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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 3

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 3

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Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia

Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia

Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations

Document 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion

Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question

1. What kind of help did Richard Frethorne expect from his father? (See Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia)

Prayers

Provisions

A petition to the Virginia governor

A lawsuit against his master

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Richard Frethorne wanted to be liberated from his indenture contract, but, barring that, he gave his father instructions on what kind of provisions to send him.

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2. What benefit did Edward Waterhouse see in a war against Opechancanough? (See Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia)

His defeat would restore Powhatan to the throne.

The French would lose their chief Indian ally in Virginia.

The English colonists could take over superior Indian lands.

The colony would avoid a royal takeover of its corporate charter.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Waterhouse anticipated that a war against Opechancanough would give colonists access to the cultivated lands of their Indian neighbors.

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3. What detail about the encounter between Katherine Watkins and John Long appeared in all witness accounts except for that of Katherine Watkins herself? (See Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations)

Katherine Watkins's husband was a Quaker and pacifist.

Watkins suggested that she was raped.

Watkins and Long had sex.

John Long was black and a slave.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Watkins and the other witnesses all told of her husband's pacifist Quakerism, the sexual encounter between Watkins and Long, and the race and status of the latter. But where Watkins described a rape, the other witnesses recalled her and John Long drinking together and later engaging in consensual sex.

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4. How did Nathaniel Bacon and his allies seek to reform the colony of Virginia? (See Document 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion)

They wanted to diversify the colony's economy.

The wanted to abolish slavery.

They wanted to declare independence from England.

They wanted to destroy neighboring Indians and ban all contact with Indian tribes.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Nathaniel Bacon and his allies sought to exterminate neighboring Indian tribes and ban all types of peaceful trade relations with Indians.

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5. What had Popé ordered Pedro Naranjo to do in the 1681 Pueblo Revolt? (See Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt)

Destroy all native structures and let only Spanish buildings stand.

Gather an army for an assault on Mexico City.

Burn and destroy all symbols of Christianity.

Capture Catholic priests and hold them for ransom.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Popé ordered Pedro Naranjo and other religious leaders among the Pueblos to break up and burn all images of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and other artifacts pertaining to Christianity..

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6. What issue deeply divided Europeans and Native Americans in New Mexico but had little significance in the conflict between English settlers and Opechancanough? (See Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia and Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt)

Religious missionary efforts

Rivalries over land

Mixed marriage

Tribute payments

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. The Pueblo Indians rebelled against the missionary activities of the Spanish, but such proselytizing was not an important source of disagreement in Virginia in 1622.

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7. What goal and conviction did Nathaniel Bacon and Edward Waterhouse share? (See Document 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion and Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia)

Both resented the dominance of the Church of England.

Both wanted to secure the gentry against indentured servants and poor freeholders.

Both yearned for more autonomy from England.

Both wanted to exterminate Indians in order to occupy their land.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Both Bacon and Waterhouse wanted to exterminate Indians in order to occupy their land.