American Pageant Chapter 5, 6 & 7

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

16

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act (B) Declaratory Act (C) Stamp Act (D) repeal of the Stamp Act

A, C, D, B

The coursers de bois were

French fur trappers

Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because:

Parliament passed the tax, not the colonists

One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was

Self-taxation through representation

The Great Awakening

a. was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people B. undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies C. led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges D. split colonial churches into several competing denominations ALL THE ABOVE

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat

The First Continental Congress

called for a complete boycott of British goods

By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on __________, the Chesapeake colonies relied on ___________, and the southern colonies relied on ________________.

cattle and grain, tobacco, rice and indigo

Republican belief held that the stability of society and the authority of the government

depended on the virtue of its citizenry

The primary economic pursuit of early settlers in New France was

fur trapping

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

involved the trading of rum for African slaves

The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams

kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters

Despite the benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists disliked it because:

made them feel used and kept them in a state of perpetual economic adolescence

The Proclamation of 1763

prohibited colonial settlement west of the Application Mountains

The Scots-Irish can best be described as

pugnacious, lawless and individualistic

The 1759 Battle of Quebec

ranks as one of the most significant victories in British and American history

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

rapidly growing populations

In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years' War,

the British got all of Canada except Nova Scotia.

The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the...

use of primitive guerrilla warfare