Unit 3- History

Which of the following best describes the religion practiced by most African slaves?

A blend of African religions with Christianity and Judaism

What did not cause the rise of an entrepreneurial merchant class in colonial America?

A concerted effort by Parliament to foster such a class

Though it continued well into the eighteenth century, use of indentured labor in the colonies began to decline in the 1670s because of which of the following factors?

A decrease in English birth rate An increase in English prosperity

Which of the following are effects of the failed promises of the indentured labor system in the Chesapeake?

A large, rootless population of young single men became a source of social unrest. Many former servants found themselves without land, jobs, or prospects

Which of the following statements about female indentured servants in the colonies are correct?

About one-quarter of the indentured servants in the Chesapeake were women. Female indentured servants typically worked as domestic servants. A female indentured servant could reasonably expect to marry when her term ended.

In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was usually limited to

Adult males who were church members

Match the place with its role in the triangular trade: Africa: West Indies: North America: Europe:

Africa: importer of agricultural goods and exporter of slaves importer of slaves and exporter of agricultural products importer of manufactured goods and exporter of agricultural products] importer of agricultural goods and exporter of manufactured goods

Which statement about Cotton Mather and his smallpox inoculation efforts is not correct?

By supporting inoculation, Mather signified his disbelief in the idea of disease as a punishment for sin.

Match the eighteenth-century religious group with its description.

Church of England: The official faith in many colonies Puritians- had growing tendency for different congregations to affiliate with different denominations Dutch Reform- A calvinist denomination represented in parts of NY and NJ Americans Baptists- A variety of sects united by belief in total immersion for mature believers.

In the 1760s, the revolutionary crisis in English North America began in cities because

Cities were the centres of intellectual information

Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?

Colonial slvae codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts

Which of the following statements about education for African Americans in colonial times are accurate?

Colonial society instituted social sanctions to discourage any type of education for African Americans. African Americans had virtually no access to education.

Among the secular institutions of higher learning in colonial America was King's College, later renamed

Columbia

By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because

Declining birth rate in England

As a leading figure of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards preached

Deeply traditional Puritian ideas

The practice of medicine in the seventeenth century was

Derived from the theory of "humoralism"

The Iron Act of 1750 is an example of

English parliamentary regulations that restricted American industrial growth.

Which statement about the turning point in North American slavery during the mid-1690s is not correct?

English slavers recognised the economic benefits of slavery after extensive study

The ________ was an eighteenth-century movement that celebrated human reason and scientific inquiry.

Enlightenment

Causes of population increase in seventeenth-century English North America include which of the following?

European immigration natural increase among the English African slaves

Which of the following best explain why New England experienced a high rate of natural population increase in the 1600s?

Extremely high birth rates Exceptional longevity

True or false: By definition, plantations are vast estates owned by aristocrats.

F

True or false: Northern colonies were as dominated by agriculture as those of the South.

F

What is not one of the basic teachings of the Enlightenment?

Faith is essential and miracles are real

True or false: The society that formed in colonial America was completely devoid of social distinctions.

False

True or false: Unlike the European nations from which American settlers arrived, most colonial societies were religiously intolerant.

False

Which statement about men and women in the Chesapeake is not correct?

Few women outlived their husbands

Which of the following were obstacles to the development of colonial commerce?

Fierce competition among commercial companies no way to find out about the supply and demand for goods lack of a reliable currency

The first major American religious revival, the _________ ________ , occurred in the 1730s and 1740s.

Great Awakening

Which statement about Jonathan Edwards is not correct?

He opposed attempts to combat disease, which he considered God's punishment for sin.

The earliest of the continental Europeans to immigrate to the English colonies of North America were the French Calvinists, or

Huguenots

At least three-quarters of the immigrants to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century were

Indentured servants

The growth of consumerism in the American colonies during the eighteenth century was part of a larger

Industrial revolution

Which of the following statements about the Stono Rebellion are accurate?

It was crushed, and most of its participants were executed. It resulted in the death of several whites. It was the most serious slave revolt of the colonial period.

Which statement about the Enlightenment is not correct?

It was opposed to Christianity

Powerful Great Awakening evangelists included which of the following?

Jonathan Edwards Charles Wesley George Whitefield

Which statement about education in colonial America is not correct?

Large numbers of children received an education beyond the primary level

Which of the following luxuries became a virtual necessity in the emerging consumer environment of colonial America?

Manufactured cutlery tea household linens

Catholics suffered the worst persecution in

Maryland

Which statement about the Puritan foundations of New England town politics is not correct?

Members of the "elect" in New England were those who experienced salvation and were elected to office.

Between 1650 and 1775, the sex ratio of the white settlers in North America gradually improved because of which of the following?

More women chose to immigrate Birth rates rose

Which of the following statements about industrial progress in the colonies during the eighteenth century is accurate?

Most Americans were too poor or isolated to take advantage of new technology. Industries took advantage of North America's natural resources.

Life expectancy in the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century was

Much lower than the rest of the colonies

Which two colonial American ports had populations larger than most English urban centers?

NY and PA

After completing their terms of service, male indentured servants experienced which of the following?

Often did not receive what they had been promised they found themselves unprepared and ill equipped for independence

German immigrants to the New World in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were most likely to settle in

PA

Beginning in the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of

Piety

The most well-known almanac of colonial times was __________ ___________ Almanac, published by Benjamin Franklin

Poor Richards's

Which of the following most accurately describes the plantation economy?

Precarious

The focus of the Great Awakening was ______, while the focus of the Enlightenment was ______.

Religious faith; reason

Of the six colleges in operation by 1763, all but two were established by

Religious groups

Which of the following refers to an instance of widespread hysteria in the 1680s regarding satanic influences in New England?

Salem witchcraft trials

The clearest indication of the influence of the Enlightenment on colonial America was the increasing interest in ______ knowledge.

Scientific

Which of the following are characteristics of the partial-inheritance system in New England?

Sons were more dependent on their father's good favor

The most common form of resistance by enslaved Africans was

Subtle acts of defiance

Colonial agriculture in the northern colonies was more diversified than in the southern colonies.

T

T or F: An unmarried colonial woman could enter into a contract on her own, but she lost that legal right upon marriage.

T

True or false: The term "triangular trade" is inaccurate because the "triangle" had more than three points.

T

Which of the following statements about accusations of witchcraft in New England in the late seventeenth century are accurate?

The accusations were not unique to Salem. Most accused "witches" were women who had broken the expected Puritan social mold. The accusations were a reflection of the religious character of New England society

Why did planters switch from indentured to slave labor in the Chesapeake?

The flow of indentures into America declined with improved economic conditions in England. Former indentures were a source of social unrest. African slaves were a more dependable and controllable form of labor

For Africans bound for slave markets in the Americas, the "middle passage" was

The journey to the New World

Which of the following best accounts for the smaller slave population in the eighteenth-century North?

The lack of plantation based economy

Which statement regarding birth and mortality rates in the Chesapeake during the 1600s is not correct?

The population declined due to high mortality, low birth rate, and low life expectancy

When the Revolutionary crisis began to build in the 1760s and 1770s, it originated in the cities, because cities were

The renters of intellectual and discussions

Which statement about provincial governors is correct?

Their influence was limited

Which statement about midwives in colonial America is not correct?

Their profession ceased to exist, due to the efforts of professional physicians.

What was the state of commerce in colonial America?

There was relatively little industry in America in the 18th century

Which of the following did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening have in common?

They helped undermine the power of traditional authority.

How did the sex ratio affect colonial women's lives?

They rarely remained unmarried. Their lives were consumed by childbearing.

Which of the following is true about the aristocracies that emerged in colonial America?

They tend to rely on the control of substantial workforce

During the middle passage, Africans could expect which of the following?

To be given little food or water To be chained

True or false: The mid-eighteenth-century colonial merchant class took advantage of protections from foreign competition under the British Navigation Acts while also illegally developing markets outside the British Empire.

True

Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women

Were more likely to have their family remain intact

Agricultural areas in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Connecticut River valley supplied much of the colonies'

Wheat

South Carolina and Georgia became dependent on slave labor for which two of the following reasons?

White workers refused to perform rice cultivation. Many Africans were experts in rice cultivation and harvesting.

The Great Awakening appealed most to which group?

Women

Which best describes life expectancy and marriage in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake?

Women t3ended to outlive their husbands because they marrieds at a younger age

The flow of immigrants from England to the American colonies declined in the early eighteenth century because of

a better economic conditions in England

Slaves first became generally available in North America when

a commerce in slaves between southern colonies and the Caribbean developed

When did the demand for slave labor in North America begin?

almost from the very beginning of settlement

Which of the following are reasons why colonial assemblies formed?

because royal government was so far away to run the political affairs of local communities

To facilitate the new consumer appetites, merchants and traders did which of the following?

began advertising their goods in newspapers sent agents out into the countryside to visit wealthy landowners

When balancing the four "humors," male physicians mostly practiced

bleeding

In colonial New England, "selectmen" were

church members who ran the town's affairs

The growth of eighteenth-century consumerism was partly the result of the increasing division of colonial societies by

class

New England towns were typically built around a ______, or central pasture.

common

Upon a husband's death, wives in the colonies

could inherit and hold property

Each new settlement in colonial New England drew up a ______ to formalize settlers' commitment to unity and harmony.

covenant

The Great Awakening occurred as a result of concerns over

declining piety

A balanced sex ratio was important in the colonies because

growth in the number of women led to growth in the number of families and births

When did African slaves perform traditional religious practices?

in secret

Which of the following are reasons the American colonies did not experience the explosive industrial growth that Great Britain did in the eighteenth century?

inadequate labor supply unreliable energy supplies a small domestic market

Which of the following statements about colonial commerce is most accurate?

it survived and grew despite lacking the basic institutions of trade

Which of the following is true about the practice of medicine during the seventeenth century?

it was relatively easy to practice medicine, even without professional training

Most of the early English settlers in the North American colonies were

labores

Upon arrival in the New World, most African slaves

landed in the Caribbean, Brazil, or territories of the Spanish Empire

In the early seventeenth century, Enlightenment ideas in America were

largely borrowed from Europe

Americans who responded to the Great Awakening were moved by the belief that everyone had the potential to

make a break with the past and start a new life.

During colonial times, a relatively large number of women entered the medical profession as

midwives

Which of the following factors made life in New England more stable than life in the Chesapeake?

more balanced sex ratio more immigrants that arrived with family members more intact families

As compared to British society, in America there was

more opportunity for social mobility.

By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America?

more than half

For the most part, seventeenth-century colonial plantations were

relatively small and unsophisticated

To pay for goods, colonial merchants

relied on barter or money substitutes

To adapt to the challenges of life in the colonies, Americans quickly adopted an attitude of

religious tolerance

What was the most important source of population increase in New England after the 1650s?

reproduction

The increased demand for slaves in the Chesapeake in the eighteenth century was the mainly the result of the

rising demand for tobacco in the colonies and Europe.

In the early eighteenth century, colonial legislative assemblies began passing so-called ______, which limited the rights of blacks.

slaves codes

The __________ Rebellion in 1739 was the largest colonial slave revolt.

stono

Seventeenth-century southern plantations

tended to be rough and relatively small

Concerns over ______ motivated the development of a rigid system of slavery in the early eighteenth century.

the availability of labor

Which of the following accurately reflect the term "triangular trade"?

the commercial relationships that linked Africa, the West Indies, America, and Europe the network of imports and exports that spanned the Atlantic world

Slaves were most likely to develop a society and culture of their own when

they lived in larger communities.

The characteristic social unit of colonial New England was the

town

Family life in New England was much more ______ than in the Chesapeake.

traditional stable

Which of the following difficulties were unique to female slaves?

unwanted sexual advances from white planters and overseers raising mulatto children whose white fathers refused to acknowledge them

Almanacs were most famously used for their

weather predictions