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11. The painting The First Thanksgiving 1621 helps historians understand the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrim settlers in 1621. Do you agree or disagree? Briefly support your answer:

Columbus
“For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends.…It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything.…They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end….They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me that they had no religion.”

Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his First Voyage, 1492–93) and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real (London: Hakluyt Society, 1893), 37–38

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1. In the 1700's the major reason that there were more Africans enslaved in the South than in the North was that

enslaved could not tolerate the climate of the North

the Southern economy required a larger number of field labors

the Southern economies were dependent upon slave labor for survival

Native Americans were mostly used as slaves in the northern colonies

2. According to Mercantilism a nation could increase its wealth by obtaining as much silver and gold as possible and

establish a favorable balance of trade

taxing its citizens

conquer wealthy countries

import more than they export

3. The Proclamation of 1763 was an attempt by the British to

encourage settlement west of the Appalachians

claim Canada and North America east of the Mississippi

force France off the North American continent

stop the colonial settlement west of the Appalachians

4. Change in the colonial policy due to the French Indian War by the British government that helped lead to the American Revolution involved

forcing the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire.

removing the majority of the British navy from the American waters

beginning a war with Spain

removing British troops from American soil

5. During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was

destroying private property, such as tea, on which a tax was to be levied

boycotting British goods

sending petitions to the king and parliament

using death threats to intimidate the British agents

6. As the war for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

overwhelming national wealth and naval power

a well-organized and united home government and population

all of the above

first-rate generals and well-supplied professional army

7. As the war for independence began, the Colonists had the disadvantage of

great difficulty in raising money

all of the above

poor organization

no central government

8. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because

they convinced the British that the colonies could not be defeated militarily and led to the British abandonment of the port of Boston

the proved superiority of the European military tactics as well as the superiority of British regulars t the ragtag American militias

they marked the first organized battle between British regulars and colonial militiamen and ended any hopes for a peaceful resolution to the disagreement between England and its' colonies

they marked the turning point of the American Revolution. After Concord, the British were never again to regain the offensive against the Americans

9. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it

called for a strong central government to rule the newly independent American states and foresaw difficulties inherent within the Article of Confederation

rallied American spirits during the bleak winter of 1776, when it appeared in Washington's forces, freezing and starving at Valley Forge, had no hope of surviving the winter much less defeating the British

asserted to its British readers that they could not beat the American colonists militarily unless they could isolate New England from the rest of American colonies

emotionally aroused thousands of colonists to the abuses of British rule, the oppressiveness of the monarchy, and the advantages of colonial independence

10. During the American war of Independence, the Battle of Saratoga was most significant because it

persuaded France to begin supporting the American colonists

left the British with inadequate resources to carry not the war

prevent the British from ever mounting another successful invasion of American territory

allowed American forces to seize large portions of Canada

11. The painting The First Thanksgiving 1621 helps historians understand the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrim settlers in 1621. Do you agree or disagree? Briefly support your answer:

Columbus
“For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends.…It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything.…They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end….They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me that they had no religion.”

Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his First Voyage, 1492–93) and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real (London: Hakluyt Society, 1893), 37–38

12. In the passage above, Columbus likely mentioned the American Indians’ interest in glass beads and weapons

to prove the cultural inferiority of racially mixed populations

as an example of their largely mobile and nomadic lifestyles

to demonstrate the social diversification among societies in these areas

because it exemplified the very different worldview of American Indians

13. After Columbus' arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

trigger extensive demographic change

transform the diverse environment

racially mix populations

justify the subjugation of American Indians

14. The sentiments expressed by Columbus in the excerpt above best support which future Spanish goal?

shifting the Spanish economy from feudalism to capitalism.

attempting to change American Indians' beliefs and world views.

organizing new methods for conducting international trade

implementing a plantation-based agricultural system

1. In the 1700's the major reason that there were more Africans enslaved in the South than in the North was that

enslaved could not tolerate the climate of the North

the Southern economy required a larger number of field labors

the Southern economies were dependent upon slave labor for survival

Native Americans were mostly used as slaves in the northern colonies

2. According to Mercantilism a nation could increase its wealth by obtaining as much silver and gold as possible and

establish a favorable balance of trade

taxing its citizens

conquer wealthy countries

import more than they export

3. The Proclamation of 1763 was an attempt by the British to

encourage settlement west of the Appalachians

claim Canada and North America east of the Mississippi

force France off the North American continent

stop the colonial settlement west of the Appalachians

4. Change in the colonial policy due to the French Indian War by the British government that helped lead to the American Revolution involved

forcing the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire.

removing the majority of the British navy from the American waters

beginning a war with Spain

removing British troops from American soil

5. During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was

destroying private property, such as tea, on which a tax was to be levied

boycotting British goods

sending petitions to the king and parliament

using death threats to intimidate the British agents

6. As the war for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

overwhelming national wealth and naval power

a well-organized and united home government and population

all of the above

first-rate generals and well-supplied professional army

7. As the war for independence began, the Colonists had the disadvantage of

great difficulty in raising money

all of the above

poor organization

no central government

8. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because

they convinced the British that the colonies could not be defeated militarily and led to the British abandonment of the port of Boston

the proved superiority of the European military tactics as well as the superiority of British regulars t the ragtag American militias

they marked the first organized battle between British regulars and colonial militiamen and ended any hopes for a peaceful resolution to the disagreement between England and its' colonies

they marked the turning point of the American Revolution. After Concord, the British were never again to regain the offensive against the Americans

9. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it

called for a strong central government to rule the newly independent American states and foresaw difficulties inherent within the Article of Confederation

rallied American spirits during the bleak winter of 1776, when it appeared in Washington's forces, freezing and starving at Valley Forge, had no hope of surviving the winter much less defeating the British

asserted to its British readers that they could not beat the American colonists militarily unless they could isolate New England from the rest of American colonies

emotionally aroused thousands of colonists to the abuses of British rule, the oppressiveness of the monarchy, and the advantages of colonial independence

10. During the American war of Independence, the Battle of Saratoga was most significant because it

persuaded France to begin supporting the American colonists

left the British with inadequate resources to carry not the war

prevent the British from ever mounting another successful invasion of American territory

allowed American forces to seize large portions of Canada

12. In the passage above, Columbus likely mentioned the American Indians’ interest in glass beads and weapons

to prove the cultural inferiority of racially mixed populations

as an example of their largely mobile and nomadic lifestyles

to demonstrate the social diversification among societies in these areas

because it exemplified the very different worldview of American Indians

13. After Columbus' arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

trigger extensive demographic change

transform the diverse environment

racially mix populations

justify the subjugation of American Indians

14. The sentiments expressed by Columbus in the excerpt above best support which future Spanish goal?

shifting the Spanish economy from feudalism to capitalism.

attempting to change American Indians' beliefs and world views.

organizing new methods for conducting international trade

implementing a plantation-based agricultural system