US History chapter 4

The first slave uprising of the eighteenth century, which occurred in ___________, included houses burned and the deaths of nine whites.

New York

"Deism" was a religious adaptation of Enlightenment thought in both Europe and colonial America.

True

According to the English minister George Whitefield, people were not predestined for damnation and could participate in their own salvation through the confession of sin.

True

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

True

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

True

Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821.

True

Most African rulers took part in the Atlantic slave trade.

True

Slaves who seldom interacted with whites, as on rice plantations, enjoyed more autonomy than elsewhere in the colonies.

True

In the mid-eighteenth century, approximately what percentage of people living in New York City were African-Americans held as slaves?

20 percent

Almost all African slaves in the eighteenth century came from the same African tribe.

False

During the Great Awakening, most preachers explicitly condemned slavery.

False

Since mosquitoes bearing malaria flourished in the New World, slaves were particularly susceptible since they had not developed immunity to the disease.

False

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

False

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

False

Which two colonies became very similar over time regarding slavery?

Georgia and South Carolina

Olaudah Equiano was

a slave who purchased his freedom.

Under the ____ system, individual slaves were able to cultivate crops of their own after their daily jobs.

task

The agreement that ended the Seven Years' War was called

the Peace of Paris.

The effect of the Enlightenment on religion resulted in

the adoption of the concept of Deism.

The Great Awakening occurred because many ministers were concerned with

westward expansion