APUSH Chapter 5

What proportion of the British merchant marine fleet was American built?

1/3

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

16

By the end of the 1700s, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?

90%

The South held about ____ percent of the slaves in the 13 colonies of North America

90%

match each denomination on the left with the religion where it predominated A. Congregationalist B. Anglican C. Presbyterian 1. the frontier 2. New England 3.the South

A-2, B-1, C-3

Match the following descriptions with the artist A. John Trumball B. Charles Willson C. Benjamin West D. John Singleton Copley 1. regarded as a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War 2. Best known for his portraits of George Washington, ran a museum, stuffed birds, and practiced dentistry from Connecticut 3. discouraged by his father as a youth, "Connecticut is not Athens" 4. close friend of George III and official court painter, was buried in London's St. Paul's Cathedral

A-3, B-2, C-3, D-1

By 1775, the ____ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America

Africans

The Great Awakening:

All of these

Although manufacturing in the colonies was only secondary importance, the colonies did produce which of the following?

All of these (rum, beaver hats, lumber, iron)

By 1775, which of the following communities could NOT be considered a city in colonial America?

Baltimore

The person most often called the "first civilized American" was

Benjamin Franklin

How did British authorities respond to efforts by colonial legislatures to restrict or halt the importation of slaves?

British leaders vetoed such efforts

Identify the statement that is false: - In 1700, the Atlantic Seaboard colonies contained fewer than 300,00 inhabitants - In 1700, only about 20,000 inhabitants were black - By 1775, the Atlantic seaboard colonies contained about 2.5 million inhabitants - By 1775, the black population rose to over 1 million - White immigrants in 1775 made up about 400,000 of the inhabitants

By 1775, the black population rose to over 1 million

In 1775, the ____ churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in particular colonies in America

Congregational and Anglican

Which of the following was NOT considered to be a colonial naval store? A) Tar B)Pitch C) Rosin D) Turpentine E) Glass

Glass

An armed march in Philadelphia in 1764 by Scots-Irish colonial immigrants, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians was known as

March of the Paxton Boys

Identify the statement that is false

Most of the early African immigrants gained their freedom

By the 18th century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on ____, the Chesapeake colonies relied on____, and the southern colonies relied on ___.

New England- fishing, lumber and commerce Middle colonies- tobacco Southern Colonies- rice and indigo

In North Carolina, spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, a small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affairs was known for:

Regulator Movement

In 1760, fearful of heavy concentrations of resentful slaves, which colonial legislature unsuccessfully sought to pass legislation that would halt the further importation of slaves?

South Carolina

The first American college free from denominational control was:

The University of Pennsylvania

Identify the false statement: - The population of the 13 colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least mixed to be found anywhere else in the world -The South, holding about 90% of the slaves displayed its historic black-and-white racial composition - New England, mostly migrants, showed the least ethnic diversity - The Middle Colonies received the bulk of the later white immigrants and boasted the most variety of peoples - In 1775, outside of New England, about 1/2 of the population was non-English

The population of the 13 colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least mixed to be found anywhere else in the world

Identify the statement that is false

The triangular trade route was enormously profitable and made up of most of the colonial commerce

All of the following are reasons the 13 Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence from Great Britain except:

a declining population of the 13 Atlantic seaboard colonies

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 colonies and the mother country.

American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain

because they needed markets besides Great Britain to sell their surplus goods and correct the colonies' adverse trade imbalance with Britain

The leading industry in the American colonies was

agriculture

What was created by the mid-1700s that helped connect the Atlantic seaboard colonies of Great Britain to each other in a more cohesive manner?

an intercolonial postal system

All of the following are true conditions of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South except

as the slave population began to rise, the development of distinctive African American family life became impossible

With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists

cherished no love for the British or any other government

Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because

colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governor's salaries

Which of the following were considered most promising avenues to acquiring wealth in the American colonies?

commercial ventures and land speculation

The New Light preachers of the Great Awakening

delivered intensely emotional sermons

On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility in the colonies decreased for all of the following reasons

earlier wars made the Northern merchants rich and created a class of widows and orphans, -the supply of unclaimed land in New England began to diminish, -farmers' sons and daughters were forced to hire out as wage laborers, -the gap between owners of large Southern plantations and small farmers widened

To Puritans, education was essential for:

enforcing Christian laws and customs

The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded education as all of the following except

essential training for citizenship

Colonial American taverns were all of the following except: -frequented mainly by the lower class - another cradle of democracy -hotbeds for agitation for the Revolutionary movement -important in crystalizing public opinion - places providing amusements

frequented mainly by the lower class

By the mid 18th century, the overwhelming majority of North American colonies shared all of the following similarities except:

full democratic participation by all colonists in political affairs, regardless of social and economic class

One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the

growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain

In contrast to the 17th century, by 1775, colonial Americans

had become more stratified into social class

The slave culture that developed in America

included distinctive cultural contributions of native-born African Americans

The religious doctrine of the Arminians held that

individual free will determined a person's eternal fate

All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except: -lightning rod -influential poetry -bifocal glasses -a highly effective stove -author of Poor Richard's Almanack

influential poetry

The Molasses Act of 1733 was intended to

inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies

Colonial immigrants laid the foundations for new multicultural American national identity by

intermarrying with people from other ethnic groups

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

involved the trading of rum for African slaves

All of the following can be said about slave culture in the colonies except

it emerged from efforts by slave traders to suppress African speech, religion, and traditions

The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because

it facilitated freedom of the press and a more robust public discussion of political affairs in the colonies.

All of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in the early colonial America except:

lack of subjects to paint

By the early 18th century, religion in colonial America was

less fervid than when the colonies where established

The most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the 18th century was

lumbering

The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early 18th century was because

parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate

The population of the thirteen American colonies were

perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon

One of the least honored and most haphazard professions in colonial society was

physician

The Scots-Irish can best be described as

pugnacious, lawless, and indivudualistic

One feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was there:

rapidly growing populations

Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on

religion

One political principle that colonial America came to cherish above most was

self-taxation through representation

Transportation in colonial America was

slow by any of the means available

As the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers in general

supported the revolutionary cause

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 royal authority

The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was ___, whereas ____ was the least ethnically diverse.

the middle colonies, New England

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

In colonial election

the right to vote was reserved for white male property holders

Slave Christianity emphasized all of the following in their faith except

they should be humble and obedient

All of the following characterized "old light" clergymen except:

they were proponents of utilizing emotionalism and theatrics in religious preaching

All of the following are true statements about the colonial newspapers on the eve of revolution except:

they were typically published twice a week

By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies

was about 1/3 of the population

Art and culture in colonial America

was generally undistinguished and unsupported by colonial patrons

The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South

were not distributed evenly among whites