Question 1

England's defeat of the Spanish Armada

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helped to ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic.

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occurred despite weather conditions, which favored Spain.

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demonstrated that Spanish Catholicism was inferior to English Protestantism.

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allowed England to take control of Spain's American colonies.

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led to a Franco-Spanish alliance that prevented England from establishing its own American colonies

Question 2

Identify the statement that is false.

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England never experienced any religious unity or stability as it continued to have years and years of bloody warfare over religious radicalism.

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England had a strong, unified national state under a popular monarch.

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England's victory over the Spanish Armada started England on its way to becoming master of the world oceans.

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England's victory over the Spanish Armada helped ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic.

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England had a strong vibrant sense of nationalism and national destiny.

Question 3

The ____ decreed that only eldest sons were eligible to inherit landed estates.

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laws of primogeniture

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. joint-stock companies

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treaty of the elders

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ancestry laws

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laws of inheritance

Question 4

The financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by

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A joint-stock company.

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An expanding wool trade.

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Queen Elizabeth II.

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A royal proprietor

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The law of primogeniture.

Question 5

The Virginia Charter guaranteed that English settlers in the New World would

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retain the rights of Englishmen.

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receive land parcels of 40 acres each.

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enjoy freedom of religion.

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be entitled to establish a separate government from that of England.

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conduct trade only with England and those countries approved by the British government.

Question 6

Relations between the English colonists and the Powhatan were at first conciliatory, but remained tense, especially

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as the starving colonists took to raiding Indian food supplies.

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when the Indians joined tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy to unite against the English.

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when the English attempted to capture all the Indians from his tribe.

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when Powhatan allied with the Spanish.

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as the Indians attempted to assimilate into the English culture.

Question 7

The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except

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diversification of the colony's economy.

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the destruction of the soil.

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the broad-acred plantation system.

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a great demand for controlled labor.

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soaring prosperity in the colony.

Question 8

A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 was to

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be financially profitable and create a refuge for the Catholics.

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help the Protestants, by giving them a safe haven.

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repudiate the feudal way of life.

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establish a defensive buffer against Spanish colonies in the South.

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allow Lord Baltimore to keep all the land for himself.

Question 9

In 1649, Maryland's Act of Toleration

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guaranteed toleration to all Christians.

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protected Jews and atheists.

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abolished the death penalty previously given to those who denied the divinity of Jesus.

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gave freedom only to Catholics.

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was issued by Lord Baltimore.

Question 10

Under the Barbados slave code, slaves were

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denied the most fundamental rights.

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protected from the most vicious punishments.

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given the opportunity to purchase their freedom.

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guaranteed the right to marry.

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assigned specific monetary value.

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