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