TAMU History 105 Resch Exam 1 Questions With Expert Solutions |Updated & Verified

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. - True Puritans believed that religion was necessary to control the disorders of capitalism and competitive individualism. - True Bacon's Rebellion was neither a revolt against colonial authority nor a class conflict between "common people" and the planter ruling class. - 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. After the initial conquests, Spanish colonial policy maintained a strict racial separation between Europeans and Indians. - 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. - True Under Governor Kieft, the Dutch were able to maintain peaceful relations with local Indians even after the fur trade had ceased to profitable. - False*** In the 17th century the commercial transformation of England produced economic prosperity and security for the common people. - False***