Deck 3: Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

Question 1

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies,taverns became important during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In the English colonies,men's attitudes toward women's proper place was shaped by

A)religion,laws,and social customs.
B)women's obvious intellectual and physical inferiority.
C)women's own beliefs regarding their abilities.
D)ideas acquired from the Native Americans.
E)ambition.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Compared with other European colonizers,British America

A)had a few more women.
B)had many more women.
C)had the same amount of women.
D)had fewer women.
E)had many more women than men.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Compared with women at home in England,

A)more colonial women married.
B)the colonial birthrate was lower than in England.
C)colonial women were married older.
D)because women were scarcer,they were less valued.
E)fewer colonial women married.

Question 5

Many of those who came to colonial America as indentured servants were

A)young.
B)female.
C)well to do.
D)from France.
E)from Italy.

Question 6

The Half-Way Covenant addressed the problem of New England's unfavorable balance of trade.

Question 7

The Enlightenment had very little influence upon the lives of Americans.

Question 8

The allegations of witchcraft in Salem in 1691-1692 may have resulted from hysteria that came out of conflicts with Indians.

Question 9

People in the American colonies generally married at a younger age than those in Britain.

Question 10

Which of the following statements regarding population in the English colonies is most accurate?

A)By 1650 the colonial population exceeded 1 million.
B)Colonists tended to marry earlier than those back home in England.
C)All colonists came in family units.
D)The majority of colonists worked in trade in order to earn a living.
E)Most colonists lived in large cities.

Question 11

Southern colonies devoted their agricultural energies to the cultivation of cotton.

Question 12

The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.

Question 13

In the Americas,

A)land was not plentiful.
B)land was not cheap.
C)workers were not scarce.
D)laborers were expensive.
E)all workers were white.

Question 14

Compared with back home in England,

A)the English colonies had a much lower death rate.
B)the English colonies had a much higher death rate.
C)English colonists tended to freeze to death much more frequently.
D)English colonists were much more susceptible to disease.
E)opportunity was rare in the colonies.

Question 15

Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women.

Question 16

George Whitefield was a great preacher who even impressed Ben Franklin with his eloquence.

Question 17

In most European colonies in the Americas,

A)women were perceived as men's equals.
B)women were perceived as men's moral superiors.
C)women were told to obey their husbands and nurture their offspring.
D)women had greater equality than in their home countries.
E)women were encouraged to participate in politics.

Question 18

As the colonial era developed,the already stifling social position of women grew worse.

Question 19

New Englanders,more than southerners,turned to the sea for their livelihood.

Question 20

Jonathan Edwards owned the largest plantation and the greatest number of slaves in South Carolina.

Question 21

Which statement regarding colonial era slavery is most accurate?

A)Slavery was only used in the colonial South.
B)Slavery was practiced in all the English colonies,but predominantly in the South.
C)Slavery was a temporary state.
D)Slavery was never legally tied to race.
E)Slaves had more legal rights than indentured servants.

Question 22

The southern colonies pursued an agriculturally based economy,whereas the New England colonies

A)had to rely on the Native Americans for food.
B)never engaged in agriculture.
C)had a more diverse economy including trade,farming,and fishing.
D)relied almost exclusively on the raising of cattle.
E)survived primarily as shipbuilders.

Question 23

Indentured servants

A)were people who traded their labor for a fixed time in return for passage to America.
B)were exactly the same thing as a slave.
C)were most often of African descent.
D)were not used in the English colonies.
E)were often from France.

Question 24

What was the largest non-English ethnic group in the English colonies in the 17th century?

A)The Scots-Irish
B)The Germans
C)Africans
D)The Spaniards
E)The Scots-Irish and Germans combined

Question 25

Which of the following statements regarding African slavery in the English colonies by 1770 is most accurate?

A)Slavery only existed in the southern colonies.
B)All Africans slaves were treated the same,no matter where they lived.
C)The number of African slaves in the colonies dropped from the 17th to the 18th century.
D)By 1770,slaves made up more than 20 percent of the total population.
E)All Southerners had slaves.

Question 26

Economically the English colonies in the Americas

A)had plentiful hard currency.
B)suffered from frequent inflation.
C)desired no more paper money.
D)experienced falling crop prices.
E)relied exclusively on wheat cultivation.

Question 27

For Africans,

A)slavery was not unknown in their world.
B)slavery was more brutal in Africa than in the Americas.
C)in Africa,the condition of the mother was passed on to the child.
D)was preferable to life in Africa.
E)slaves lived together with their families.

Question 28

Which of the following statements regarding women in the colonial period is most accurate?

A)Generally,slave women enjoyed greater equality than white women.
B)English women enjoyed greater equality than slave women.
C)There was no difference in equality enjoyed between slave women and white women.
D)Colonial English women had many fewer opportunities than women at home in England.
E)Women in the colonies lived easy lives.

Question 29

In the Americas,English colonial women

A)could not vote.
B)could hold elected office.
C)could become ministers.
D)could own property.
E)could will property.

Question 30

The African slaves brought to the Americas

A)were very diverse,and their experiences differed widely.
B)all shared the same language.
C)all practiced the same polytheistic religion.
D)tended to be older than thirty years of age when they arrived.
E)were captured exclusively by whites in Africa.

Question 31

Once indentured servants arrived in the colonies

A)they had no legal rights.
B)they weren't even provided with bed and board.
C)they could own property.
D)they were allowed to engage in trade.
E)they could void their agreements.

Question 32

Which of the following statements regarding the development of the English colonies is most accurate?

A)In the South,free laborers were abundant and worked cheaply.
B)Towns developed quickly in the North,encouraged by trade and natural harbors.
C)All the English colonies relied heavily on indentured servants.
D)Slavery was always the preferred labor choice in England's colonies.
E)All colonists lived in towns.

Question 33

In the English colonies,large coastal cities

A)dominated the colonial landscape.
B)held approximately 50 percent of the colonial population.
C)were confined almost exclusively to the South.
D)never held more than roughly 10 percent of the population.
E)held no slaves at all.

Question 34

Of the English colonies in the New World,which had the most ethnically diverse population?

A)The New England colonies
B)The middle colonies
C)The southern colonies
D)Barbados
E)Jamaica

Question 35

Indentured servants

A)probably accounted for 75% of all the laborers in New England.
B)probably accounted for less than 50% of the laborers in New England.
C)probably accounted for approximately half the whites outside of New England.
D)were often kept bound for at least a decade.
E)were never freed from their contracts.

Question 36

Within the New England colonies

A)only Separatists could be found.
B)colonists engaged in just fishing.
C)all early settlers were Puritans.
D)church attendance was mandatory even for the unsaved.
E)people only lived on farms.

Question 37

In the Americas,women

A)had fewer economic opportunities over time.
B)were initially more numerous than men.
C)had more economic opportunities over time.
D)had more economic opportunities over time.
E)were the majority of the population.

Question 38

The burst of intellectual inquiry known as the Enlightenment

A)championed scientific thinking.
B)praised anarchy.
C)encouraged religion.
D)spread from the English colonies to Europe.
E)was a Protestant faith.

Question 39

By the 18th century,the population of the English colonies was

A)less diverse than that at home in England.
B)as diverse as that at home in England.
C)more diverse than that of England.
D)more than 60 percent non-English.
E)all white.

Question 40

European settlers

A)treated slaves as "chattel" to dehumanize them.
B)were generally very kind masters.
C)enslaved thousands of Africans.
D)tried to keep slave families together.
E)preferred Native American slaves to African slaves.

Question 41

The ideal example of a colonial Enlightenment thinker is

A)George Whitfield
B)George Washington
C)Jonathan Edwards
D)Benjamin Franklin
E)Andrew Jackson

Question 42

Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening

A)emphasized the power of reason.
B)encouraged individual decision making.
C)saw Native Americans as inferior.
D)began in Spain and then moved to the colonies.
E)encouraged economic development.

Question 43

What were the major immigrant groups that came into colonial America and where did they primarily settle?

Question 44

Describe the unique nature of colonial cities.Focus your emphasis on the social and political order as well as the urban web.

Question 45

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Jonathan Edwards

Question 46

What was the impact of the Enlightenment in the colonies?

Question 47

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Tituba

Question 48

According to the textbook,"Both geographically and culturally,the middle colonies stood between New England the South." Explain this statement.

Question 49

Describe the development of race-based slavery in the colonies from the 17th to the 18th centuries.

Question 50

How did the Great Awakening affect the colonies?

Question 51

The Great Awakening

A)involved only the colonial elites.
B)was in line with the rising Enlightenment interest in reason.
C)tapped into a widespread sense of religious decline.
D)was limited only to the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania.
E)began with Native Americans.

Question 52

How did the economies of the southern,middle,and New England colonies differ?

Question 53

Enlightenment thinkers

A)believed that reason could be used to improve society and human nature.
B)argued that all religions were for the unenlightened and the foolish.
C)were not influenced by scientists like Sir Isaac Newton.
D)valued only financial gain.
E)believed that politics was a foolish waste of time.

Question 54

What was the "triangular trade"?

Question 55

At the start of the Great Awakening,

A)few colonies had churches.
B)most colonists lived in a colony with an officially sanctioned church.
C)most colonists were both literate and college educated.
D)all colonists were Puritans.
E)all colonists were Catholics.

Question 56

Preacher Jonathan Edwards believed

A)that material wealth was a sign of God's favor.
B)that only certain people could be saved.
C)that religion had lost its emotional force.
D)that too many ministers were overly emotional.
E)in the authority of the Pope.

Question 57

Which had the most far-reaching consequences on American culture: the Enlightenment or the Great Awakening? Why?

Question 58

How did the social structure of the southern,middle,and New England colonies compare to one another?

Question 59

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Benjamin Franklin

Question 60

How did life in the colonies compare to life back in Europe in regards to colonial demographics and gender roles? Why were there differences?

Question 61

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
John Peter Zenger

Question 62

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Isaac Newton

Question 63

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
William Tennent

Question 64

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
John Locke

Question 65

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
b.Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
c.Developed the theory of gravitation
d.Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
e.Was a newspaper editor tried for libel
f.Developed indigo as exotic staple
g.Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respected
h.Confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Eliza Lucas Pinckney