Question 1
Charles II set out to conquer New Netherland because
A) he wanted access to land on which he could build a strategic fort.
B) he blamed the Puritans' refusal to swear allegiance to him on the presence of the Dutch colony.
C) the colonists in New Netherland had launched attacks against Puritan settlements on English soil.
D) the Dutch had entered into an alliance with the Spanish, and Charles saw the presence of the Dutch settlement as a threat.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 2
In the eighth century, who took control of Egypt?
A) the French
B) the Venetians
C) the Babylonians
D) the Persians
E) the Ottomans
Question 3
By the early eighteenth century, the northern region of Carolina was orientated toward the cultivation of ______________ while in the southern region ______________ emerged as the main commercial crop.
A) cotton; tobacco
B) tobacco; corn
C) corn; rice
D) corn; tobacco
E) tobacco; rice
Question 4
What was a rich middling class able to do during the feudal era previously only done by nobility?
A) pay for large mercenary armies
B) patronize the arts
C) operate theater
D) collect taxes
E) overthrow the clergy
Question 5
Carolina's Fundamental Constitutions
A) granted religious freedom for all in the colony.
B) granted all men the right to vote regardless of land ownership.
C) were based on landed nobility extracting labor from tithing serfs.
D) were ratified by the colonial legislature.
E) set procedures for how land would be purchased from native peoples.
Question 6
Why did populations from rural areas move into large cities during the feudal era?
A) jobs and lifestyle
B) to escape plague
C) to become soldiers
D) for lower paying jobs
E) to be discovered by theater groups