Chapter 3 History

Along with sugar, the West Indies also produced this increasingly popular product enjoyed by both North American colonists and Indians.

tobacco

As colonial society became more structured, opportunities for women in the eighteenth century increased. T or F

False

Eighteenth-century British America was much less diverse than the English population. T or F

False

Over the century between 1650 and 1750, the agricultural economies of New England, the Middle Colonies, and the backcountry grew more and more alike. T or F

False

In 1705, the House of Burgesses enacted strict slave codes. T or F

True

Virginia's upper class in the 1700s was sometimes called a "cousinocracy." T or F

True

Which of the following was an effect of Bacon's Rebellion?

the increased use of African slaves.

Which was not an element in Leisler's Rebellion (1689)?

Leisler's success meant French domination of New York.

Which of the following was not a significant feature of the Salem witchcraft hysteria of the early 1690s?

Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convicted.

The colony founded by a leader who hoped women and blacks would be given equality along with all persons was

Pennsylvania

In North America, three new and very different empires had arisen in the late seventeenth century-

Spanish, French, and English

Which did not characterize free blacks (such as Anthony Johnson) in Virginia and Maryland in the 1600s?

They could not own African slaves.

Despite the influx of British goods, American craftsmen benefited from the expanding consumer market. T or F

True

During the eighteenth century, British colonies diversified along ethnic and religious lines. T or F

True

During the eighteenth century, many American elites felt distinctively American rather than more like the "Anglicized" English. T or F

True

In the 1700s, 90 percent of colonists in British North America worked farms. Correct! T or F

True

The English word "slave" derives from the word "Slav," that is, a people from Eastern Europe who were enslaved by other Europeans into the 1400s. T or F

True

Tituba, who was one of the people accused of being a witch in Salem, was originally an Indian from the Caribbean who, in 1692, was a slave in Massachusetts. T or F

True

Vastly more people living in the colonies had far greater opportunities-to vote, own land, worship freely-than existed in Europe. T or F

True

Lord Baltimore's sudden voting restriction based on land accumulation resulted in

a Protestant uprising calling for his removal of office.

One significant consequence of the Glorious Revolution for the American colonies was

a renewed sense of entitlement to liberty, as the birthright of all English subjects.

In the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692,

almost 150 people, mostly women, were accused of witchcraft.

Prior to being taken over by the English in 1664, New York was

called New Netherland and controlled by the Dutch.

Which of the following was not a major cause of Bacon's Rebellion?

determination to abolish slavery in Virginia

This chief crop produced by Western Hemisphere slaves during the eighteenth century was also the first to be mass-marketed to consumers in Europe.

sugar