american studies chapter four test
Which British Secretary of State directed the country's war effort from 1757 to 1761?
William Pitt
Who put forth the Albany Plan of Union?
Prominent colonists, Benjamin Franklin
A 1691 royal charter granted "liberty of Conscience" to
Protestants
Thinkers during the Age of Enlightenment stressed
Scientific laws & human reasoning, not natural phenomenon
The French and Indian War:
Seven Years War
In the early eighteenth century, this group controlled California and Texas.
Spain
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia was originally chartered as
The College of Philadelphia
The Seven Years' War in Europe was known in the American colonies as:
The French and Indian War
The Halfway Covenant allowed whom to be baptized?
The Halfway Covenant allowed whom to be baptized?
What was one of the political legacies of the Great Awakening?
an emphasis on individual choice
Colonial manufacturing took place primarily in
artsians workshops
English merchants _____________ credit to colonists
extended
During the first half of the eighteenth century, England's holdings in America:
grew
Spanish traders were officially prohibited from giving ____ to Indians.
guns
Literacy rates among eighteenth-century colonists were
high
The Bill of Rights passed by the British Parliament in 1689 declared:
illegal certain acts enacted by James II, which were deemed unfit for the new constitution.
Other than rice, what was South Carolina's most important crop
indigo
List all the colonies that established the Puritan religion as the official religion
All of New England except Rhode Island
George Whitefield belonged to the clergy of which religion?
Anglican church
In the 1755s, the most advanced economic power in Europe was
British
Which region was the predominant exporter of tobacco
Chesapeake
Which region's population had the highest proportion of English settlers in 1765?
Chesapeake
Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior (rules for being a colonial gentleman made by George Washington)
Courtesy books
Martha Washington's last name prior to marrying George was
Custis
An example of an Enlightenment thinker popular among colonists is
John Locke
Maine was originally part of which colony?
Massachusetts
George Washington's family plantation was located in
Mount Vernon
Which colonial region dominated transatlantic shipping
New England
Which region was the predominant exporter of fish
New England
By 1775, the largest British provincial town was
Philadelphia
When colonists settled Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley, they displaced:
Delaware Indians
King James created this out of eight previously separate colonies stretching from Maine to New Jersey.
Dominion of England
The Navigation Act of 1651 required that all
trade carried out in the English empire must be conducted in English ships
A funded debt is a debt...
whose interest is paid only
The year in which the event happened? James II becomes king of England
1685
The year in which the event happened? Glorious Revolution
1688
The year in which the event happened? Queen Anne's War
1702-1713
The year in which the event happened? Great Awakening begins
1739
The year in which the event happened? King George's War
1744-1748
In the Grand Settlement of 1701, the Iroquois pledged neutrality with respect to England and:
France
Which of the following wars brought the most decisive gains for Britain?
French and Indian war
Which British general led an attack against Fort Duquesne?
George Washington
King George's War was known as _______________________________in Europe.
War of the Austrian Succession
Which region was the predominant exporter of sugar
West Indies
In the 1763 Treaty of Paris, France retained:
West Indies sugar islands
Who succeeded Charles II to the English throne?
William and Mary
The eighteenth-century Governor's Palace of Virginia was located in
Williamsburg
Once an apprentice completed his training, he became a
journeyman
England's economic system between 1651 and 1733 could best be described as
mercantilism
Eighteenth-century America imported ____________ English manufactured goods than it did previously
more
Governors exercised ______ power over colonial assemblies than the King did over Parliament.
more
In the eighteenth century, the English government took _________ direct interest in colonial affairs
more
Landholding in America was _________ than in England.
more whitespread
The Great Awakening referred to a renewed interest in
religion
Merchants brought sugar by-products back to New England to be distilled into
rum
Which product was the most important colonial export
sugar
Colonists who could read were most likely to read
the bible
By the middle of the eighteenth century, nearly one-half of New England exports went to
the islands
When a combination of poor harvests and warfare in Europe created demand, many colonial farmers diversified by producing this crop
wheat
During the eighteenth century, the gap between the rich and poor in the colonies
widened
