Chapter 4 Am Hist Quiz
This country relied on Native American allies to secure their claims to North American territories.
France
Those who had been converted in religious revivals were called ____________.
New Lights
This British man was responsible for directing the war from 1757 to 1761:
Pitt
Which of the following required products from Europe and Asia to be landed in England before being shipped to the colonies?
The staple act
As a result of Britain's loss at Fort Dunquesne ____________.
They installed a new commander and sent fresh troops.
Between 1730 and 1770, the region known as the ______________ was settled by primarily German, Scots-Irish, and English settlers.
backcountry
Indians in the colonies were ______________ purchasers of imported English goods.
discerning
The chapel of San Antonio de Valero eventually was known as ________________.
the Alamo
Colonists who could read were most likely to read ________________.
the Bible
Engalnd's economic system between 1650 and 1733 could best be described as _______________.
mercantilist
Governors exercised ______________ power over colonial assemblies than the King did over Parliament.
more
The war we call King George's War is known by this name in Europe:
the War of the Austrian Succession
Which of the following was a sign of wealth and gentility in the colonies in the eighteenth century?
the ability to read
The Halfway Covenant allowed whom to be baptized?
the children of those who had been baptized but had not experienced conversion
Which of the following motivated British imperial trade regulations?
the goal of achieving a favorable balance of trade across the empire.
The Navigation Act of 1651 required that all ___________________.
trade be carried out in the English empire had to be conducted in English ships.
Which of the following was instituted to help address poverty among the white colonies?
workhouses
In the eighteenth century, nearly ______________ percent of colonial tobacco was re-exported to continental Europe.
90
Of the following, the man who made the greatest scientific contributions was __________________.
Benjamin Franklin
This was the major reason for King George's War:
British attempts to poach Spanish trade in the Caribbean
Who did King James put in power to govern the Dominion of New England?
Edmund Andros
In the 1700s, the most advanced economy in Europe was ______________.
England
Most manufactured goods consumed by colonists were produced in ______________.
England
William of Orange took over the throne of England after the _____________________.
Glorious Revolution
Most Congregationalist ministers were trained at ____________________.
Harvard University
What was the name of the body formed in 1675 to oversea colonial affairs?
Lords of Trade
Maine was originally part of which colony?
Massachusetts
This empire declined in influence during the eighteenth century.
Spanish
During the first half of the eighteenth century, Britain's holdings in America _____________.
grew
Literacy rates among eighteenth century colonists were _______________.
high relative to the rest of the world
Because of growing wartime government debt, England _________________.
increased taxes
Which of the following was an enumerated product?
indigo
