Review Questions

1. Which of the following was a goal of the Spanish in their destruction of Fort Caroline?
establishing a foothold from which to battle the Timucua
claiming a safe place to house the New World treasures that would be shipped back to Spain
reducing the threat of French privateers
locating a site for the establishment of Santa Fe

2. Why did the Spanish build Castillo de San Marcos?
to protect the local Timucua
to defend against imperial challengers
as a seat for visiting Spanish royalty
to house visiting delegates from rival imperial powers

3. How did the Pueblo attempt to maintain their autonomy in the face of Spanish settlement?

4. What was patroonship?
a Dutch ship used for transporting beaver furs
a Dutch system of patronage that encouraged the arts
a Dutch system of granting tracts of land in New Netherland to encourage colonization
a Dutch style of hat trimmed with beaver fur from New Netherland

5. Which religious order joined the French settlement in Canada and tried to convert the natives to Christianity?
Franciscans
Calvinists
Anglicans
Jesuits

6. How did the French and Dutch colonists differ in their religious expectations? How did both compare to Spanish colonists?

7. What was the most lucrative product of the Chesapeake colonies?
corn
tobacco
gold and silver
enslaved people

8. What was the primary cause of Bacon’s Rebellion?
former indentured servants wanted more opportunities to expand their territory
Enslaved Africans wanted better treatment
Susquehannock Natives wanted the Jamestown settlers to pay a fair price for their land
Jamestown politicians were jockeying for power

9. The founders of the Plymouth colony were ________.
Puritans
Catholics
Anglicans
Jesuits

10. Which of the following is not true of the Puritan religion?
It required close reading of scripture.
Church membership required a conversion narrative.
Literacy was crucial.
Only men could participate.

11. How did the Chesapeake colonists solve their labor problems?

12. What was the Middle Passage?
the fabled sea route from Europe to the Far East
the land route from Europe to Africa
the transatlantic journey that enslaved Africans made to America
the line between the northern and southern colonies

13. Which of the following is not an item Europeans introduced to Native Americans?
wampum
glass beads
copper kettles
metal tools

14. How did European muskets change life for native peoples in the Americas?

15. Compare and contrast European and Native American views on property.