APUSH Chapter 5
What proportion of the British merchant marine fleet was American built?
1/3
The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was
16
By the end of the 1700s, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?
90%
The South held about ____ percent of the slaves in the 13 colonies of North America
90%
match each denomination on the left with the religion where it predominated A. Congregationalist B. Anglican C. Presbyterian 1. the frontier 2. New England 3.the South
A-2, B-1, C-3
Match the following descriptions with the artist A. John Trumball B. Charles Willson C. Benjamin West D. John Singleton Copley 1. regarded as a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War 2. Best known for his portraits of George Washington, ran a museum, stuffed birds, and practiced dentistry from Connecticut 3. discouraged by his father as a youth, "Connecticut is not Athens" 4. close friend of George III and official court painter, was buried in London's St. Paul's Cathedral
A-3, B-2, C-3, D-1
By 1775, the ____ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America
Africans
The Great Awakening:
All of these
Although manufacturing in the colonies was only secondary importance, the colonies did produce which of the following?
All of these (rum, beaver hats, lumber, iron)
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
How did British authorities respond to efforts by colonial legislatures to restrict or halt the importation of slaves?
British leaders vetoed such efforts
Identify the statement that is false: - In 1700, the Atlantic Seaboard colonies contained fewer than 300,00 inhabitants - In 1700, only about 20,000 inhabitants were black - By 1775, the Atlantic seaboard colonies contained about 2.5 million inhabitants - By 1775, the black population rose to over 1 million - White immigrants in 1775 made up about 400,000 of the inhabitants
By 1775, the black population rose to over 1 million
In 1775, the ____ churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in particular colonies in America
Congregational and Anglican
Which of the following was NOT considered to be a colonial naval store? A) Tar B)Pitch C) Rosin D) Turpentine E) Glass
Glass
An armed march in Philadelphia in 1764 by Scots-Irish colonial immigrants, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians was known as
March of the Paxton Boys
Identify the statement that is false
Most of the early African immigrants gained their freedom
By the 18th 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 ___.
New England- fishing, lumber and commerce Middle colonies- tobacco Southern Colonies- rice and indigo
In North Carolina, spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, a small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affairs was known for:
Regulator Movement
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
The first American college free from denominational control was:
The University of Pennsylvania
Identify the false statement: - The population of the 13 colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least mixed to be found anywhere else in the world -The South, holding about 90% of the slaves displayed its historic black-and-white racial composition - New England, mostly migrants, showed the least ethnic diversity - The Middle Colonies received the bulk of the later white immigrants and boasted the most variety of peoples - In 1775, outside of New England, about 1/2 of the population was non-English
The population of the 13 colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least mixed to be found anywhere else in the world
Identify the statement that is false
The triangular trade route was enormously profitable and made up of most of the colonial commerce
All of the following are reasons the 13 Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence from Great Britain except:
a declining population of the 13 Atlantic seaboard colonies
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 colonies and the mother country.
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
The leading industry in the American colonies was
agriculture
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
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 distinctive African American family life became impossible
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
Which of the following were considered most promising avenues to acquiring wealth in the American colonies?
commercial ventures and land speculation
The New Light preachers of the Great Awakening
delivered intensely emotional sermons
On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility in the colonies decreased for all of the following reasons
earlier wars made the Northern merchants rich and created a class of widows and orphans, -the supply of unclaimed land in New England began to diminish, -farmers' sons and daughters were forced to hire out as wage laborers, -the gap between owners of large Southern plantations and small farmers widened
To Puritans, education was essential for:
enforcing Christian laws and customs
The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded education as all of the following except
essential training for citizenship
Colonial American taverns were all of the following except: -frequented mainly by the lower class - another cradle of democracy -hotbeds for agitation for the Revolutionary movement -important in crystalizing public opinion - places providing amusements
frequented mainly by the lower class
By the mid 18th 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
One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the
growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain
In contrast to the 17th century, by 1775, colonial Americans
had become more stratified into social class
The slave culture that developed in America
included distinctive cultural contributions of native-born African Americans
The religious doctrine of the Arminians held that
individual free will determined a person's eternal fate
All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except: -lightning rod -influential poetry -bifocal glasses -a highly effective stove -author of Poor Richard's Almanack
influential poetry
The Molasses Act of 1733 was intended to
inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies
Colonial immigrants laid the foundations 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
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 in the colonies.
All of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in the early colonial America except:
lack of subjects to paint
By the early 18th century, religion in colonial America was
less fervid than when the colonies where established
The most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the 18th century was
lumbering
The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early 18th century was because
parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate
The population of the thirteen American colonies were
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
physician
The Scots-Irish can best be described as
pugnacious, lawless, and indivudualistic
One feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was there:
rapidly growing populations
Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
religion
One political principle that colonial America came to cherish above most was
self-taxation through representation
Transportation in colonial America was
slow by any of the means available
As the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers in general
supported the revolutionary cause
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
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 election
the right to vote was reserved for white male property holders
Slave Christianity emphasized all of the following in their faith except
they should be humble and obedient
All of the following characterized "old light" clergymen except:
they were proponents of utilizing emotionalism and theatrics in religious preaching
All of the following are true statements about the colonial newspapers on the eve of revolution except:
they were typically published twice a week
By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies
was about 1/3 of the population
Art and culture in colonial America
was generally undistinguished and unsupported by colonial patrons
The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South
were not distributed evenly among whites