History 120 Chapter 4

By the middle of the eighteenth century, most elections were fiercely contested throughout the American colonies. T/F

False

During the eighteenth century, both Spain and France steadily lost interest in their North American empires. T/F

False

The eighteenth century was the height of the Atlantic slave trade, a commerce increasingly dominated by Spanish merchants and ships. T/F

False

The phrase "freedom of speech" originated in colonial America. T/F

False

The financial strains of the Seven Years' War would later help to spark the

French Revolution.

During Pontiac's Rebellion, Neolin, the prophet, asserted all except

Indians must use British technology to defeat their enemies.

The first slave uprising of the eighteenth century, which occurred in ___________, included houses burned and the deaths of nine whites. T/F

New York

The only unicameral legislature in the colonies was in Pennsylvania, largely controlled for much of the eighteenth century by

Quaker merchants.

The idea that only property-owning citizens possessed "virtue" is most closely related to what political idea?

Republicanism

Father Junípero Serra founded the first Catholic mission in 1769 at

San Diego.

"Deism" was a religious adaptation of Enlightenment thought in both Europe and colonial America. T/F

True

By 1750, the Virginian population recognized "white" and "free" as virtually identical. T/F

True

Eighteenth-century liberalism drew heavily upon the thinking of the philosopher John Locke. T/F

True

In the Ohio Valley (the "middle ground"), the Iroquois were known for their ability to play the French and British empires against each other. T/F

True

Newspaperman John Peter Zenger printed several issues targeting the governor of New York's corruption. He was found not guilty as his accusations were found to be true. T/F

True

Under the liberalism idea, the "social contract" extorted that

men retain their natural rights, as they predated the establishment of political authority.

The agreement that ended the Seven Years' War was called

the Peace of Paris.

All of the following contributed to the devastation of Indian society in the present-day California area EXCEPT

the introduction of British animals.

In the eighteenth century, the British Constitution—the unwritten groundwork of British freedom—celebrated all except

the right for all men to vote.

Regarding slavery, which of the following statements is not true?

The Middle Colonies needed many slaves because large farms predominated.

According to the English minister George Whitefield, people could participate in their own salvation through their own actions; they were not, as predominant Protestant religions had traditionally held, predestined for damnation. T/F

True

In Jonathan Edwards's view, what was a sinner's only hope?

a "new birth" in which they became devout Christians

A major reason for Jews to move to Spanish North America was

escape from the Inquisition in Mexico City.

The trial of John Peter Zenger involved the issue of

freedom of the press.

As a result of the Seven Years' War, a number of French residents in Nova Scotia

moved to Louisiana, where their descendants came to be known as Cajuns.