Colonization Completed
1) The Dutch colony of New Netherland was most marked by
A)
close control by the government of Holland.
B)
small but concentrated centers of population.
C)
financial prosperity due to exports of foodstuffs.
D)
great ethnic and religious diversity.
2) The colonial government of New Netherlands under Peter Stuyvesant can be be described as democratic.
True
False
3) How did New Netherlands become New York?
A)
The Dutch sold it to the English.
B)
The English conquered it.
C)
The Dutch abandoned it; the English colonized it.
D)
The English in adjacent areas gradually absorbed the isolated Dutch settlements.
4) Penn's vision for his colony included all except:
A)
displacing the Indians.
B)
providing a refuge for Quakers from England and elsewhere.
C)
establishing a model society to reform the failings of Europe.
D)
generating rental revenue for himself.
5) William Penn and the Quakers differed from the Puritans of New England in their belief that
A)
the government should be based on equality and consent.
B)
the government should promote morality by passing laws.
C)
a model society could be created in America.
D)
the state should not establish a religion.
6) By the early 1700's, the city of
was becoming the commercial and cultural center of the English Empire in North America.
7) Late in the 1600's, the English Parliament ousted the Stuart King and brought in William and Mary as monarchs who acknowledged Parliamentary rule; this episode is known as the
.
8) In the 1680's, the northeastern English colonies were joined together in one colony known as the
.
9) At the end of the English Civil War,
became Lord Protector of England.
10) The
were imposed on the English colonies of North America to limit the economic influence of other European powers, develop the merchantile capitalist mission of the English, and bring the English colonies within the fold of the English empire.
11) The Act of Settlement prevented any Catholic from occupying the throne of England, which included any of James II's descendents.
True
False
12) Patroonships were the Dutch version of Proprietary estates, developed to encourage Dutch immigration to New Netherlands.
True
False
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