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Identify and state the historical significance of the following:

1. Jonathan Edwards

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

2. Benjamin Franklin

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Schools and Colleges

A Provincial Culture

Pioneer Presses

3. John Trumbull

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

4. George Whitefield

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

5. John Peter Zenger

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Pioneer Presses

6. Phillis Wheatley

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

7. John Singleton Copley

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

8. Charles Willson Peale

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

9. Lord Cornbury

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10. Andrew Hamilton

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Pioneer Presses

11. Pennsylvania Dutch

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

12. Great Awakening

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

13. “praying towns”

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

14. “jayle birds”

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Structure of Colonial Society

15. “established” churches

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Dominant Denominations

16. new lights

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

17. triangular trade

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Workaday America

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18. Molasses Act

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Workaday America

19. Scots-Irish

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

20. Poor Richard’s Almanack

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

21. New York slave revolt

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

22. Zenger trial

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Pioneer Presses

23. Yankee seamen

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Workaday America

24. taverns

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Horsepower and Sailpower

25. royal colonies

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

26. proprietary colonies

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

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27. lotteries

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Colonial Folkways

28. tenant farmers

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Structure of Colonial Society

29. South Carolina slave revolt

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

30. ringshout

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

Makers of America: From African to African

31. Gullah

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

32. power of the purse

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

33. old lights

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

34. Identify the statement that is FALSE.

a. The population of the thirteen colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least ethnically mixed to be found

anywhere in the world.

b. The South, holding about 90 percent of the slaves, displayed its historic black-and-white racial composition.

c. New England, mostly staked out by the original Puritan migrants, showed the least ethnic diversity.

d. The Middle Colonies received the bulk of later white immigrants and boasted the most variety of people.

e. In 1775, outside of New England, about one-half the population was non-English.

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POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

35. One outstanding feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was their

a. relatively equal wealth.

b. economic organization.

c. similar social structures.

d. rapidly growing populations.

e. support of religious freedom.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

36. As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth century,

a. the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country shifted.

b. the British government was pleased that more workers would be available to fill an increasing need for

laborers in Britain.

c. the need for slave labor declined.

d. the rate of immigration from Europe slowed.

e. the British government granted greater autonomy to colonial governments.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

37. The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to

a. immigration from Europe.

b. the natural fertility of Native Americans.

c. the importation of slaves from Africa.

d. the anti-birth control teachings of colonial churches.

e. the natural fertility of all Americans.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

38. The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was about

a. 25.

b. 30.

c. 40.

d. 20.

e. 16.

ANSWER: e

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39. Which of the following was NOT one of colonial America’s cities in 1775?

a. New York

b. Charlestown

c. Philadelphia

d. Boston

e. Buffalo

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

40. About ____ percent of the American colonists in 1775 lived in rural areas.

a. 50

b. 70

c. 90

d. 40

e. 80

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

41. Which statement about German immigrants in 1775 is FALSE?

a. They constituted about 6 percent of the total population.

b. They fled from religious persecution, economic oppression, and the ravages of war.

c. In the early 1700s, they had settled chiefly in Pennsylvania.

d. Most belonged to the Catholic Church.

e. They belonged to several different Protestant groups − primarily Lutheran.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

42. The prevalent Scots-Irish attitude toward government was that they

a. b. c. d. showed remarkable willingness to follow authority.

displayed great loyalty to Britain.

cherished no love for the British or any other government.

liked colonial American assemblies better than the British Parliament.

e. identified with American Indians’ tribal way of life.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

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43. By 1775, ____ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America.

a. Africans

b. Germans

c. West Indians

d. Scots-Irish

e. French

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

44. The population of the thirteen American colonies was

a. about evenly divided among Anglo-Saxons, French, Scots-Irish, and Germans.

b. perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon.

c. about one-half non-English.

d. most ethnically mixed in New England.

e. largely German and African American in the South.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

45. Which statement describes a distinguishing feature of royal colonies as compared to proprietary colonies?

a. The upper house of the colonial legislature was appointed by the crown in royal colonies and by proprietors

in proprietary colonies.

b. The governors of proprietary colonies were popularly elected while governors of royal colonies were

appointed by the king.

c. Unlike royal colonies, proprietary colonies were always running into trouble with the English king, who did

not like their relative freedom from royal control.

d. Unlike in proprietary colonies, in royal colonies, the legislatures were obedient and accepted British oversight

without question.

e. In proprietary colonies, business owners were exempted from all taxes, whereas in royal colonies, the king

taxed business transactions heavily.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

46. The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South

a. b. c. d. e. were distributed evenly among whites.

helped to narrow the gap between rich and poor.

created a serious problem with inflation.

were concentrated in the hands of the largest planters.

enabled many poor whites to escape tenant farming.

ANSWER: d

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47. In the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies

a. became greater than in all of Europe.

b. had increased to the point of overpopulation.

c. had begun to decline from seventeenth-century levels.

d. remained tiny compared with the number in Britain.

e. was about one-third of the population.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Structure of Colonial Society

48. On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility decreased for several reasons. What is NOT one

of these reasons?

a. Earlier wars made Northern merchants rich and created a class of widows and orphans.

b. The supply of unclaimed land in New England began to diminish.

c. As average farm size shrank in New England, farmers’ sons and daughters were forced to hire out as wage

laborers.

d. The average size of New England farms increased dramatically.

e. Slavery concentrated wealth in a few wealthy planters’ hands.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Structure of Colonial Society

49. The attempt of some colonial legislatures to end the African slave trade was blocked by

a. a coalition of slave owners.

b. South Carolina.

c. the British authorities.

d. poor whites.

e. New England slave trading interests.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Structure of Colonial Society

50. Several conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and then to America. What is NOT one of these

conditions?

a. The poor quality of farmland in Scotland

b. The spread of commercial farming

c. Extremely high rent increases

d. Persecution for their Catholic religion

e. Paying taxes to support the Anglican church

ANSWER: d

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51. What is LEAST characteristic of the Scots-Irish?

a. Fiercely independent

b. The pioneer settlers of the Appalachian frontier regions, where they continued their tradition of whiskey

distilling

c. Generally Presbyterian

d. Originally from the Lowlands of Scotland

e. Great defenders of Indian rights

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

52. Which group was NOT part of the non-English white colonial population?

a. French Huguenots

b. Germans who became known as Pennsylvania Dutch

c. Welsh

d. Italians

e. Jews

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

53. How did Native Americans contribute to a new multicultural American identity?

a. As the remnants of devastated and displaced tribes mingled, polyglot Native American communities emerged

that blurred individual tribal boundaries.

b. Indian villages offered a model to European settlers of multicultural peace and harmony.

c. Native American views of nature influenced Europeans colonists and provided common ground for white

colonists to unite in respect for the land and its resources.

d. Native Americans intermarried and integrated with African peoples throughout the colonies, creating a hybrid

American culture.

e. Native Americans and Scot-Irish intermingled on the Appalachian frontier of white settlement, creating a new

and distinct American regional culture.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

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54. The most honored profession in early colonial society was

a. medicine.

b. law.

c. the ministry.

d. farming.

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e. business.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Clergy, Physicians, and Jurists

55. What was the progression of the slave trade in the American colonies over the course of the 1700s?

a. Slave imports to the Chesapeake increased, as tobacco markets flourished, while the slave trade plummeted in

South Carolina.

b. The slave trade became an important economic activity throughout the colonies.

c. In the Chesapeake, the slave trade became less important as the slave population increased naturally, while

Deep South planters remained dependent on the slave trade.

d. Slave traders shifted their focus to importing female slaves, to better balance the slave population.

e. The slave trade withered away because it had become unprofitable.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

56. Up to the time of the American Revolution, lawyers were generally regarded as

a. valued defenders of colonial liberties.

b. windbags and troublemakers.

c. d. e. useful primarily for settling disputes over land.

tools of the British government.

too narrowly educated by elite colleges.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Clergy, Physicians, and Jurists

57. The most important economic enterprise in the American colonies was

a. fishing.

b. manufacturing.

c. commerce.

d. agriculture.

e. slave trading.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

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58. Colonists throughout the eighteenth century universally enjoyed many amusements. What was NOT of these?

a. Militia musters.

b. Weddings and funerals.

c. Christmas celebrations.

d. Winter sports in the North; cockfighting, hunting and horse racing in the South.

e. Thanksgiving festivities.

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59. The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

a. was not that profitable.

b. involved trade among New England, Spain, and Latin America.

c. involved the trading of wheat for clothing and clothing for slaves.

d. saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.

e. involved the trading of rum for African slaves and slaves for molasses.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

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60. What prompted some colonial legislatures, most notably South Carolina´s in 1760, to seek an end to the importation of

slaves?

a. Lack of profit

b. Fear of competition from the northern colonies

c. Concern over the gender imbalance of the slave population

d. Worry about diseases being brought into slave communities by newly imported Africans

e. Fear of slave rebellion

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

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61. Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, colonists did produce

a. rum.

b. beaver hats.

c. lumber.

d. iron.

e. tea.

ANSWER: e

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62. The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was

a. iron making.

b. arms and munitions production.

c. lumbering.

d. rum distilling.

e. textiles.

ANSWER: c

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63. What distinguished slavery in the northern colonies in the eighteenth century?

a. It existed on a much smaller scale.

b. It did not exist at all.

c. It was an important part of the economy in New England, where most slaves worked in large gangs on

plantations.

d. Slaves were forbidden from engaging in any activity besides agriculture.

e. Fear of slave rebellion led to several colonies banning the slave trade.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

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64. Which of the following strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain?

a. b. c. d. British demand to halt the importation of slaves

Growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain

Lack of any British regulations regarding trade with foreign nations

Strict British enforcement of the Molasses Act

e. Americans’ unwillingness to trade with the French West Indies

ANSWER: b

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65. The British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733 to

a. stimulate the colonies’ “triangle trade” with Africa and the West Indies.

b. satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money.

c. inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.

d. increase the colonists’ standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants.

e. require Americans to sell their molasses to the British.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

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66. How did American merchants respond to the Molasses Act of 1733?

a. They gave up on trade with any nation other than Britain, as a show of obedience to the crown.

b. They withheld their exports to Britain in protest, foreshadowing the rebellion to come.

c. They took the opportunity it afforded them to sell more molasses to the French West Indies.

d. They used bribery and smuggling to get around the law.

e. They used the subsidies it provided to invest in sugar growing in the Deep South.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

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67. Transportation in colonial America was

a. surprisingly fast for the time.

b. safer by road than by any other means.

c. slow by any of the means available.

d. enhanced by the introduction of the Pony Express.

e. most hazardous on the waterways.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

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68. What is NOT a characteristic of Colonial American taverns?

a. Frequented mainly by the lower class

b. Cradles of democracy

c. Hotbeds of agitation for the revolutionary movement

d. Centers for crystallizing public opinion

e. Places of amusement and gossip

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

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69. How successful were British authorities in extending the official reach of the Church of England to the eighteenth-

century colonies?

a. Colonists in the South were largely Catholic and resented any increase in Anglican presence, but failed in

opposing British action.

b. Colonists welcomed any strengthening of the widely beloved Anglican religion in the American context.

c. Colonists were indifferent to matters of government and religion, so British officials enjoyed a free hand in

increasing Anglican authority.

d. Colonists in New England had grown weary of their domination by Congregationalist ministers and accepted

stronger Anglican support.

e. Colonists outside the South were suspicious and resentful of British schemes to increase Anglican authority

and successfully opposed them.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

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70. In 1775, the ____ churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in colonial America.

a. Methodist and Anglican

b. Presbyterian and Congregational

c. Congregational and Anglican

d. Quaker and Catholic

e. Presbyterian and Anglican

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A. B. 1. 2. 71. Match each denomination on the left with the region where it predominated.

Congregationalist Anglican the frontier

New England

C. Presbyterian 3. the South

a. A-2, B-3, C-l

b. A-2, B-1, C-3

c. A-1, B-3, C-2

d. A-3, B-2, C-1

e. A-3, B-1, C-2

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

Dominant Denominations

72. As the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers, unlike Anglican clergy, generally

a. remained neutral.

b. c. d. e. supported rebellions against the Crown.

sided with the Anglican clergymen.

opposed the idea of revolution.

split on the issue of independence.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

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73. How had religion changed in the colonies by the early 1700s?

a. Religious intolerance and devotion had both grown as the population expanded.

b. The growing population had become increasingly secular, abandoning religious worship in droves.

c. Puritanism had expanded beyond its New England base to dominate throughout the colonies.

d. Toleration had increased but religion was less fervid.

e. Religion had become increasingly yoked to the interests of slaveowners.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

74. Jonathan Edwards’s theology and preaching emphasized

a. b. c. d. the need for greater religious toleration.

that good works could get you into heaven.

that reason and intellect were opposed to religion.

that emotion had no place in religion.

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e. righteousness and complete dependence on God’s grace.

ANSWER: e

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Jonathan Edwards Benjamin Franklin Phillis Wheatley 1. 2. 3. poet

scientist

theologian

4. portrait artist

a. A-2, B-1, C-3

b. A-1, B-3, C-2

c. A-3, B-2, C-1

d. A-1, B-2, C-3

e. A-2, B-3, C-1

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

A Provincial Culture

76. The “new light” preachers of the Great Awakening

a. delivered intensely emotional sermons.

b. rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.

c. reinforced the established churches.

d. were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonial Americans.

e. emphasized the necessity of an educated clergy.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

77. The Great Awakening

a. undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies.

b. split colonial churches into several competing denominations.

c. led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges.

d. was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people.

e. focused much energy on the evils of slavery.

ANSWER: e

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78. How did colonial American views on education change with time?

a. American colonists came to embrace education as essential training for citizenship.

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b. It became increasingly important to Americans that their best and brightest attend the leading English

universities at Oxford and Cambridge.

c. American colonists moved away from the English view that education should be reserved for an aristocratic

few.

d. Americans came to see education as unimportant beyond primary school.

e. Southern colonists inspired the other regions in establishing a broad system of public education.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

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79. In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted

a. in the South.

b. in New England.

c. on the frontier.

d. in the middle colonies.

e. in those areas controlled by Spain.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

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80. Most colonial schools and colleges emphasized

a. mathematics and natural sciences.

b. practical subjects like agriculture and forestry.

c. modern languages.

d. history and philosophy.

e. religion and classical languages.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

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81. The first American college not controlled by a religious denomination was

a. Harvard.

b. Yale.

c. The University of Connecticut

d. Brown University.

e. The University of Pennsylvania.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Schools and Colleges

82. Which statement best describes culture and the arts in the colonies?

a. They were relatively unimportant for most colonists and derivative of European, especially British, styles.

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b. Among the colonists were many devoted patrons and countless talented artists, but they depended largely on

Europe for inspiration.

c. Colonists were avid consumers of African styles and influences in the arts and nurtured slave artisans and

artists.

d. Native American art, music and architecture heavily influenced colonial Americans´ cultural sensibilities.

e. The thriving arts and culture of the American colonies reflected the individualism and creativity of the

frontier.

ANSWER: a

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REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

83. Benjamin Franklin was often called the “first civilized American” for several reasons. What is NOT one of these

reasons?

a. His prowess as a scientist, especially his experiments with electricity

b. The literary achievement of his autobiography

c. His role as founder of columbia university

d. His popular and influential Poor Richard´s Almanack

e. His inventions, including bifocals

ANSWER: c

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REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

84. What is NOT a feature of the African American culture created by slaves out of New and Old World elements?

a. Gullah

b. “Negro” spirituals

c. The ringshout

d. The longhouse religion

e. A messianic focus among Christian slaves on Jesus as liberator

ANSWER: d

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REFERENCES: Africans in America

Makers of America: From African to African

85. The jury’s decision in the John Peter Zenger case was significant because

a. b. c. d. e. it closely adhered to the judge’s instructions.

it showed the power of investigative journalism.

it pointed the way toward open public discussion and partial freedom of the press.

it displayed British officials’ arbitrary power over the colonists.

it allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Pioneer Presses

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86. Which was the most historically significant function of colonial newspapers?

a. They enabled slave traders to advertise their wares.

b. They allowed many more Americans to read Benjamin Franklin´s sage advice as “Poor Richard” than would

have otherwise been the case.

c. They provided news-hungry Americans with timely information on local events as they waited for news from

overseas.

d. They provided a forum for the airing of colonial grievances and rallying opposition to British dominance.

e. By providing relatively inexpensive reading materials, they inhibited the development of a library system.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Pioneer Presses

87. By 1775, most governors of the American colonies were

a. appointed by colonial proprietors.

b. appointed by the king.

c. elected by popular vote.

d. elected by the vote of colonial legislatures.

e. appointed by the British Parliament.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

88. Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the governors to their will because

a. the governors often had a greater sense of loyalty to their colony than to the king.

b. the governors were usually chosen by colonial legislatures and could be removed from office by the

legislatures.

c. the king generally held the views of colonial legislators in higher regard than those of the governors.

d. colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors’ salaries.

e. they regularly threatened to use the power of impeachment.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

89. In colonial elections,

a. most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote.

b. the right to vote was reserved for property holders.

c. only a small landed elite had the right to vote.

d. average citizens were usually elected to office.

e. slavery came to be a dominant issue.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Game of Politics

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90. By the mid-eighteenth century, Britain’s North American colonies shared all of the following qualities EXCEPT

a. some degree of ethnic and religious toleration.

b. they were largely English-speaking.

c. they were primarily Protestant in religion.

d. opportunity for social mobility.

e. universal free public education.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Colonial Folkways

91. The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because

a. parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate and sermons too tedious.

b. parishioners thought that ministers had gone too soft in their preaching.

c. church members embraced the notion of predestination.

d. they banned their predominantly female membership from any leadership positions.

e. the Anglican Church successfully competed for church members.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

92. What was NOT true of the American population in 1775?

a. b. Most colonists lived east of the Allegheny Mountains.

Most colonists lived in rural areas.

c. d. e. The average age of colonists was about sixteen.

Colonists were of predominantly English stock.

The population totaled about five million.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

A Potpourri of Peoples

93. Which condition was NOT characteristic of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South?

a. Work on tobacco plantations was less physically demanding than rice plantations.

b. Tobacco plantations were smaller and closer to one another, allowing for more contact with friends and

relatives.

c. The proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake began to rise by 1720.

d. The Chesapeake was one of the few slave societies in history to perpetuate itself by its own natural

reproduction.

e. Family units were difficult to form because slave populations remained almost entirely male.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

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94. The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in

a. Maryland.

b. Virginia.

c. South Carolina.

d. New York.

e. Pennsylvania.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

95. Leaders of the Great Awakening endorsed

a. the teaching of the old lights.

b. antinomianism.

c. the Half-Way Covenant.

d. dependence on God’s grace.

e. straightforward preaching styles.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

96. In colonial New England, education was primarily

a. reserved for an elite few.

b. c. d. e. designed to promote good citizenship.

intended largely for religious instruction.

provided to foster independent thinking and aesthetic appreciation.

aimed at preparing students for college.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Schools and Colleges

97. The slave culture that developed in America

a. was derived exclusively from African roots.

b. rejected Christianity.

c. was Muslim in its religious teachings.

d. contained many Western elements that remained thoroughly European.

e. was a uniquely New World creation.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

Makers of America: From African to African

98. Which statement about colonial newspaper printer John Peter Zenger is FALSE?

a. He was charged with seditious libel against the royal governor of New York.

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b. He was found innocent of the charges brought against him.

c. He helped lay the foundations for a critical press in a diverse society.

d. His lawyer, Andrew Hamilton, was so eloquent in his defense that the jury was persuaded to defy the judge in

finding him innocent.

e. He was responsible for temporary restrictions on the free press.

ANSWER: e

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Pioneer Presses

99. Which statement about eighteenth-century American colonies is FALSE?

a. Most people had sufficient food to stay healthy.

b. Only a minority of homes had bathtubs and running water.

c. Lotteries were a common source of funds for education and religion.

d. Arts and culture were not terribly to most people.

e. Labor was heavy and constant.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Provincial Culture

Colonial Folkways

100. What was NOT a characteristic of the lives of enslaved women?

a. They worked longer days than male slaves.

b. They had to find time in the evenings to spin, weave and sew clothes for their families.

c. They were constantly vulnerable to sexual exploitation by their masters.

d. They were allowed a lighter workload when they had children.

e. They were a small proportion of the slave population before 1720.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

Makers of America: From African to African

101. Summarize the key features of the American population in the early eighteenth century. Consider its sources, size,

location, diversity, and mobility.

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Conquest by the Cradle

A Potpourri of Peoples

The Structure of Colonial Society

102. To what extent did differences in wealth and status in the colonies increase from 1700 to 1775? How did this

increase vary across regions?

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

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103. Explain how the Great Awakening, an intensely religious movement, contributed to the greater unity of Americans

across colonial lines as well as the separation of church and state.

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: The Great Awakening

104. Describe how a uniquely African American culture formed in the southern colonies and what its distinguishing

features were.

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

Makers of America: From African to African

105. What were the short-term and long-term consequences of the American colonists seeking foreign markets for their

exports?

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Workaday America

106. South Carolina came to rely on the importation of slaves more than other colonies as the eighteen century proceeded,

yet it also sought to ban slave imports in 1760. Explain both elements of this seeming contradiction.

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Africans in America

The Structure of Colonial Society

107. How did the presence of so many non-English (Scottish and Irish) and non-British (German, Dutch, French, African,

and so forth) settlers affect the character of Britain’s North American colonies? What were its particular effects on

politics, culture, religion, and social structure?

ANSWER: Answers will vary.

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: A Potpourri of Peoples

Colonial Folkways

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