Chapter_02_The_Planting_of_English_America)

Chapter_02_The_Planting_of_English_America)

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1. The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most consequential for the future United States was the

	a.	Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610.
	b.	French at Quebec in 1608.
	c.	English at Jamestown in 1607.
	d.	English at Massachusetts Bay in 1621.
	e.	French at Saint Augustine in 1611.

ANSWER:	c
POINTS:	1
REFERENCES:	England Plants the Jonestown Seedling

2. Which word best describes England’s efforts in the 1500s to compete with the Spanish Empire?

ANSWER:	a
POINTS:	1
REFERENCES:	England’s Imperial Stirrings

3. Identify the statement that is false.

	a.	England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies in the first half of the 16th century.
	b.	English society was disrupted by religious conflict when King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s.
	c.	The Protestant Reformation resulted in years of a seesaw of the balance of power between Catholics and Protestants throughout England.
	d.	Spain and England were long-time and bitter enemies in the first half of the 16th century.
	e.	When Elizabeth ascended to the English throne in 1558, the rivalry with Spain intensified.

ANSWER:	d
POINTS:	1
REFERENCES:	Elizabeth Energizes England

4. The English treatment of the Irish, under the reign of Elizabeth I, can best be described as

	a.	firm but fair.
	b.	better than their treatment of any English subjects.
	c.	the prime example of salutary neglect.
	d.	violent and unjust.
	e.	supportive of their Catholic faith.

ANSWER:	d
POINTS:	1
REFERENCES:	England’s Imperial Stirrrings

5. Match each individual on the left with the correct phrase on the right.

A.	Francis Drake	1.	“sea dog” who plundered the treasure ships of the Spanish Main
B.	Walter Raleigh
C.	Humphrey Gilbert	2.	adventurer who tried but failed to establish a colony in Newfoundland
		3.	explorer whose voyage in 1498 established England’s territorial claims in the New World
		4.	courtier whose colony at Roanoke Island was mysteriously abandoned in the 1580s
		5.	colonizer who helped establish tobacco as a cash crop in Georgia

ANSWER:	b
POINTS:	1
REFERENCES:	Elizabeth Energizes England

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