Deck 4: The English Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, 1689-1763

Question 1

Slave labor systems in the Lower South differed from those in the Chesapeake because

A)the lives of slaves in the Lower South were much more tightly controlled.
B)slaves in the Lower South worked on a task basis rather than in gang labor.
C)the relative lack of slaves in the Lower South made their presence less threatening to whites.
D)slaves in the Lower South had fewer chances to control the pace of their work.

Answer 1

slaves in the Lower South worked on a task basis rather than in gang labor.

Question 2

What was the dominant economic policy practiced by England during the 18th Century?

A)colonialism
B)mercantilism
C)capitalism
D)socialism

Answer 2

mercantilism

Question 3

Slave revolts in colonial America

A)were confined to southern plantations.
B)were far more frequent in the United States than in other slaveholding societies.
C)always involved whites attacking African Americans.
D)happened in northern cities as well as in the rural South.

Answer 3

happened in northern cities as well as in the rural South.

Question 4

What percentage of colonial imports were manufactured or provided from England?

A)10
B)35
C)57
D)90

Question 5

Unlike the colonies of the Middle Atlantic region or the Lower South, the economy of New England was dominated by

A)agriculture.
B)rum and fish.
C)textile manufacturing.
D)the carrying trade.

Question 6

Which statement on the creation of African American culture is accurate?

A)The oppressive nature of slavery made it impossible for African Americans to have any meaningful cultural lives.
B)Since Africans spoke the same languages, it was a relatively simple process to transplant African culture in America.
C)Africans wove together African and European traditions to create a distinctive culture.
D)Africans created a culture by imitating the whites around them.

Question 7

The notion of the emergence of the "Yankee" refers to the

A)growing English influence on America.
B)shift from the Puritan culture of the village to a secular culture.
C)influx of New Yorkers into the backcountry.
D)migration of northerners into the southern regions.

Question 8

By 1770, the city of Philadelphia had ____ residen ts and was the second largest city in the British Empire.

A)5,000
B)20,000
C)40,000
D)100,000

Question 9

Virginia defined its customs on slavery in 1662 when it declared that

A)children would inherit the status of their mothers.
B)Africans could only be freed if they converted to Christianity.
C)free whites harboring runaways must send them back.
D)all black people were slaves.

Question 10

Slavery in the Middle Colonies

A)allowed small farmers to compete with farms in the South.
B)was most commonly used in the cities.
C)became illegal in the early 1700s.
D)provided labor for the manufacturing and service industries that dominated the economy.

Question 11

The Paxton Boys were

A)an Irish gang in the slums of Philadelphia.
B)a militia organization in Western New York.
C)a vigilante group of Scots-Irish settlers killing Conestoga Indians in retaliation for Indian raids.
D)a group of German missionaries determined to convert the tribes of Western Pennsylvania.

Question 12

The goal of a successful mercantile system was

A)wealth would flow into a country, rather than out of it.
B)to balance trade among the other colonial powers.
C)a peaceful system without competition from other nations.
D)total dominance of world trade.

Question 13

The richest English colonies were those located in

A)New England.
B)the Middle Colonies.
C)the Chesapeake region.
D)the Caribbean.

Question 14

The Stono Rebellion of 1739

A)was a successful attempt to reduce the political power of the Penn family.
B)was an unsuccessful revolt of slaves in South Carolina.
C)forced the British army from the South.
D)resulted in a French and Indian alliance.

Question 15

Colonial trade was regulated through a series of laws know as

A)Mercantile Acts.
B)Acts of Trade and Commerce.
C)Search and Seizure Acts.
D)Navigation Acts.

Question 16

The Middle Colonies were characterized by

A)their large estates.
B)a dynamic urban life.
C)the cultivation of wheat.
D)their comfortable farmhouses.

Question 17

In response to higher taxes, tidewater tobacco planters

A)diversified into other crops, such as wheat.
B)moved to the West Indies.
C)started growing sugarcane.
D)demanded Parliament to raise tariffs on tobacco from the Mediterranean.

Question 18

What percentage of Africans perished during the infamous "middle passage" from Africa to the New World?

A)3
B)18
C)23
D)50

Question 19

As New England fathers ran out of farmland to provide for their sons,

A)younger sons left their families behind to seek their fortunes further west.
B)they began to invest in the carrying trade and banking houses of new England's urban centers.
C)rivalries between sons over the limited resources turned increasingly fierce.
D)the bolder sons ventured south to try their hand on tobacco and sugar plantations.

Question 20

Which of the following best describes Eliza Lucas Pinckney's experiences?

A)She failed in her efforts to diversify her plantation's crops.
B)She succeeded in running a profitable plantation.
C)She was hindered by her father's lack of confidence in her.
D)She had to give up her duties as a society woman to manage her plantation.

Question 21

The unofficial British policy of salutary neglect involved

A)a tightening of trade regulations.
B)stopping the flow of raw materials to Britain.
C)failure to enforce many colonial trade regulations.
D)a more sophisticated system of tax collection.

Question 22

What did King William's War, Queen Anne's War, and King George's War have in common?

A)They were perceived as wars of the monarch rather than the American colonists or Parliament.
B)England fought without Indian support in each war.
C)Americans were largely bystanders and were not asked to contribute in any way.
D)The British lost territory in each of them.

Question 23

The Great Awakening

A)produced more witch trials.
B)increased strife and tension among the colonists.
C)defied the Crown's authority.
D)reinforced the Crown's authority.

Question 24

Deists believed that

A)God created the universe but took no role in its operation.
B)religious belief was only valid if it could be scientifically confirmed.
C)religious teachings should be the foundation of the legal system.
D)the mysteries of God should be celebrated, rather than analyzed.

Question 25

What sparked the French and Indian War in 1754?

A)Armed conflict between the French and colonial militia forces led by George Washington in Pennsylvania.
B)The French launched an unprovoked attack on a series of outposts in Maine.
C)The British stopped trading with the Iroquois in favor of the Hurons.
D)The French demanded that the English abandon their forts in the Ohio River Valley.

Question 26

King William's War revealed each of the following EXCEPT:

A)the French could drive out the English colonists by forming stronger Indian alliances.
B)the colonists needed to unify and cooperate in times of crisis.
C)the French positions in Canada would always be a threat to the colonies.
D)the colonists needed English military and naval power to hold out against France.

Question 27

Regulators were

A)royal customs officials.
B)local city officials.
C)vigilante groups punishing backcountry outlaws.
D)middlemen in colonial markets.

Question 28

Local assemblies had the power to

A)veto central government policy.
B)raise taxes.
C)muster armies.
D)execute imperial policy.

Question 29

Ultimate power or sovereignty with regard to British colonial policy

A)was vested in the royal governor.
B)was divided between the King and Parliament.
C)belonged exclusively to Parliament.
D)belonged exclusively to the local assemblies.

Question 30

By 1690, the most persistent danger to British colonial peace and safety came from

A)religious disputes among the colonists.
B)battles between rich and poor colonists.
C)Indian attacks on colonial settlements.
D)rivalries with the French, Spanish, and English.

Question 31

William Pitt's command over the direction of the war in 1756 resulted in

A)military disaster in Quebec.
B)the loss of the Ohio Valley to the French.
C)the largest war expenditures the British treasury ever had committed to.
D)the defeat of the Spanish fleet.

Question 32

The Albany Plan of Union

A)advocated close cooperation between Iroquois and Huron Indians.
B)created a unified American military force.
C)failed to bring the colonies together.
D)was an unsuccessful attempt to get the British and French to put aside their differences.

Question 33

Clashes between back country regulators and colonial officials often revolved around

A)religion.
B)the aggressive Indian policies of most colonial governments.
C)laws fixing rent limits.
D)corruption and abuses of political power.

Question 34

Which of the following was not a message of the Great Awakening preachers?

A)denouncing obsession with profit and wealth
B)condemned sinfulness and depravity
C)a promise of social harmony
D)focus on intellectual rather than emotional aspects of religion

Question 35

By 1700, what common characteristic did the English mainland colonies share?

A)a colonial representative assembly
B)distinct governments, each based on the major religious belief
C)strong governors who cared little about the wishes of the assemblies
D)a hatred of the king and parliament

Question 36

Which of the following was not an outcome of the Great War for Empire?

A)the Acadians were forced to resettle in Louisiana
B)memories of British military arrogance toward colonial soldiers
C)the French maintained substantial colonies in North America
D)resentment over quartering soldiers in private homes

Question 37

The colonial wars in North America between 1688 and 1763 were all extensions of

A)the friction between the King and Parliament.
B)the balance of power struggle of European states over territory, resources, and people.
C)a desire to destroy the Iroquois League as a native nation.
D)local concerns not involving the rest of the world.

Question 38

John Locke's political essays maintain that

A)human beings are naturally selfish and cruel.
B)people make a social contract with the state to follow its laws in return for prote ction for themselves and their property.
C)people should accept traditional religious authorities.
D)lower classes need to obey their social superiors.

Question 39

New Englanders responded enthusiastically in King George's War because

A)it offered the chance to drive the French out of the fur trade.
B)they hoped to gain access to fishing grounds off Newfoundland.
C)Britain promised to allow the colonies to keep all the territory they seized.
D)they considered it a clash between Protestantism and Catholicism.

Question 40

One of the major reasons the back country settlers clashed with the established political authorities of the coast was

A)the availability of cheap land.
B)the opportunity to practice a trade.
C)the reluctance to spend tax money to protect settlers from Indian attacks.
D)the lack of religious freedom.

Question 41

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Congregationalism

Question 42

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indigo

Question 43

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piedmont

Question 44

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Great Awakening

Question 45

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absentee planters

Question 46

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"Yankee"

Question 47

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social contract

Question 48

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Paxton Boys

Question 49

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George Whitefield

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Apprentices

Question 51

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femme sole

Question 52

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middle passage

Question 53

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John Locke

Question 54

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Eliza Lucas Pinckney

Question 55

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Enlightenment

Question 56

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Scots-Irish

Question 57

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Regulators

Question 58

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carrying trade

Question 59

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Stono Rebellion

Question 60

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deism

Question 61

Who were the winners, and who were the losers in the "Great War for Empire"?

Question 62

What were the essential elements of Enlightenment thought, and what prominent thinker was associated with it?

Question 63

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Albany Plan of Union

Question 64

One way of tying this chapter's material together is to analyze the major developments that molded life in Colonial America and their subsequent legacy to the future American experience.

Question 65

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salutary neglect

Question 66

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power of the purse

Question 67

Why did Chesapeake and Lower South colonists shift from indentured servants to slaves as their labor force?

Question 68

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Treaty of Paris, 1763

Question 69

How did the Great Awakening shape American society?

Question 70

In what ways do the geographical designations New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies describe the varieties of the colonial experience?