APUSH Chapter 5

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

16

The person most often called the "first civilized American"

Benjamin Franklin

When several colonial legislatures attempted to restrict or halt the importation of slaves

British authorities vetoed such efforts

During the colonial era these people created new societies out of diverse ethnic groups

English, Africans, Indians, and French

American colonists sought trade with countries other than

Great Britain to make money to buy what they wanted in Britain

The Congregational Church was a tax supported church in

New England

By 1775, the following communists could be considered full cities in colonial America

New York, Charlestown, Philadelphia, and Boston

As the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers in general supported the

Revolutionary cause

All contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America

Simplicity of pioneering life, lack of subjects to paint, lack of patrons who could afford the expensive art and lack of art schools in America

All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin

The lightning rod, bifocal, glasses, highly efficient stove, author of Poor Richard's Almanac

The Scots-Irish found their protestant religion to be

a bond that held them together

One of the surest avenues to speedy wealth in American colonies was

a commercial venture

As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the 18th century

a momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country

The religious doctrine of the Armenians held that individual free will determined

a person's eternal fate

Jonathan Edwards

a powerful theologian in New England who began the Great Awakening

When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the

act to inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies

The leading industry in the American colonies as a whole was

agriculture

Colonial American taverns were considered to be

another cradle of democracy, hotbeds of agitation for Revolutionary movement, important in crystallizing public opinion, and places providing amusements

By the mid 18th century, North American colonies shared all of the following similarities

basically English in language, protestant in religion, opportunity for social mobility, and same degree of ethnic and religious toleration

Middle colonies relied on

cattle and grain

On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility

decreased partly because some merchants made huge profits as military suppliers

Reasons 13 colonies sought independence

distinctive social, economic and political structures, and the appearance of a recognizably American way of life

The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South were not

distributed evenly among whites

The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded

education as reserved for the aristocratic few

When the Scots-Irish established a new community one of the first tasks they undertook was to

erect a church

In 1775 the Congregational and Anglican churches were the only two

established (tax supported) churches in colonial America

Benjamin Franklin

famous scientist form Pennsylvania

When the Scots-Irish can best be described as

fiercely independent

Manufacturing was a secondary economy activity of colonial America compared to

fishing, commerce farming and slave trade

New England colonies relied on

fishing, lumber and commerce

One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was

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

Culture in colonial America was generally

ignored and unappreciated

The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening delivered

intensely emotional sermons

The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, was significant because

it pointed the way to open public discussion

Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because

legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors' salaries

With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists cherished no

love for the British or any other government

The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the 18th century was

lumbering

The least honored profession in early colonial society was

medicine

The most ethically diverse region of colonial America was the ________________ whereas _________________ was the least ethnically diverse

middle colonies, New England

In colonial America, education was

most zealously promoted in New England

Tar, pitch, rosin and turpentine were considered to be a

naval store

By 1775, the Africans were the largest

non-English ethic group in colonial America

All of these conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and then to America

poor quality of farming in Scotland, spread of commercial farming, high rent increase, paying taxes to support Anglican church, Scots-Irish were protestant

Puritans believed in Calvinism which held that all persons were

predestined for heaven or hell

In colonial elections, the right to vote was reserved for

property holders

Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on

religion

The population of the thirteen American colonies was perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it

remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon

Other Southern colonies relied on

rice and indigo

Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, they did produce

rum, beaver hats, lumber and iron

By the end of the 1700's, 90% of the people were living in

rural areas of colonial America

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

self-taxation through representation

Phillis Wheatley

slave girl who was brought to Boston at 18 without a formal education, she was taken to England at 20, she published a book of poetry

Transportation in colonial America was

slow by any means available

In contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775 colonial Americans had become more

stratified into social classes and had less social mobility

The Anglican Church was a tax supported church in

the Southern Colonies

The first American college free from determined control was

the University of Pennsylvania, founded by Benjamin Franklin

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 kingly authority

The Presbyterian Church was popular on

the frontier especially with the Scots-Irish

By 1775, most governors of American colonies were appointed by

the king

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

One feature common to al of the eventually rebellious colonies

their rapidly growing population

By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in American colonies remained

tiny compared with the number in England

Chesapeake colonies relied on

tobacco

The triangular trade of colonial American shipping industry involved

trading of rum for African slaves, trading slaves for sugar can in West Indies and trading sugar can for rum in New England

The Great Awakening

undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies, split colonial churches into several competing denominations, led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth and Rutgers colleges, was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people

By the early 18th century, religion in colonial America was less fervid than

when the colonies were established