History 101 Ivy Tech Ch. 4-7

Who among the following was NOT a strong Federalist?

Jefferson

In the 1780s, a Native American leader who resisted white expansion was

Little Turtle

Which of the following statements concerning immigrants to colonial America during the first half of the eighteenth century is correct?

Most German speaking immigrants settles in Pennsylvania

Iroquois in New York dealt with missionaries known as

Quakers

A shipboard mortality rate of 15 percent in the colonial era made it the most unhealthiest of all times to seek American shores.

True

Approximately 250,000 men fought for the American side during the Revolution.

True

Colonial women played a vital role in the movement toward revolution.

True

Human travel was the only means of mass communication across space in the early American Republic.

True

In the 1790s, the United States experienced a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

True

In the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States agreed to a western boundary at the Mississippi River.

True

It was noted as early as the 1750s that the gap in population between England and her colonies was closing rapidly.

True

Methodists and Baptists were particularly energized by the Second Great Awakening.

True

The American Revolution lasted for eight years, longer than any other of America's wars until Vietnam nearly 200 years later.

True

The Seven Years' War proved to be one of the most significant wars fought in the New World.

True

The era from 1689 to 1763 was one of chronic warfare in both Europe and North America.

True

The medical treatment soldiers received

did little good and often did harm.

Britain lost the Revolutionary War because it

failed to capitalize sufficiently on its advantages.

During the Revolutionary War, George Washington repeatedly criticized the Continental Congress for

failing to support the army.

Which of the following provisions was NOT a part of George Grenville's program to raise colonial revenue?

increased taxes on imported French molasses

Colonial merchants of the early eighteenth century

integrated American producers and consumers in the Atlantic basin trading system

In 1733 Parliament attempted to stop trading with the French West Indies for which product?

molasses

The British Proclamation of 1763

ordered colonial governors to reserve lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native American nations.

Perhaps the most immediately effective protest against the Stamp Act was the

organization of mob riots by the Sons of Liberty.

As a result of the Townshend Acts of 1767, Parliament

raised customs duties on American imports of paper, lead, paint, and tea.

During the American Revolution, the state militias

served to legitimate the war among the people.

Even in the North which group was a regular part of commerce linking North American, Africa, and Europe?

slaves and indentured servants

By 1750, English colonists numbered approximately

1.2 million.

All of the following were true about slave marriages and family life EXCEPT:

Black women's constant labor made them less equal to men than was the case of women in white society

During the first year of the Revolution in New England, the

British decided to evacuate Boston.

Which of the following tribes held African American slaves?

Cherokee

The Philadelphia militia failed to support the radical leaders of the Revolution in the city.

False

The number of newspapers steadily decreased over time in the early United States.

False

The cotton gin was invented by

Eli Whitney

In 1794, the United States won a decisive battle against Native Americans at the Battle of

Fallen Timbers

Eighteenth-century indentured servants possessed many opportunities for economic advancement.

False

Food shortages were frequent occurrences in British North America.

False

Native Americans who fought for American independence gained great benefits from their efforts.

False

In the early 1800s, slaves were imported into Georgia and

South Carolina

How did farmers respond to the movement toward revolution in the colonies?

They came around slowly to the cause of revolution.

New Englanders opted for more of a mixed economy than settlers in the middle or southern colonies because in New England

availability and productivity of land was limited.