Unit 5 test

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

16

One of the surest avenues to speedy wealth in the American colonies was

A commercial venture

By 1775, the ___________ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America

Africans

The most important economic enterprise in the American colonies was

Agriculture

The Great Awakening

All of the above

During the colonial era, all of the following people created new societies out of diverse ethnic groups in America except

Asians

Molasses Act

Attempt by British authorities to Sahel his colonial trade with French West Indies

Benjamin Franklin

Author, scientist, printer: the first civilized American"

Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, they did produce which of the following

Beaver hats

Jonathan Edwards

Brilliant New England theologian who instigated the Great Awakening

Among the many important results of the Great Awakening was that it

Broke down sectional boundaries and created a greater sense of common American identity

John Singleton Copley

Colonial painter whose case helped begin freedom of the press

John Peter Zenger

Colonial printer whose case helped begin freedom of the press

In 1775, the _____ churches were the only two established (tax supported) churches in colonial America

Congregational and Anglican

The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening

Delivered intensely emotional sermons

All of the following are reasons the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence except

Distinctive racial structures

Quakers

Dominant religious group in colonial Pennsylvania, criticized by others for their attitudes to war Indians

Patrick Henry

Eloquent lawyer-orator who argued in defense of colonial rights

When the Scots-Irish established a new community, one of the first tasks they undertook was to

Erect a church

Anglican Church

Established religion in southern colonies and New York: weakened by lackadaisical clergy and too-close Ties with British crown

Colonial merchants were generally satisfied to trade in protected British markets and accepted imperial restrictions on trade with other countries

F

Compared with the seventeenth century colonies, the eighteenth colonies were becoming more socially equal and democratic

F

Great Awakening revivalists like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield tried to replace the older puritan ideas of conversion and salvation with more rational and less emotional beliefs

F

Most of the spectacular growth of the colonial population cane from immigration rather than natural increase

F

The established Anglican Church was a more powerful force in colonial life than the Congregational Church of New England

F

The greatest colonial cultural achievements came in art and imaginative literature rather than in theology and political Theory

F

The most highly regarded professionals in the colonies were doctors and lawyers

F

The most numerous white ethnic groups in the colonies were the Germans and the Scots-Irish

F

The scots-Irish can be best described as

Fiercely independent

The passage of British restrictions on trade encouraged colonial merchants to

Find ways to smuggle and otherwise evade the law by trading with other countries

Phillis Wheatley

Former slave who became a poet at an early age

When it came to religion, the Scots-Irish

Found it to be a bond that held them together

The person most often called the first civilized American

Franklin

Colonial American taverns were all of the following except

Frequented mainly by the lower class

Compared with the seventeenth century, American colonial society in the eighteenth century

Greater gaps in wealth and status between rich and poor

Scots-irish

Group that settled the frontier, made whiskey, and hated the British and other governmental authorities

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 seventeenth century, by 1775 colonies Americans

Had become more stratified into social classes and had less social mobility

In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted

In New England

All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin's except

Influential poetry

When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to

Inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

Involved the trading of rum for African slaves

The Anglican church suffered in colonial America because of

It's poorly qualified clergy and close ties with British authorities

George Whitefield

Itinerant British evangelist who spread the Great Awakening throughout the colonies

African-Americans

Largest non-english group in the colonies

Philadelphia

Leading city of the colonies: home of Benjamin Franklin

By the early eighteenth century, religion in colonial America was

Less fervid than when the colonies were established

The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was

Lumbering

Of the following, the least important economic activity of colonial Americans was

Manufacturing

The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to

Natural fertility of all Americans

The "triangular trade" involved the sale of rum, molasses, and slaves among the ports of

New England, Africa, and the West Indies

Besides offering rest and refreshment, colonial taverns served an important function as centers of

News and political opinion

Baptists

Non-established religious group that benefited from the Great Awakening

German settlement in the colonies was especially heavy in

Pennsylvania

The population of the thirteen American colonies was

Perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon

All of the following conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and thence to America except

Persecution for their Catholic religion

One outstanding feature Common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was their

Rapidly growing population

Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on

Religion

By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies

Remained tiny compared with the number of England

The time honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded education as

Reserved for the aristocratic few

Paxton Boys and Regulators

Scots-Irish frontiersman who protested against colonial elites of Pennsylvania and North Carolina

Transportation in colonial America was

Slow by any of the means available

On the eve of the American Revolution, social and Econ mobility decreased, partly because

Some merchants made huge profits as military suppliers

Besides agriculture, the most important colonial economic activities were fishing, shipping, and ocean-going trade

T

Most early colonial education, including that at the college level, was closely linked with religion

T

The Great Awakening broke down denominational and sectional barriers, creating a greater sense of common American identity and a United destiny

T

The Great Awakening was a revival of fervent religion after a period of religious decline caused by clerical over-intellectualism and lay liberalism in doctrine

T

The central point of conflict in colonial politics was the relation between the democratically elected lower house of the assembly and the governors appointed by the king or colonial proprietor

T

The lowest class of whites in the colonies consisted of the convicted criminals and prisoners shipped to America by British authorities

T

Thomas Jefferson's condemnation of British support of the slave trade was removed from the Declaration of Independence by other members of Congress

T

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 kingly authority

The Scots-Irish eventually became concentrated especially in

The frontier areas

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

American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain

To make money to buy what they wanted in Britain

The first American college feee from determined control was

University of Pennsylvania

A primary weapon used by colonial legislatures in their conflicts with royal governors was

Using their power of the purse to withhold the governors salary

When several colonial legislatures attempted to restrict or halt the importation of slaves, British authorities

Vetoed such efforts

Culture in colonial America

Was generally ignored and unappreciated

The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South

Were not distributed evenly among whites