Chapter 04 (Exam 1)

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The view that reason alone was capable of establishing the essentials of religion, and that outdated superstitions included belief in the revealed truth of the Bible and miracles was called

Arminianism.

As race was a line of social division, whites' distrust of free blacks in Chesapeake increased. As a result, all of the following were rules regarding free blacks EXCEPT

Blacks could not carry paper money.

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

False

By the middle of the eighteenth century, most elections were fiercely contested throughout the American colonies.

False

During the Great Awakening, most preachers explicitly condemned slavery.

False

Indians who lived in the Catholic missions established by Father Junipero Serra in California generally lived happy, healthy, free, and long lives.

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 Seven Years' War was also known in the colonies as Queen Anne's War.

False

The exchange of goods among Spanish colonists, French colonists, and Indians in North America was known as the "triangular trade."

False

The trial of John Peter Zenger involved the issue of

Freedom of the press

Regarding slavery, which of the following statements is NOT true?

The Middle Colonies needed many slaves because large farms predominated.

A few African societies were able to opt out of the Atlantic slave trade.

True

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

As a consequence of British victory in the Seven Years' War, Britain not only won control of Canada but also gained control of India.

True

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

True

England and Scotland were united in 1707 by the Act of Union to create Great Britain.

True

In the Ohio Valley (the "middle ground"), the Iroquois were known for their ability to play the French and British empires against each other.

True

Newspaperman John Peter Zenger printed several issues targeting the governor of New York for corruption. He was found not guilty as his accusations were found to be true.

True

While many white men in the colonies lacked the right to vote, they influenced public life through all of the following EXCEPT

forming the American party to settle tax disputes with Britain.

The Great Awakening occurred as many ministers were concerned with

westward expansion.


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