History Chapter 5

10. The leading industry in the American colonies was A) slave trading. B) agriculture. C) manufacturi ng. D) fishing. E) commerce.

B) agriculture.

12. When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act i n 1733, i t intended the act to A) require Americans to sell their molasses to British merchants. B) inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies. C) stimulate the colonies' "triangle trade" with Africa and the West Indies. D) satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money. E) increase the colonists standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants.

B) inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.

9. The most honored profession in early colonial society was A) merchants. B) ministry. C) medicine. D) law. E) farming.

B) ministry.

15. The first American college free from determined control was A) New York University. B) Brown University C) University of Pennsylvania. D) Harvard . E) Yale

C) University of Pennsylvania.

7. The population of the thirteen American colonies was A) was overwhelmingly African . B) the less diverse in the world . C) perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon . D) about evenly divided among Anglo-Saxons, French, Scots-Irish, and Germans. E) none of the above.

C) perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon .

I. One feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was their A) support of religious freedom. B) relatively equal wealth. C) rapidly growing populations. D) economic organization. E) similar social structures.

C) rapidly growing populations.

3. The avernge age of the American colonists in 1775 was A) 27. 8) 20. C) 30 D) 16 E) 25 .

D) 16

5. By the end of the I 700's, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America? A) 60% B) 75% C) 40% D) 90% E) 25%

D) 90%

4. By 1775, which of the following communities could not be considered a city in colonial America? A) Philadelphia B) Boston C) Charlestown D) Baltimore E) New York

D) Baltimore

11. The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry A) relied on the Spanish fleet for protection. B) saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits. C) involved America, France, and England. D) involved the trading of rum for African slaves. E) was not that profitable.

D) involved the trading of rum for African slaves.

8. The least honored profession in early colonial society was A) minister. B) merchant. C) teacher. D) medicine. E) farmer.

D) medicine

2. The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to A) the natural fertility of Native Americans. B) the influx of immigrants from Latin America. C) white immigration from Europe. D) the natural fertility of all Americans. E) the importation of slaves from Africa.

D) the natural fertility of all Americans.

6. By 1775, the ______________ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America. A) West Indians B) Scots-Irish C) Germans D) I rish E) Africans

E) Africans

14. In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted A) on the frontier. B) in the South . C) in the middle colonies. D) in those areas controlled by Spain. E) in New England.

E) in New England.

13. Transportation in colonial America was A) fast only on the waterways. B) surprisingly fast for the time. C) so poor that no mail service was established until the 1800s. D) safer by road than by any other means. E) slow by any of the means available.

E) slow by any of the means available.