In the fifteenth century, Portugal took the lead in exploring an Atlantic route to
The alpaca and llamas of the Andes Mountains were unusual in the Americas before European contact because they were
For what purpose did the Spanish bishop Bartolome de Las Casas write the work known in English as The Tears of the Indians?
What did Europeans most want to obtain from Asia through trade?
The items the Spanish exported from the lands they conquered in the Americas included all of the following EXCEPT
Martin Luther and John Calvin were similar in that they both
Why did Henry VIII of England break with the Catholic Church?
How did the European concept of slavery differ from the African?
What defined the nation-states that emerged in Europe by the sixteenth century?
Why was the French Jesuits' use of religious images to convert the Indians most likely effective?
Who were permitted to vote in Massachusetts?
All of the colonies established during the Restoration were
What role did John Smith play in helping Jamestown in its first years?
The key island in the English Caribbean was Barbados because of its
What was the Glorious Revolution?
Why was Roger Williams threatened with arrest
How did Barbados influence the institution of slavery in the English Atlantic?
What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
How did patterns of settlement in Puritan towns help to reinforce their religious mission?
The Dutch city of New Amsterdam welcomed
The decision of Lord Baltimore with regards to religious freedoms in Maryland could best be characterized as
According to Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity," what did John Winthrop say should be the reaction to a brother's need?
In the "Instructions for the Virginia Colony" the colonists were NOT instructed to
According to Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, who was the first Native American to approach the Plymouth Pilgrims?
Which of the following does McClay call "two characteristic fallacies... when we speak of truth in history"?
According to McClay, it is important to study history
According to the video presentation, who introduced tobacco to Virginia in 1612?
According to the video presentation, what was the Massachusetts Body of Liberties?
According to the video presentation, where was conspicuous consumption most conspicuous?
According to the video presentation, once a luxury good became common, what happened?
Benin differed from other West African nations with regard to the slave trade because Benin
The early civilizations of Mesoamerica developed as a result of advances in
The Paleo-Indians were
Aztec society was different from that of the mound builders and Anasazi in that only the Aztec
The labor system the Spanish used in New Spain differed from the system they had developed in the Caribbean because the system in New Spain
All of the following contributed to the failure of the English settlement at Roanoke EXCEPT
What left indigenous Americans most vulnerable to Europeans upon first contact?
Why did the Pilgrims encounter a relatively sparse Indian population?
Why did William Penn view Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment"?
Planters in Barbados turned to each of the following to provide labor on their sugar fields EXCEPT
The 1707 Act of Union united
In 1689, the English Bill of Rights established
Why did King James II revoke the charters of New York and New Jersey and create the Dominion of New England?
How did the cultivation of sugar affect the economy of the English Caribbean?
What was the purpose of the Woolens Act of 1699?
In Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity," he gives a picture of Christians as parts in the body of Christ. What does he say is the ligament that ties everything together?
What was the most important of the "Instructions for the Virginia Colony" regarding its success?
According to Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, who performed the first marriage in the Plymouth colony?
According to McClay, which of the following is NOT true about the study of American history?
Which of the following does McClay call "two characteristic fallacies... when we speak of truth in history"?
According to the video presentation, what was Pocahontas' Christian name?
According to the video presentation, who introduced tobacco to Virginia in 1612?
According to the video presentation, how was wealth defined prior to the 17th century?