APUSH Chapter 5
The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was
16
The person most often called the "first civilized American"
Benjamin Franklin
When several colonial legislatures attempted to restrict or halt the importation of slaves
British authorities vetoed such efforts
During the colonial era these people created new societies out of diverse ethnic groups
English, Africans, Indians, and French
American colonists sought trade with countries other than
Great Britain to make money to buy what they wanted in Britain
The Congregational Church was a tax supported church in
New England
By 1775, the following communists could be considered full cities in colonial America
New York, Charlestown, Philadelphia, and Boston
As the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers in general supported the
Revolutionary cause
All contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America
Simplicity of pioneering life, lack of subjects to paint, lack of patrons who could afford the expensive art and lack of art schools in America
All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin
The lightning rod, bifocal, glasses, highly efficient stove, author of Poor Richard's Almanac
The Scots-Irish found their protestant religion to be
a bond that held them together
One of the surest avenues to speedy wealth in American colonies was
a commercial venture
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 religious doctrine of the Armenians held that individual free will determined
a person's eternal fate
Jonathan Edwards
a powerful theologian in New England who began the Great Awakening
When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the
act to inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies
The leading industry in the American colonies as a whole was
agriculture
Colonial American taverns were considered to be
another cradle of democracy, hotbeds of agitation for Revolutionary movement, important in crystallizing public opinion, and places providing amusements
By the mid 18th century, North American colonies shared all of the following similarities
basically English in language, protestant in religion, opportunity for social mobility, and same degree of ethnic and religious toleration
Middle colonies relied on
cattle and grain
On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility
decreased partly because some merchants made huge profits as military suppliers
Reasons 13 colonies sought independence
distinctive social, economic and political structures, and the appearance of a recognizably American way of life
The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South were not
distributed evenly among whites
The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded
education as reserved for the aristocratic few
When the Scots-Irish established a new community one of the first tasks they undertook was to
erect a church
In 1775 the Congregational and Anglican churches were the only two
established (tax supported) churches in colonial America
Benjamin Franklin
famous scientist form Pennsylvania
When the Scots-Irish can best be described as
fiercely independent
Manufacturing was a secondary economy activity of colonial America compared to
fishing, commerce farming and slave trade
New England colonies relied on
fishing, lumber and commerce
One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was
growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain
Culture in colonial America was generally
ignored and unappreciated
The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening delivered
intensely emotional sermons
The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, was significant because
it pointed the way to open public discussion
Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because
legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors' salaries
With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists cherished no
love for the British or any other government
The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the 18th century was
lumbering
The least honored profession in early colonial society was
medicine
The most ethically diverse region of colonial America was the ________________ whereas _________________ was the least ethnically diverse
middle colonies, New England
In colonial America, education was
most zealously promoted in New England
Tar, pitch, rosin and turpentine were considered to be a
naval store
By 1775, the Africans were the largest
non-English ethic group in colonial America
All of these conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and then to America
poor quality of farming in Scotland, spread of commercial farming, high rent increase, paying taxes to support Anglican church, Scots-Irish were protestant
Puritans believed in Calvinism which held that all persons were
predestined for heaven or hell
In colonial elections, the right to vote was reserved for
property holders
Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
religion
The population of the thirteen American colonies was perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it
remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon
Other Southern colonies relied on
rice and indigo
Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, they did produce
rum, beaver hats, lumber and iron
By the end of the 1700's, 90% of the people were living in
rural areas of colonial America
One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others
self-taxation through representation
Phillis Wheatley
slave girl who was brought to Boston at 18 without a formal education, she was taken to England at 20, she published a book of poetry
Transportation in colonial America was
slow by any means available
In contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775 colonial Americans had become more
stratified into social classes and had less social mobility
The Anglican Church was a tax supported church in
the Southern Colonies
The first American college free from determined control was
the University of Pennsylvania, founded by Benjamin Franklin
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 Presbyterian Church was popular on
the frontier especially with the Scots-Irish
By 1775, most governors of American colonies were appointed by
the king
The most honored profession in early colonial society was
the ministry
The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to
the natural fertility of all Americans
One feature common to al of the eventually rebellious colonies
their rapidly growing population
By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in American colonies remained
tiny compared with the number in England
Chesapeake colonies relied on
tobacco
The triangular trade of colonial American shipping industry involved
trading of rum for African slaves, trading slaves for sugar can in West Indies and trading sugar can for rum in New England
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
By the early 18th century, religion in colonial America was less fervid than
when the colonies were established