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Chapter_04_American_Life_in_the_Seventeenth_Century

 

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Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

 

1. As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystallize, most notably

  a. the use of indentured servants.
  b. loyalty to England.
  c. the continuing rigidity of Puritanism.
  d. the breaking of the Atlanta economy.
  e. the importance of slave labor in the South.

 

ANSWER:   e
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Colonial Slavery

 

2. In 1650, males in the Chesapeake area competed for the affections of the extremely scarce women, whom they outnumbered nearly

  a. six to one.
  b. ten to one.
  c. fifteen to one.
  d. twenty to one.
  e. There is no statistical data.

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Unhealthy Chesapeake

 

3. Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

  a. It was ten years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England.
  b. Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake.
  c. Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age twenty.
  d. The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants.
  e. Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40.

 

ANSWER:   d
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Tobacco Economy

 

4. During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that

  a. the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.
  b. African slaves cost too much money.
  c. in some areas families formed too slowly.
  d. Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
  e. families procreated too slowly.

 

ANSWER:   d
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Colonial Slavery

 

5. The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

  a. using Indians as forced labor.
  b. giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World.
  c. giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.
  d. discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America.
  e. giving a father’s wealth to the oldest son.

 

ANSWER:   c
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Tobacco Economy

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