apush book quiz 3
Which of the following changes occurred in white society in the Chesapeake colonies at the same time that slavery was being forced on Africans?
A more rigid class structure with a well-defined and highly visible economic and political elite began to emerge
The term Middle Passage refers to which of the following?
African slaves' perilous trans-Atlantic journey to the Americas
Where did the first colonists who settled South Carolina and introduced racial slavery in the 1660s come from?
Barbados
Which of the following statements characterizes life for slaves in the West Indies in the 1700s?
Because the price of slaves was low and the price of sugar was high, slave owners worked their slaves to death and then replaced them with new slaves
People from which of the following groups modeled themselves after the English aristocracy in the first half of the eighteenth century?
Chesapeake landowners
Which of the following statements characterizes the colonial shipbuilding industry during the early eighteenth century?
Colonial-built ships eventually made up about a third of the British merchant fleet
Which of the following was an outcome of the Navigation Acts in the mid-seventeenth century?
Colonists were required to export their sugar and tobacco only to England.
As part of its mercantilist policy in the late seventeenth century, England committed which of the following actions?
Drove the Dutch from New Netherland
Which of the following characterized tobacco, rice, and sugar production in eighteenth-century America?
Each drove the expansion of the slave trade for a time
The Navigation Acts of the mid-seventeenth century included which of the following stipulations?
European goods imported to the colonies had to go through English ports.
Which of the following combinations describes wealthy Chesapeake and Southern women in the first half of the eighteenth century?
Genteel and deferential
For which of the following reasons did Britain's King James II create the Dominion of New England in 1686?
He aimed to strengthen royal control of the American colonies
For which of the following reasons did the 1686 Dominion of New England anger American colonists?
It invalidated the Massachusetts Bay colony's original land titles
Why was the Covenant Chain between New York and the Iroquois people in the eighteenth century significant?
It served as a model for relations between the British Empire and other Native American groups.
Which of the following statements is true of the Quaker religion in the 1660s?
It taught that God imbued all men and women with an "inner light" of grace
The extent of violence perpetrated by whites against slaves in any particular geographic area depended on which of the following factors?
Its racial composition
Which of the following statements describes the dominant approach to settlement in North Carolina in its early years?
NOT The proprietors were successful in creating a manorial system and a large class of serf
Which of the following statements describes the change in English economic philosophy toward the colonies beginning in the 1650s?
No longer content with a favorable balance of trade with European countries, the English government controlled trade with the colonies.
Which of the following areas imported the smallest number of slaves in the early eighteenth century?
North America
Which American colony was established in the 1660s as a haven for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
Which of the following occurred in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
Plymouth, Maine, and Massachusetts Bay were joined to create a new royal colony
Which of the following explains why Chesapeake planters treated their slaves less harshly than West Indian planters in the eighteenth century?
Profits on sugar were considerably higher than those made through tobacco production
Which of the following was true of slavery in the American colonies in the eighteenth century?
Slaves created a sophisticated culture with extended kin relationships and traditions
For which of the following reasons did war break out between England and Spain in the late 1730s?
Spain was angry over the English settlement of Georgia
Which of the following statements characterizes the impact of the slave trade on Africa?
The slave trade hardened African class divisions and changed gender relations.
Which of the following describes the process of tribalization that occurred in America in the early eighteenth century?
Stateless peoples' adaptation to the demands imposed on them by neighboring states
Which of the following statements characterizes African states' involvement in the Atlantic slave trade?
The Asante kings used the profits of slave trading to expand their political dominion
What did the British policy of salutary neglect of the American colonies in the early eighteenth century mean?
The British relaxed their supervision of the colonies' internal affairs while concentrating on defense and trade policies.
Which of the following describes the character of Britain's empire in America before 1660?
The British ruled their American colonies in a haphazard and lax manner
Which of the following statements characterizes the impact of the War for Spanish Succession (1702-1713) in the American Southeast?
The Creek nation used the European war to expand its power into northern Florida and North Carolina
What spurred slaves to organize the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina in 1739?
The Spanish governor in Florida had promised freedom to fugitive slaves
Which of the following events provoked a major crisis for Puritans in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century?
The annulment of Massachusetts' charter
Which of the following describes the significance of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England and America?
The change represented a major step toward democracy in both England and the North American colonies.
Which of the following occurred as a consequence of the "tobacco revolution" in Virginia and Maryland in the late seventeenth century?
The creation of a slave-based plantation economy
The transatlantic slave trade resulted in which of the following outcomes in the eighteenth century?
The emergence of polygamous marriage in many African societies
During the period between 1676 and 1750, how did the Virginia gentry try to reduce social discontent?
The gentry urged even the smallest landholders to purchase slaves and thus support the slavery system.
Which of the following statements characterized the currency problems that plagued the American colonies in the early and mid-eighteenth century?
The lack of currency in the colonies led New England states to issue paper money, which English creditors increasingly refused to accept
How did South Carolina planters respond in the aftermath of the Stono Rebellion in 1739?
The planters decided to import fewer Africans
The Americans' major objection to the Navigation Acts related to which of the following stipulations?
The requirement that Americans maintain a favorable balance of trade with England
Which of the following was true for the Iroquois in New York during the period of imperial warfare in the early eighteenth century?
The tribe allied with France and Britain and declared their intention to remain neutral.
What method did Chesapeake planters use in the early eighteenth century to prevent slave revolts?
They bought slaves of different ethnic backgrounds to limit their ability to organize
Which of the following was true of the Restoration Colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Carolinas in the 1660s?
They were created by Charles II as he expanded English power in America
In the mid-1700s, how were the English colonies throughout the British Atlantic empire primarily linked?
Trade relationships promoted ties between the English colonies
Which of the following statements describes slaves' lives in the North American colonies in the eighteenth century?
Traditional musical instruments and forms persisted in most African American cultures
The Navigation Acts, implemented in the American colonies by Britain in the mid-seventeenth century, were originally intended to
cut the Dutch and French out of the colonial trade.
By the middle of the eighteenth century, Chesapeake planters displayed their dominance through
gentility
Which agricultural product served as the foundation for the South Atlantic System in the eighteenth century?
sugar
In Maryland, the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution was characterized by
the establishment of the Church of England as the official church
The British colonists in eighteenth-century North America enjoyed a significant degree of autonomy over their royal governors mainly due to
their control over governors' salaries
When the early eighteenth-century Anglo-French wars temporarily ended with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Britain had
won major territorial and commercial gains, including Newfoundland, Acadia, and the Hudson Bay region as well as access to the western Indian trade
