

d. Barbados (Caribbean)

e. Georgia

 

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28.            

Which of the following statements best describes the uprising known as Bacon's Rebellion?

a. Although it began in Virginia, the rebellion soon spread to Maryland and New Jersey.

b. The uprising caused major political changes in Virginia as the governor tried to placate the rebels.

c. Begun as an Indian-white conflict, the rebellion evolved into a conflict between the participants and their colonial government.

d. Nathaniel Bacon gained enough notoriety from his leadership of the rebellion to be elected governor of Virginia later on.

e. The majority of Virginians were solidly behind Bacon and his men.

 

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29.            

The Navigation Acts passed by England

a. required that goods brought to England or its colonies be carried on English ships.

b. listed certain goods as "enumerated articles," which meant that they had to be shipped only to England or to another English colony.

c. were difficult to enforce, which resulted in widespread smuggling.

d. all of the above

 

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30. 

This colony was the last English colony to be established in what is now the United States. The motivations for its founding were to provide a refuge for the impoverished and to create a military barrier against the Spanish. The rules of the colony called for the exclusion of free blacks and slaves. The rules also included a ban on slavery and restrictions on individual property holdings aimed at keeping the colonists grouped as part of defense.

a. Carolinas

b. New York

c. Pennsylvania

d. Barbados (Caribbean)

e. Georgia

 

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38.            

This is a

 servitude (what the textbook also refers to as “forced labor”)

indentured servant or English servant

slave

a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life” [A modern term is forced labor.]

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.--on

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39.            

 “a person who signs and is bound … to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance” [in this case, passage across the Atlantic Ocean and shelter and food—with the eventual promise being land—a way to make a living in the 1600s]

 

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40.            

“a person held in servitude as the chattel” [Chattel = “an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate”

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41.            

“a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery)” [as in forced to work by legal requirements or by raw power]

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42.            

 member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner


These questions are in some cases based on questions in the test database for American Passages.

 

 

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