College History CH. 4

The eighteenth century was the height of the Atlantic slave trade, a commerce increasingly dominated by Spanish merchants and ships. True False

False

The phrase "freedom of speech" originated in colonial America. True False

False

The movement that sought to apply the scientific method of careful investigation based on research and experiment to politics and social life was called a. Romanticism. b. Emersonianism. c. the Enlightenment. d. the Great Awakening.

c. the Enlightenment.

The effect of the Enlightenment on religion resulted in a. a plethora of new Lutheran churches built in the Middle Colonies. b. a decreased interest in the natural world versus the religious realm. c. the adoption of Deism. d. a rejection of the teachings of Arminianism.

c. the adoption of Deism.

By the mid-eighteenth century, distinct slave systems were entrenched in the New World. The oldest and largest was the a. non-plantation slavery system. b. cotton-based plantation system. c. tobacco plantation system. d. rice-based plantation system.

c. tobacco plantation system.

During the eighteenth century, both Spain and France steadily lost interest in their North American empires. True False

False

An irony of the 1763 British victory in the Seven Years' War is that victory ultimately contributed to Britain's loss of its mainland American colonies, since, in seeking to pay for the Seven Years' War, the British government raised taxes on American colonists who protested taxation without representation. True False

True

Britons and colonists tended to regard themselves as the freest people in the world. True False

True

By the 1700s, the population of Spanish North America was small, consisting of a few isolated urban clusters in Florida, Texas, and New Mexico. True False

True

Eighteenth-century liberalism drew heavily upon the thinking of the philosopher John Locke. True False

True

The financial strains of the Seven Years' War would later help to spark the a. French Revolution. b. War of 1812. c. American Civil War. d. Mexican-American War.

a. French Revolution

While many white men in the colonies lacked the right to vote, they influenced public life through all of the following EXCEPT a. forming the American party to settle tax disputes with Britain. b. serving on juries. c. protesting the kidnapping of poor men for maritime service. d. protesting in the streets against what they considered oppressive authority.

a. forming the American party to settle tax disputes with Britain.

Following the Proclamation of 1763, a. its ordinances were ignored and officials covered up their involvement in land grabs. b. lands were opened for new colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. c. Indians were protected under the British government's rules and both parties sought to end border disputes. d. Indian lands could be purchased only by private individuals.

a. its ordinances were ignored and officials covered up their involvement in land grabs.

Under the liberalism idea, the "social contract" declared that a. men retain their natural rights, as they predated the establishment of political authority. b. men would not surrender a part of their right to govern themselves in order to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law. c. men were not to govern themselves as this was the role of the British government. d. the government formed a mutual agreement among all people, including women and non-property-owning men.

a. men retain their natural rights, as they predated the establishment of political authority.

The policy of leaving the colonists to govern themselves was called a. salutary neglect. b. colonialism. c. conventionalism. d. lassie faire.

a. salutary neglect

Approximately what percentage of slaves carried to the New World were destined for mainland North America? a. 15 percent b. 5 percent c. 10 percent d. 20 percent

b. 5 percent

The leading promoter of the Great Awakening was a. Junipero Serra. b. George Whitefield. c. Neolin. d. Benjamin Franklin.

b. George Whitefield.

In Jonathan Edwards's view, what was a sinner's only hope? a. joining the antinomian movement and challenging the antediluvian paradigm b. a "new birth" in which they became devout Christians c. advancing Deistic views in accordance with Lutheran theology d. pledging all their wealth to the one true church

b. a "new birth" in which they became devout Christians

The Albany Plan of Union a. focused on religious issues around the city of Albany, New York. b. was the attempt to create a council composed of delegates from each colony to levy taxes and settle domestic issues. c. was rejected by the British Parliament. d. was drafted by George Washington to create both a military and a governing body so that the colonies could govern themselves.

b. was the attempt to create a council composed of delegates from each colony to levy taxes and settle domestic issues.

In the eighteenth century, the British Constitution - the unwritten groundwork of British freedom - celebrated all except a. the right to live under laws to which one's representatives had consented. b. the right to a jury trial. c. the rule of law. d. the right for all men to vote.

d. the right for all men to vote.