APUSH Ch. 5 & 6
the average age of the American colonists in 1775 was...
16
the South held about _____ percent of the slaves in the thirteen colonies of North America
90
by the end of the 1700s, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America
90 percent
arrange in order: A)George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian war; D) General James Wolfe's arm defeats Montcalm's on the Plains of Abraham
A,B,C,D
by 1775, the _______ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America
Africans
in the wake of the Proclamation of 1763
American colonists moved west, defying the Proclamation
by 1775, which of the following communities could not be considered a city in colonial America
Baltimore
the person most often called the "first civilized American" was
Benjamin Franklin
close friend of George 3 and official court painter, was buried in London's St. Paul's Cathedral
Benjamin West
how did British authorities respond to the efforts by the colonial legislatures to restrict or halt the importation of slaves
British leaders vetoed such efforts
during the Seven Years' War
British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonists
best known for his portraits of George Washington, ran a museum, stuffed birds, and practiced dentistry
Charles Willson Peale
in 1775, the ______ churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in particular colonies in America
Congregational and Anglican
The population of the thirteen colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least mixed to be found anywhere in the world
False
in the peace arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War
France surrendered to Great Britain all of its territorial claims to North America
the population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because
French peasants had no economic motive to move to the colonies
regarded as a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War
John Singleton Copley
from Connecticut and was discouraged by his father as a youth, "Connecticut is not Athens"
John Trumbull
New England colonists were outraged when Britain diplomats returned ________ to France in 1748
Louisbourg
an armed march in Philadelphia in1764 by Scots-Irish colonial immigrants, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians was known as...
March of the Paxton Boys
Congregationalist; Anglican; Presbyterian
New England; the South; the frontier
all of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War except
Prussia
in North Carolina, spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, a small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affair was known as...
Regulator Movement
the soldier and explorer whose leadership in establishing French colonies earned him the title "Father of New France" was
Samuel de Champlain
in 1760, fearful of heavy concentrations of resentful slaves, which colonial legislature unsuccessfully sought to pass legislation that would halt the further importation of slaves
South Carolina
All the following are reasons the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence from Great Britain except
a declining population in the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies
as a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth century...
a momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country
with the British and American victory in the Seven Years' War
a new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappeared
the long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat
the leading industry in the American colonies was...
agriculture
which of there statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War
all colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort
the Great Awakening
all the above
African American contributions to American culture included all of the following except
all these choices are correct
Government in New France (Canada) was
almost completely autocratic
what was created by the mid-1700s that helped connect the Atlantic seaboard colonies of Great Britain to each other in a more cohesive manner
an intercolonial postal system
by 1775, most governors of American colonies were
appointed by the king
all of the following are true conditions of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South, except
as the slave population began to rise, the development of a distinctive African American family life became impossible
American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain
because they needed markets besides Great Britain to sell their surplus goods and correct the colonies' adverse trade imbalance with Britain
with the end of the Seven Years' War, the disunity, jealousy, and suspicion that had long existed in the American colonies
began to melt somewhat
Identify the statement that is false
by 1775, the black population rose to 1 million
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
colonists throughout the eighteenth century universally enjoyed all of the following amusements except
celebrating Christmas
with regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists...
cherished no love for the British or any other government
colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because
colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governor's salaries
the following was considered the most promising avenues to acquiring speedy wealth in the American colonies
commercial ventures and land speculation
French motives in the New World included the desire to
compete with Spain for an empire in America
the War of Jenkins's Ear was
confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia
the disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following except
contempt for the British government
the reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
continue its expansion west in North America and block French land-grabbing and influence
during a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with
decades of salutary neglect
the New Light preachers of the Great Awakening
delivered intensely emotional sermons
in the colonial wars before 1754, Americans
demonstrated an astonishing lack of unity
one feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the...
desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain
for interior Indian tribes in North America, the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War
eliminated their ability to play off rival European powers against each other
France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the
end of the religious wars
for the American colonies, the Seven Years' War
ended the myth of British invincibility
in responding to Chief Pontiac's uprising of allied western Indian tribes, the British
engaged in a form of biological warfare against Pontiac and his allies
the time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time regarded education as all of the following except
essential training for citizenship
the Indians suffered from their association with the French in New France in al of the following ways except
exclusion from the fur business
in a sense, the history of the United States began with the
fall of Quebec and Montreal
The triangular trade was enormously profitable and made most of the colonial commerce is...
false
most of the early African immigrants gained their freedom is
false
when William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Year's war, he
focused on developing a successful military strategy in the Quebec-Montreal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada
colonial America taverns were all of the following except...
frequented mainly by the lower class
by the mid-eighteenth century, the overwhelming majority of North American colonies shared all of the following similarities except
full democratic participation by all colonists in political affairs, regardless of social and economic class
which of the following was not considered to be a colonial naval store
glass
in contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775, colonial Americans...
had become more stratified into social classes
During the early settlement of Quebec, the actions of Samuel de Champlain
included forging a pivotal alliance with the Hurons that inspired the lasting hatred of the Iroquois
the slave culture that developed in American
including the distinctive cultural contributions of native-born African Americans
the religious doctrine of the Arminians held that...
individual free will determines a person's eternal fate
all of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except
influential poetry
the Molasses Act of 1733 was intended to
inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies
colonial immigrants laid the foundation for new multicultural American national identity by...
intermarrying with people from other ethnic groups
the triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry...
involved the trading of rum for African slaves
Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because
it did not give enough independence to the colonies
all of the following can be said about slave culture in the colonies except
it emerged from efforts by slave traders to suppress African speech, religion and traditions
the jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because
it facilitated freedom of the press and a more robust public discussion of political affairs
all of the following are true about the War of Jenkins's Ear except
it resulted in France allying itself with Britain
France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when
it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763
the immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to
keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British
all of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America except
lack of talent among the Americans
by the early eighteenth century, religion in colonial America was...
less fervid than when the colonies were established
the reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley
the most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was...
lumbering
colonists emerged from the French and Indian War
more confident in their military strength
the Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because
of their exploration and work as geographers
What proportion of the British merchant marine fleet was American built
one-third
the main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because...
parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate
the population of the thirteen colonies was...
perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon
one of the least honored and most haphazard professions in colonial society was a...
physician
the coureurs de bois and the voyaguers
played critical roles in returning local Indian tribas to develop the French fur business in New France
Benjamin Franklin publishes in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which
promoted the idea that if colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die
the Scots-Irish can best be described as...
pugnacious, lawless, and individualistic
to the Puritans, education was essential for
reading the Bible
colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
religion
by the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies...
remained tiny compared with the number in England
the outcome of the Battle of Quebec in 1759
resulted in the emergence of Great Britain as the overwhelmingly dominant power in America
although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, the colonies did produce what...
rum, beaver hats, and lumbar
one political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most other was
self-taxation through representation
transportation in colonial America was...
slow by any of the means available
the French wanted to control the interior basin of Louisiana because they
sought to block imperial encroachment by Spain in the Gulf of Mexico region
with the military defeat of Chief Pontiac and his western Indian alliance, the British decided to
stabilize Indian-white relations
one feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was their...
support of religious freedom
as the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers in general...
supported the Revolutionary cause
although the fur business in New France was a lucrative government-supported industry in the 1680s and 1690s, its importance to the French government paled in comparison to
supporting the production of sugar and rum in the French Caribbean colonies
slave Christianity emphasized all of the following in their faith except
that they should be humble and obedient
the Seven Years' War was also known in America as
the French and Indian War
Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because
the Indians were in a precarious position
the clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of
the Ohio River Valley
the first American college free from denominational control was
the University of Pennsylvania
on the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility in the colonies decreased for all of the reasons except...
the average size of New England farms increased dramatically
English officials tried to establish the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because...
the church would act as a major prop for royal authority
as a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne
the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack
the most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was _____, whereas _______ was the least ethnically diverse.
the middle colonies, New England
the most honored profession in early colonial society was...
the ministry
the population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to...
the natural fertility of all Americans
in colonial elections
the right to vote was reserved for white male property holders
all of the following characterized "old light" clergymen except
they were proponents of utilizing emotionalism and theatrics in religious preaching
all the following are true statements about colonial newspapers on the eve of the Revolution except
they were typically published twice a week
the early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the
use of primitive guerrilla warfare
in his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington
was defeated by French forced at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754
unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War
was fought initially on the North American continent
art and culture in America
was generally undistinguished and unsupported by colonial patrons
from 1688 to 1763, America
was involved in every world war that convulsed Europe during this period
the British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the Seven Year's War
was prompted, in part, by the fact that in 1756 the undeclared war in America had merged into a world conflict
the riches created by the growing slave population in the American South...
were not distributed evenly among whites
the Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to
work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Pontiac's uprising