Ch.5 American Pageant
The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening
Delivered intensely emotional sermons
The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because
It pointed the way to open a public discussion
The most ethically diverse region of colonial America was ________, whereas ________ was the least ethnically diverse
The south, New England
As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth century
a momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country
The leading industry in the American colonies was
agriculture
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 governors' salaries
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
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
Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
religion
One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was
self-taxation through representation
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 kingly authority
In colonial elections,
the right to vote was reserved for property holders
American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain
to make money to buy what they wanted in Britain
When several colonial legislatures attempted to restrict or halt the importation of slaves, British authorities
vetoed such efforts
The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South
were not distributed evenly among whites