TAMU History 105 Resch Exam 1 2026
Questions and Answers
In the minds of European imperialists once Indians ceased to be powerful enough
to demand respect or economically profitable as trading partners, they became
merely obstacles to be removed. - Correct answer-True
Puritans believed that religion was necessary to control the disorders of capitalism
and competitive individualism. - Correct answer-True
Bacon's Rebellion was neither a revolt against colonial authority nor a class
conflict between "common people" and the planter ruling class. - Correct answer-
False: Bacon's Rebellion was a class conflict between Nathanial Bacon & governor
Berkeley. Governor Berkeley took away rights of men without land, and did not
allow them to buy land from Indians. This resulted in massacres of Indians, and
eventually the burning of Jamestown. Bacon's supporters consisted of people who
had been servants and farmers who wanted to buy land, while the governor was
supported by the planter ruling class.
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,After the initial conquests, Spanish colonial policy maintained a strict racial
separation between Europeans and Indians. - Correct answer-False, the Spanish
authorities granted Indians certain rights and tried to integrate them into their
community. They even tried to get them to intermarry and created a hybrid culture
made up of mestizos.
The "Beaver Wars" of the mid-17th century demonstrated how dramatically
relationships between Indian tribes were altered by the fur trade and by European
imperial rivalries. - Correct answer-True
Under Governor Kieft, the Dutch were able to maintain peaceful relations with
local Indians even after the fur trade had ceased to profitable. - Correct answer-
False***
In the 17th century the commercial transformation of England produced economic
prosperity and security for the common people. - Correct answer-False***
European feudalism produced monarchs who attempted to centralize central state
power by encouraging peasants to rebel against noble landlords. - Correct answer-
false***
The shift from plunder to the systematic production of new wealth led Europeans
to create plantation systems in the Americas. - Correct answer-true***
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, The "triangular trade" involved European goods including guns, African slaves,
and plantation staples such as sugar and tobacco. - Correct answer-True
European imperialism in the Americas included military conquest, economic
bondage, and ethnic cleansing. - Correct answer-true***
Mercantilism was an economic philosophy based on free trade and an expanding
quantity of wealth. - Correct answer-false***
Because English settlers wanted their lands, Indians were faced the inevitability of
war without the possibility of a negotiated peace. - Correct answer-true
The Spanish government and the Catholic Church officially disapproved of mixed
marriages between Europeans and Indians. - Correct answer-False, they
encouraged it by requiring single men to marry so that they would marry Indians.
In order for the slave trade to prosper, European slave traders had to rely on West
African coastal tribes to supply slaves by raiding inland tribes with the aid of
European firearms. - Correct answer-true*
American silver allowed Spain to develop its national economy, especially the
manufacture of textiles. - Correct answer-false***
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Questions and Answers
In the minds of European imperialists once Indians ceased to be powerful enough
to demand respect or economically profitable as trading partners, they became
merely obstacles to be removed. - Correct answer-True
Puritans believed that religion was necessary to control the disorders of capitalism
and competitive individualism. - Correct answer-True
Bacon's Rebellion was neither a revolt against colonial authority nor a class
conflict between "common people" and the planter ruling class. - Correct answer-
False: Bacon's Rebellion was a class conflict between Nathanial Bacon & governor
Berkeley. Governor Berkeley took away rights of men without land, and did not
allow them to buy land from Indians. This resulted in massacres of Indians, and
eventually the burning of Jamestown. Bacon's supporters consisted of people who
had been servants and farmers who wanted to buy land, while the governor was
supported by the planter ruling class.
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,After the initial conquests, Spanish colonial policy maintained a strict racial
separation between Europeans and Indians. - Correct answer-False, the Spanish
authorities granted Indians certain rights and tried to integrate them into their
community. They even tried to get them to intermarry and created a hybrid culture
made up of mestizos.
The "Beaver Wars" of the mid-17th century demonstrated how dramatically
relationships between Indian tribes were altered by the fur trade and by European
imperial rivalries. - Correct answer-True
Under Governor Kieft, the Dutch were able to maintain peaceful relations with
local Indians even after the fur trade had ceased to profitable. - Correct answer-
False***
In the 17th century the commercial transformation of England produced economic
prosperity and security for the common people. - Correct answer-False***
European feudalism produced monarchs who attempted to centralize central state
power by encouraging peasants to rebel against noble landlords. - Correct answer-
false***
The shift from plunder to the systematic production of new wealth led Europeans
to create plantation systems in the Americas. - Correct answer-true***
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, The "triangular trade" involved European goods including guns, African slaves,
and plantation staples such as sugar and tobacco. - Correct answer-True
European imperialism in the Americas included military conquest, economic
bondage, and ethnic cleansing. - Correct answer-true***
Mercantilism was an economic philosophy based on free trade and an expanding
quantity of wealth. - Correct answer-false***
Because English settlers wanted their lands, Indians were faced the inevitability of
war without the possibility of a negotiated peace. - Correct answer-true
The Spanish government and the Catholic Church officially disapproved of mixed
marriages between Europeans and Indians. - Correct answer-False, they
encouraged it by requiring single men to marry so that they would marry Indians.
In order for the slave trade to prosper, European slave traders had to rely on West
African coastal tribes to supply slaves by raiding inland tribes with the aid of
European firearms. - Correct answer-true*
American silver allowed Spain to develop its national economy, especially the
manufacture of textiles. - Correct answer-false***
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