1) One of the consequences of the head right system implemented by the Virginia Company in 1617 was
A) the introduction of tobacco as a cash crop in the Virginia colony
B) economic success for the Virginia Company and its stockholders
C) political stability in the Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland
D) the emergence of large agricultural enterprises in Virginia

2) Which American colony's original charter banned slavery?
A) South Carolina
B) Georgia
C) Maryland
D) Virginia

3) What European power's naval force was decisive in helping lead to the defeat of General Cornwallis at Yorktown?
A) Portugal
B) France
C) Spain
D) Netherlands

4) During the course of the American Revolution, patriots
A) patronized neutrals but harassed loyalists and hanged hostiles
B) ignored neutrals but harassed loyalists, in some cases so severely that the loyalists went into voluntary exile
C) harassed both loyalists and those who remained neutral
D) ignored loyalists but badgered neutrals into joining their cause

5) Why didn't free southern blacks who bought their own wives or children usually free them?
A) because as slaves they were safer from slave patrols than were free blacks
B) owning slaves gave free blacks a measure of prestige with southern whites
C) owning slaves gave a free black the right to vote
D) the family members they freed would have to leave the state

6) One of the changes seen in the English colonies of North America in the aftermath King George's War was
A) elimination of rice as a staple crop in South Carolina
B) the greater availability of education for children in New England
C) colonists giving up all attempts to produce iron
D) the end of Virginia's dependence on tobacco to sustain its economy