Chapter 4 Am Hist Quiz

This country relied on Native American allies to secure their claims to North American territories.

France

Those who had been converted in religious revivals were called ____________.

New Lights

This British man was responsible for directing the war from 1757 to 1761:

Pitt

Which of the following required products from Europe and Asia to be landed in England before being shipped to the colonies?

The staple act

As a result of Britain's loss at Fort Dunquesne ____________.

They installed a new commander and sent fresh troops.

Between 1730 and 1770, the region known as the ______________ was settled by primarily German, Scots-Irish, and English settlers.

backcountry

Indians in the colonies were ______________ purchasers of imported English goods.

discerning

The chapel of San Antonio de Valero eventually was known as ________________.

the Alamo

Colonists who could read were most likely to read ________________.

the Bible

Engalnd's economic system between 1650 and 1733 could best be described as _______________.

mercantilist

Governors exercised ______________ power over colonial assemblies than the King did over Parliament.

more

The war we call King George's War is known by this name in Europe:

the War of the Austrian Succession

Which of the following was a sign of wealth and gentility in the colonies in the eighteenth century?

the ability to read

The Halfway Covenant allowed whom to be baptized?

the children of those who had been baptized but had not experienced conversion

Which of the following motivated British imperial trade regulations?

the goal of achieving a favorable balance of trade across the empire.

The Navigation Act of 1651 required that all ___________________.

trade be carried out in the English empire had to be conducted in English ships.

Which of the following was instituted to help address poverty among the white colonies?

workhouses

In the eighteenth century, nearly ______________ percent of colonial tobacco was re-exported to continental Europe.

90

Of the following, the man who made the greatest scientific contributions was __________________.

Benjamin Franklin

This was the major reason for King George's War:

British attempts to poach Spanish trade in the Caribbean

Who did King James put in power to govern the Dominion of New England?

Edmund Andros

In the 1700s, the most advanced economy in Europe was ______________.

England

Most manufactured goods consumed by colonists were produced in ______________.

England

William of Orange took over the throne of England after the _____________________.

Glorious Revolution

Most Congregationalist ministers were trained at ____________________.

Harvard University

What was the name of the body formed in 1675 to oversea colonial affairs?

Lords of Trade

Maine was originally part of which colony?

Massachusetts

This empire declined in influence during the eighteenth century.

Spanish

During the first half of the eighteenth century, Britain's holdings in America _____________.

grew

Literacy rates among eighteenth century colonists were _______________.

high relative to the rest of the world

Because of growing wartime government debt, England _________________.

increased taxes

Which of the following was an enumerated product?

indigo