APUSH Chapter 5

As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the 18th century,

A momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country.

The most important economic enterprise in the American colonies was

Agriculture.

Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, they did produce which of the following?: rum, beaver hats, lumber, iron, all of the above.

All of the above.

The Great Awakening: undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies, split colonial churches into several competing denominations, led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges, was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people, all of the above.

All of the above.

By 1775, most governors of American colonies were

Appointed by the king.

The person most often called the "first civilized American" was

Benjamin Franklin.

By the mid-18th century, North American colonies shared all of the following similarities except: same degree of ethnic and religious toleration, basically English in language, Protestant in religion, opportunity for social mobility, complete democracy.

Complete democracy.

The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening

Delivered intensely emotional sermons.

All of the following are reasons the 13 Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence except: distinctive social structures, distinctive economic structures, distinctive political structures, distinctive racial structures, the appearance of a recognizably American way of life.

Distinctive racial structures.

When the Scots-Irish established a new community, one of the first tasks they undertook was to

Erect a church.

Colonial American taverns were all of the following except: frequented mainly by the lower class, another cradle of democracy, hotbeds of agitation for the Revolutionary movement, important in crystallizing public opinion, places providing amusements.

Frequented mainly by the lower class.

In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted

In New England.

When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to

Inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

Involved the trading of rum for African slaves.

The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer was significant because

It pointed the way to open public discussion.

Of the following, the least important economic activity of colonial Americans was: fishing, commerce, farming, manufacturing, slave trading.

Manufacturing.

The population of the 13 American colonies was

Perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon.

All of the following conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and thence to America except: the poor quality of farmland in Scotland, the spread of commercial farming, extremely high rent increase, persecution for their Catholic religion, paying taxes to support the Anglican church.

Persecution for their Catholic religion.

By the mid-1700's, the number of poor people in the American colonies

Remained tiny compared with the number in England.

One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was

Self-taxation through representation.

On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility decreased, partly because

Some merchants made huge profits as military suppliers.

The first American college free from determined control was

The University of Pennsylvania.

English officials tried to "establish" the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because

The church would act as a major prop for kingly authority.

The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was ______________, whereas _______________ was the least ethnically diverse.

The middle colonies, New England.

The most honored profession in early colonial society was

The ministry.

In colonial elections,

The right to vote was reserved for property holders.

American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain

To make money to buy what they wanted in Britain.

The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South

Were not distributed evenly among whites.