Question

50 points for answers

12. All of the following are true about the Salem Witch Trials except (1 point)
about 100,000 individuals were accused of witchcraft beginning in the late 1600s.
a. most of the accused were women.
b. many of the accused lived non-traditional lives.
c. the trials have been proven by historians to be legitimate.

13. Which of the following is a true statement about the Massachusetts Bay Colony? (1 point)
a. Its original charter was taken away and it became a royal colony.
b. It was a smaller colony than the Plymouth Colony.
c. Its governors were appointed by England when it was under the control of the
Massachusetts Bay Company.
d. When it was first settled, its citizens had much less political power than the Jamestown colony.

14. The English conquest over the Dutch in New Netherland was significant because they gained (1 point)
a stronghold over the Chesapeake Bay.
control over the majority of the Atlantic coast.
a. control over the MississippiRiver.
b. Fort Quebec.

15. Which of the following best describes the Middle Passage? (1 point)
a. More than 10 million slaves from Africa made the voyage across the Atlantic on this route.
b. Few slaves died during the journey.
c. The journey took from 2–3 weeks.
d. none of the above

16. Where did most slaves go in north america?
a. the middle atlantic
b. new england
c. georgia
d. the caribbean

17. How did the great awekening encourage democratic beliefs in the colonies?
a. it caused the vreation of churches where everyone voted to elect church leaders
b. it encouraged the belief that people should be able to choose a form of government
c. it made religious tolerance less acceptable to shurch members
d. it accepted the view of the enlightenment that reason should guide decisions

18. How was the economy of the southern colonies different from those of the middle colonies and the new england colonies
a. it relied on fishing and lumber because it lacked good farmland
b. it relied on slaves to produce labor intensive cash crops such as rice and tobacco.
c. it relied on small farms to produce barley, rye, and wheat crops
d. it relied on exporting factory made products to europe

Answer 1

12. c. the trials have been proven by historians to be legitimate

13. a. Its original charter was taken away and it became a royal colony.

14. control over the majority of the Atlantic coast.

15. a. More than 10 million slaves from Africa made the voyage across the Atlantic on this route.

16. b. new england

17. b. it encouraged the belief that people should be able to choose a form of government

18. b. it relied on slaves to produce labor intensive cash crops such as rice and tobacco.