AP U.S. History Period 2: Unit – 2 - 1607-1754 Practice Test

Question 1:

Read the passage below and answer the question.

You shall know that our Colonie consisteth now of seven hundred men at least, ofsundry arts and professions, some more or less, they stand in health, and few sick. . . . The Colony is . . . strong and defensible by nature, a good air, wholesome and clear . . . with fresh and plenty of water springs, much fair and open grounds freed from woods, and wood enough at hand. . . . Here they have built competent and decent houses, the first story all of bricks, that every man may have his lodging and dwelling place apart by himself, with a sufficient quantity of ground allotted thereto for his orchard and garden to plant at his pleasure, and for his own use . . .

From “The New Life of Virginia,” a tract published in 1612 by the Virginia Company advertising the benefits of the colony.

What was the Virginia Company’s purpose for writing this tract?

A. Convince plantation owners to continue using indentured servants as the primarylabor source over African slaves

B. Advocate for the end of colonization of the Americas in an effort to avoid conflictswith Native Americans

C. Promote the ideals of republican government under the House of BurgessesD. Persuade men and women to migrate to the Americas or to invest in the

colonization of Virginia

Question 2:

"The humble, meek, merciful, just, pious and devout souls everywhere are of one religion and when death has taken off the mask, they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wore here make them strangers."

- William Penn, 1693The views expressed in the excerpt are best seen as evidence of which of the following in Pennsylvania society?

A. Religious tolerance

B. Racial equalityC. Democratic governmentD. Social stratification

Question 3:

Read the excerpt and answer the question below.

“. . . from thence forward, no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be importedinto or exported out of any lands . . . in any other . . . ships or . . . vessels whatsoever, but in such ships or vessels as do truly and without fraud belong only to the people of England . . . or are built of and belonging to any of the landsand whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at least are English.”

-Source: Navigation Acts, September 1660

Which of the following contributed most directly to the enactment of the law in the excerpt?

A. the expansion of the British navy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth IB. the discovery of precious metals in the New England and Middle coloniesC. the impressment of American sailors during the Napoleonic WarsD. the economic theory that colonies existed to enrich the mother country

Question 4:

Read the excerpt and answer the question below.

The Governor and Council of the Massachusetts had much conference many days; and at last . . . . concluded a peace and friendship with the Pequots, upon these conditions.

1. That they should deliver up to the English those persons amongst them that were guilty of Capt. Stone’s death, and the rest that were with him.

2. That if the English desired to plant in Connecticut they should give up their right to them.

3. That the English should henceforward trade with them as their friends, which was a chief thing aimed at; the said Pequots being at that time at war with theDutch, and the rest of their neighbors . . .

-Source: William Hubbard, A Narrative of the Indian Wars in New-England, 1677

The excerpt suggests that Native Americans in the colonial era most typically sought to:

A. evict Europeans from North America through military resistance.B. secure trading partners and allies among European colonial groups.C. avoid conflict with Europeans and other indigenous peoples.D. protect their cultural and religious heritage from European influence.

Question 5:

Analyze the graph and answer the question below.

Enslaved laborers transported to the Western Hemisphere, 1450-1900

A. After Bacon’s Rebellion, there was an increase in the Atlantic slave trade as enslaved Africans replaced indentured servants.

B. After the Stono Rebellion, there was a decrease in the Atlantic slave trade as British colonists started using indigenous labor.

C. After Metacom’s War, there was an increase in the Atlantic slave trade as enslaved Africans replaced indigenous labor.

D. After the founding of Jamestown, there was a decrease in the Atlantic slave tradeas indentured servants replaced enslaved Africans as the main source of labor.

Question 6:

Which of the following was NOT a motivation that drove colonists to settle in the New World?

A. Economic prosperity.B. Political oppression in Europe.C. Religious freedom.D. Social mobility.

Question 7:

Read the passage and answer the question below.

“. . . (W)e must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state ofperfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature. . . . There [is] nothing more evident, than that creatures of the same species and rank. . . should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection. . ..”

-John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government, 1690

The views expressed in the excerpt are best seen as evidence of which of the following in the British colonies?

A. The influence of the First Great Awakening, which promoted ideas of emotional connection with religion

B. The influence of the Enlightenment, which promoted ideas of rationalism and natural rights

C. The influence of the Glorious Revolution, which promoted Protestant values in government

D. The influence of the Consumer Revolution, which promoted the sale of personal possessions

Question 8:

What was the most common form of resistance among slaves in the New World?

A. Slaves ran away and intentionally worked slowly.B. Slaves frequently gathered weapons and launched armed insurrectionsC. Slave poisoned their masters. D. Slaves regularly committed suicide to spite their masters.

Question 9:

Colony in Virginia, The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony. The settlement became part of the Joint Stock Virginia Company of London in 1620. Grew to be a prosperous shipping port.

A. Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutB. Thomas HookerC. John WinthropD. Jamestown

Question 10:

1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanoags, led by Metacom, a chief also known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.

A. King William’s WarB. King Phillip’s WarC. Anne HutchinsonD. Lord Calvert of Maryland

Question 11:

He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Native American girl Pocahontas. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay.

A. Roger WilliamsB. Chesapeake ColoniesC. Captain John SmithD. King Phillip

Question 12:

Dominant religious group in Massachusetts Bay Colony. English Protestant Reformers who sought to purify the Church of England of Catholic rituals and creeds.

A. SeparatistsB. PuritansC. CatholicD. Baptists

Question 13:

Consolidation into a single colony of the New England colonies-and later New York and New Jersey-by royal governor Edmund Andros in 1686; dominion reverted to individual colonial governments three years later.

A. Dominion of New EnglandB. Thomas HookerC. New England ConfederationD. Proprietary Colonies

Question 14:

Applied to those members of the Puritan colonies who were the children of church members, but who hadn't achieved grace themselves. The covenant allowed them toparticipate in some church affairs.

A. Sir William BerkeleyB. Headright SystemC. John WinthropD. Halfway Covenant

Question 15:

Allowed Puritans to take a charter with them and establish their own government in the New World.

A. Massachusetts CharterB. Loss of Massachusetts CharterC. Albany Plan of Union, 1754D. Acts of Trade and Navigation

Question 16:

Slaves crammed in close quarters on disease infested ships to cross the Atlantic Oceanand only a few survived the journey

A. Bacon’s RebellionB. Mayflower CompactC. Columbian ExchangeD. Middle Passage

Question 17:

John Rolfe introduced this crop to Jamestown which became the cash crop of the Chesapeake region

A. cornB. spicesC. gingerD. tobacco

Question 18:

Examine the image and answer the question below.

-Source: Bible translated into the language of the indigenous Massachusett people, published by John Eliot, 1663

A historian would most likely use this passage to illustrate which of the following?

A. European expansion into indigenous territoryB. Puritan intolerance toward religious dissidentsC. high literacy rates among New England colonistsD. European efforts to accommodate indigenous culture

Answer Key:

1. D2. A

3. D4. B5. A6. B7. B8. A9. D10.B11.C12.B13.A14.D15.A16.D17.D18.D