APUSH Unit 2 Practice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes a difference between French and British colonization of North America in the 1600s?

1. A.French colonies attracted large numbers of farming families, while British colonies remained sparsely settled trading posts.
2. B.French colonists sought to remove American Indians from their lands, while British colonists relied on Indian labor in mines.
3. C.French colonists built alliances with American Indians through the fur trade, while British colonists generally displaced Indians to acquire farmland.
4. D.French colonies were governed by elected assemblies, while British colonies were ruled directly by the monarchy.

2. Which of the following best explains why New England and the Chesapeake developed different social structures during the seventeenth century?

1. A.New England was settled largely by family groups seeking religious community, while the Chesapeake attracted mostly single male laborers seeking economic opportunity.
2. B.New England depended on enslaved African labor, while the Chesapeake relied primarily on free wage workers.
3. C.New England developed a plantation economy, while the Chesapeake economy centered on shipbuilding and fishing.
4. D.New England was settled under direct royal control, while the Chesapeake colonies were founded as religious refuges.

“For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken… we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.”

3. The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly reflect the Puritan goal of

1. A.establishing complete separation between church and civil government
2. B.creating a model religious community that would inspire reform in England
3. C.converting neighboring American Indians to Christianity through missions
4. D.accumulating wealth through the expansion of transatlantic commerce