HIST 1301, Chapter 4

Identify the statement that does not describe the eighteenth-century event known as the "Great Awakening."

It was a phenomenon unique to North America

The nearly 300,000 Africans brought to the mainland colonies during the eighteenth century were not a single people. What was the one thing that the Africans who were shipped to the New World held in common?

The fact of their slavery

"Deism," which is a belief that God withdrew after creating the world, leaving it to function according to scientific laws, came out of the Enlightenment movement.

True

At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, most American colonists identified heavily with the British empire and viewed the British victory as their own.

True

From the perception of the British nation, freedom, prosperity, and Protestantism seemed to mutually reinforce one another.

True

The press in colonial America flourished in the eighteenth century in part because Americans were among the most literate societies on earth.

True

What aspects of white behavior does Scarouyady object to?

not behavior Scarouyady objects to 1.assuming all Indians are allies 2.constructing a fort

Analyze the map depicting the slave trade in the Atlantic world from 1460-1770. Identify which of these statements can be inferred from it.

Correct Answer North America was a minor player in the overall international market for slaves.

By the middle of the eighteenth century, due to -, the slave population in - began to experience net population growth. Due to plantations in the region being -, slaves here lived - white culture.

Correct Answers 1. a more wealthy climate 2. the Chesapeake 3. small 4. in constant contact with

Identify the commonalities between "republicanism" and "liberalism."

Correct Answers 1.Both philosophies believed in placing limits upon the absolute power of a government. 2.Both concepts worked their way across the Atlantic to the colonies.

Identify the statements that are consistent with the "social contract."

Correct Answers 1.Citizens voluntarily gave up complete freedom to be part of a society. 2.Citizens were in possession of certain natural rights that were universal and not subject to restriction.

Identify the statements that describe the founding of the colony of Georgia.

Correct Answers 1.Its founders intended for it to be a colony where indebted Englishmen could have a fresh start. 2.It was established to be a buffer state between England's colonies and Spanish Florida.

Why did the public sphere grow in America during the eighteenth century?

Correct Answers 1.Local colonial governments lacked full authority. 2.Political authority in the colonies was weak.

Identify the colonies in which slaves were most able to establish their own culture with a minimal amount of outside interference.

Correct Answers 1.South Carolina 2.Georgia

Identify the statements that describe the Spanish colonization of California.

Correct Answers 1.The Spanish ultimately sought to assimilate the native peoples into their civilization. 2.Spain's efforts at religious conversion were more intensive here than in any other of their North American colonies.

The slave economies of colonial North America were based upon - in the Chesapeake region, - in the South Carolina and Georgia colonies, and - in the New England and Middle Colonies.

Correct Answers 1.Tobacco Cultivation 2.Rice cultivation 3.Nonplantation labor

Identify which of the following trade goods were initially produced on a large scale in the New World as a result of the Atlantic slave trade.

Correct Answers 1.sugar 2.rice 3.coffee

Identify the locations where slaves were most frequently sent after being transported to the New World on the Middle Passage.

Correct Answers 1.the West Indies 2.Brazil

Identify the characteristics of the Enlightenment.

Correct Answers 1.use of the scientific method 2.the importance of reason

Analyze the map, then identify the statements that can be inferred from it.

Correct Answers 1.The area of French influence extended from the Gulf of Mexico north through Canada. 2.British land claims extended along the entire East Coast.

An unintended but very real consequence of the Great Awakening was that it reduced colonial impulses toward democracy in civic life.

False

In a commercial business sense, slavery was primarily a southern colonial concern.

False

In the northern colonies, employers often saw free labor as more desirable than slave labor because of the generally accepted belief in northern economies that slavery was immoral.

False

The intended purpose of the presidios established in North America by the Spanish was primarily to oversee the religious conversion of Native Americans to Catholicism.

False

Identify the statements that describe the religion of African slaves.

Correct Answer 1.Africans tended to adopt and incorporate some features of Christianity into their belief systems. 2.There was a general belief in a connection between the spiritual world and the forces of nature.

Initially within each colony, the - was the dominant political force and the - were weak. However, as time passed, the - gained more power due to the increasing - in the colonies.

Correct Answer 1.Governor 2.Colonial assemblies 3.assemblies 4.Economic value

Identify the effects that the Great Awakening had on life in the colonies.

Correct Answer 1.It caused controversy and division in the colonies. 2.It caused a transition toward a deeply personal approach to religion, faith, and salvation.

Identify the statements that describe the results of "salutary neglect" toward the colonies.

Correct Answer 1.It was a byproduct of the growth, size, and complexity of the British empire in the early eighteenth century. 2.It allowed colonial legislatures to use their control of colonial finance to increase their influence.

Which of the following statements is accurate with regard to freedom of the press in colonial America?

Correct Answer 1.It was not historically seen as a fundamental right that Englishmen possessed. 2.It was viewed with suspicion by both local and imperial governing bodies in the colonies.

By the 1700s, many Britons had come to see - as naturally opposed to one another. Therefore, they established - in order to attempt to strike a balance between the two extremes.

Correct Answer 1.Power and Liberty 2.common law

What does it reveal about eastern North America during and after the Seven Years' War?

Correct Answer 1.The majority of battles were fought along the Great Lakes. 2.The colonial capitals remained along the East Coast.

Which of the following were the most common elements of the African-American cultures within the North American colonies?

Correct Answer 1.the desire for freedom 2.the experience of being enslaved

For colonial Americans, which of the following results of the French and Indian War had the most significant consequences?

Correct Answer 1.the staggeringly high costs sustained by the British empire in the course of waging the war 2.the passage of the Proclamation of 1763

Identify the issue that was not a point of contention between colonial assemblies and their respective royal governors.

Correct Answer Discontent within the colonies over royal governors that were effectively carrying out the wishes of the crown.

American colonial voting and political participation was extremely restricted, and as such, directly reflected the English political heritage of North America's dominant colonial founders.

Correct Answer False

Pontiac's Rebellion was significant for which of the following reasons?

Correct Answer It represented an emergence of a unified Indian response to European encroachment on their lands.

Identify the statement about the British empire that can be inferred by the symbolism in the image.

Correct Answer Liberty was the bond of the British Empire