History Chapter 3 Test

The "middle passage" refers to the part of the transatlantic trade network that carried

Africans from Africa to the West Indies and North America.

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonists could not settle west of a line drawn north to south along

Appalachian mountains

During the French and Indian War, Native Americans fought on the side of

Both British and French

Benjamin Franklin was an important figure in the

Enlightenment

Cotton was the South's first successful cash crop.

False

In the French and Indian War, British troops were eventually aided by the Cheyenne, who helped them win the war.

False

In the French and Indian War, Spain sided with the British.

False

Jonathan Edwards was a key figure during the Enlightenment, a time when preachers sought to bring people back to religion.

False

The goal of the Navigation Acts was to ban all settlement west of the Appalachians.

False

Under the policy of mercantilism, England relaxed its enforcement of trade regulations in the colonies in return for their continued economic loyalty.

False

Fighting between the British and French that began in 1754 in North America is known as

French And Indian War

This financial expert was chosen by King George III to serve as Prime Minister in the hope that he could solve the financial problems caused by the French and Indian War.

George Grenville

This ambitious 22-year-old colonel was defeated at Fort Necessity in the opening battle of the French and Indian War.

George Washington

Jonathan Edwards was an important figure in the

Great Awakening

Which detail about King James II made him unpopular in England?

He was a roman catholic

According to the theory of ___, a nation could increase its wealth and power by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible, and by establishing a favorable balance of trade, in which it sold more goods than it bought.

Mercantilism

Beginning in 1651, England's ___, the country's legislative body, moved to tighten control of colonial trade by passing a series of measures known as the Navigation Acts.

Parliment

Which of the following was considered the largest city in America in the mid-1700s?

Philidelphia

Although he captured eight British forts in the Ohio River Valley, he was forced to negotiate when his troops were severely weakened by disease.

Pontiac

This banned all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. Britain intended this to prevent further costly conflicts with Native Americans.

Proclamation of 1763

The emphasis on logic and reasoning by the Enlightenment thinkers was known as

Rationalism

The Enlightenment was a movement that emphasized the value of

Reason

In the years after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, England turned its attention away from the colonies, adopting an overall colonial policy that became known as ___.

Salutary Neglect

Seeking to make colonial government more obedient, King James II disbanded the local assemblies of the northern colonies, united the area from southern Maine to New Jersey under the Dominion of New England, and chose ___ to rule over it.

Sir Edmund Andros

The Stono Rebellion was a conflict between which two groups?

Southern slaves and planters

This was intended to crack down on smuggling and to raise money to pay off the war debt. This reinforced the policy that smuggling trials were to be held at vice-admiralty courts rather than colonial courts.

Sugar Act

The idea of having an internal emotional experience that brings a person to God became a central idea of

The Great Awakening

What was the main reason that there were more enslaved persons in the South than in the North during the 1700s?

The Southern economy depended on a larger number of field laborers.

Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening served to emphasize an individualism that supported America's political independence.

True

Britain's Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764 to try to stop the colonies from smuggling non-British goods into the country.

True

In the early colonial era, single women and widows had considerably more rights than married women.

True

Indigo is an example of a cash crop, one that is grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer's own use.

True

Native American leader Pontiac led an uprising in the Ohio River Valley in response to the growing number of settlers entering the area.

True

The main cargo sent to North America via the middle passage was African slaves.

True

Under his leadership the British army finally began winning battles in the French and Indian War, and the Iroquois agreed to support Britain.

William Pitt

Which of the following directly contributed to the increase in African slaves brought to the colonies?

a lack of indentured servants

Which of the following best describes Jonathan Edwards's main goal?

a return to the original Puritan vision

The Great Awakening caused some colonists to

abandon their Puritan and Anglican congregations.

The first skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because

both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River valley.

As a result of England's policy of "salutary neglect," the colonies developed

desire for self government

Which of the following was not associated with the movement known as the Enlightenment?

political and legal rights for women

The Sugar Act was an effort by the British Parliament to

reduce colonial smuggling.

Which of the following was "awakened" during the Great Awakening?

religious belief

The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to

restrict colonial trade

With the Proclamation of 1763, the British government attempted to

stop settlement west of the Appalachians.

Which of the following is considered by most historians to be the turning point in the French and Indian War?

the British capture of Quebec

In the late 1600s, the number of enslaved Africans in the South increased dramatically, in part due to a decline in

the availability of indentured servants from Europe.

The Albany Plan of Union proposed that

the colonies join together to form a federal government.

All of the following were causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials EXCEPT

the spread of Enlightenment ideals.

Enlightenment thinkers stressed all of the following EXCEPT

the unpredictability of nature.

According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when

the value of exports is greater than the value of imports.

Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 in an attempt to ban colonial settlement where?

west of the Appalachians

This general search warrant allowed British customs officials to search any colonial ship or building they believed to be holding smuggled goods.

writ of assistance