Unit 1 U.S. History

Why were colonial assembles critical of the Albany Plan of Union?

They felt their respective colonial assemblies would lose power

Salutary Neglect

an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty (govern themselves)

The Albany Plan of union:

envisioned a council of all the colonies for their common defense

What did the Paxton Boys demand?

that the Indians be removed from Pennsylvania

Which of these factors contributed to a lower number of French immigrants to North America?

the feeling that the Americas were meant for exile

which of the following did not contribute to the expansion of the public sphere during the eighteenth century?

the founding of the California missions

According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:

the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power.

A central element in the definition of English liberty?

the right to a trial by jury

What was the primary purpose of the proclamation of 1763

to bring stability to the colonial frontier

Which issue divided colonial governors appointed by the king and legislatures elected by colonists?

to deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors

in the eighteenth century how as freedom of the press viewed

Governments in both England and the colonies viewed it as dangerous

Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?

Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following is not a valid comparison of the eighteenth-century idea of "republicanism" and "liberalism"?

Each condemned private property as incompatible with freedom

What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?

European technology and material goods

The French and Indian War began because some of American colonists felt that:

France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company

The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:

George whitefield

Of colonists in British North America which grow was the wealthiest?

South Carolina rice planters

Which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?

Strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire

The Seven Years' War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) was fought between

The British and French

Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

The English government wanted Georgia to serve as a buffer between South Carolina and Spain's Florida

What did the British acquire from the Netherlands in the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713?

The right to transport slaves from Africa to Spain's new world colonies

Which was not part of "Republicanism"-the central element I the British ideology of Liberty-in the eighteenth century?

The view that Lockean liberalism was essential to the good society

what would be a good representation of enlightenment principles?

a botanist who studied nature to uncover why a certain plant keep dying.

John Locke's political philosophy stressed:

a contract system between the people and the government

What would be an example of John Locke's views on liberalism?

a person who has the right to choose what church he or she will attend

according to colonial society, who would be a good example of a person that demonstrated virtue

a planter who served on his or her town council

By whom would the proponents of the Great Awakening have felt most threatened?

a scientist studying the principles of botany

Which was not a feature of mercantilism

a system of laissez-faire

Who would southern colonists have seen as the best candidate for serving as the town's judge?

a wealthy planter

"Republicanism" in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of _______________________________________ as the essence of liberty

active participation in public life by property owning citizens

During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies

became more assertive

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the slave trade in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world

slightly more than half of the slaves from Africa were taken to mainland North America (what became the United States)

Revivalist preachers during the Great Awakening frequently:

criticized commercial society

John Pete Zenger's libel trial

helped promote the idea that the publication of the truth should be permitted

The French in North America:

included a significant number of Nova Scotians who relocated to southern Louisiana, creating the group known as Cajuns

What did English settlers in North America believe was the basis of liberty?

land

property qualifications for holding office

meant that the wealthy landowners wielded considerable powering colonial legislatures

During the 1700's voting in the colonies was restricted to

men who owned property

Which of the following was not a locker idea?

only virtuous people, those who devote themselves to public service, are capable of freedom

Deists shared the ideas of 18th century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that

science could uncover God's laws that the governed the natural order