HIST Module 4

According to Anderson, New Englanders saw moral character as key to military behavior and allowed them to:

-see their contributions as being more important than they probably should have -see the Regulars as the instigators of troubles -discount the merits of military proficiency

Colonists only began to question their economic ties to Britain when political changes and the demands of warfare strained their relationship in which decade:

1760's

Why did Consumer Goods take on a radically political meaning in the 1760s and 1770s?

Because Parliamentary action made it a target for political action

What would be the best summary of Fred Anderson's chapter on the Experience of War?

Interactions between provincial and regular troops highlighted key cultural differences and made them aware of that widening gap.

To T.H. Breen, resistance in Consumer Goods served which purpose?

It united colonists from New England to the Carolinas, something few people thought possible

What best explains the value Breen places on material culture in colonial politics.

That neither economic historians nor intellectual historians grasp the full picture because the value of material culture incorporates both studies

What is one way that colonial resistance spread throughout the colonies?

They relied on social pressure from neighbors and acquaintances

Through the treaty of Paris, the British received much of _____ from the French.

canada & north america

The war proved that _____ was not an effective strategy for imperial control, though the British government would continue to employ this strategy to consolidate their power in North America, most notably through the various acts imposed on their colonies.

coercion

The _____ is the label historians give to the period in which Americans had better ability to buy consumer goods.

consumer revolution

The availability of ___ allowed average Americans to match British trends in clothing, food, and household decor?

credit

Initially, the British were welcoming of the old French practice of gift giving with Native tribes.

false

TRUE or FALSE: Provincial militia leaders implemented the same style of discipline as regular military leaders.

false

Virginia law required that all Christian slaves be emancipated by their owners.

false

Georgia was originally _____ of slave labor when it was founded in the 18th century.

free

The most famous itinerant preacher of the Great Awakening was:

george whitefeld

By 1775, 1 in every 20 colonists lived _____.

in cities

Between 1725 and 1775, slavery became _____ in the northern colonies as urban residents sought greater participation in the maritime economy.

increasingly significant

Regular British military leaders ____________ provincial militia leaders in war planning.

largely ignored

_______ remained the center of colonial printing for a hundred years until Philadelphia became the main city of publication in 1770.

massachusettes

Compared to Europe, participation in elections in the North American colonies was ___________.

open to a large percentage of society

For historian T.H. Breen, "Baubles of Britain" represented commonplace things in which people of 18th-century colonial America __________, but __________.

placed great significance, but historians often take for granted

A Pan-Indian confederation, led by _____ wanted to drive whites out of Indian Country.

pontiac

As a demonstration of _____,it was discussed that couples often air their grievances in local newspapers to warn the general public of distasteful character traits or behavior.

print culture

War against France, in part, encouraged Britons on both sides of the Atlantic to rally behind

protestantism

_____ Colonies were the most tightly controlled by the Crown who appointed all provincial governors and could veto any decision made by their colony's legislative assemblies.

provincial

Which religious group was the first to turn against slavery?

quakers

Britain relied on the colonies for ___.

raw goods

The North American colonists found that ____ could help them avoid paying British duties on imports.

smugglers and pirates

Which colony may have allowed the most personal "autonomy" for slaves in the 18th century?

south carolina

____ was the staple crop grown by the large land owners in Virginia.

tobacco

American society has almost always been litigious.

true

By 1750, slavery was legal in every North American colony.

true

Slaves, both rural and urban, made up the majority of the laboring population on the eve of the American Revolution.

true

TRUE or FALSE: British military leaders used extreme punishments and leniency as motivational tools to keep Regular troops disciplined.

true

The British spending on American security forced new regulations on the North American colonists.

true

What best describes the state of paper currency before the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1763?

unstable

Which "Founding Father" helped start the Seven Years' War?

washington