History 101 Ivy Tech Ch. 4-7
Who among the following was NOT a strong Federalist?
Jefferson
In the 1780s, a Native American leader who resisted white expansion was
Little Turtle
Which of the following statements concerning immigrants to colonial America during the first half of the eighteenth century is correct?
Most German speaking immigrants settles in Pennsylvania
Iroquois in New York dealt with missionaries known as
Quakers
A shipboard mortality rate of 15 percent in the colonial era made it the most unhealthiest of all times to seek American shores.
True
Approximately 250,000 men fought for the American side during the Revolution.
True
Colonial women played a vital role in the movement toward revolution.
True
Human travel was the only means of mass communication across space in the early American Republic.
True
In the 1790s, the United States experienced a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.
True
In the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States agreed to a western boundary at the Mississippi River.
True
It was noted as early as the 1750s that the gap in population between England and her colonies was closing rapidly.
True
Methodists and Baptists were particularly energized by the Second Great Awakening.
True
The American Revolution lasted for eight years, longer than any other of America's wars until Vietnam nearly 200 years later.
True
The Seven Years' War proved to be one of the most significant wars fought in the New World.
True
The era from 1689 to 1763 was one of chronic warfare in both Europe and North America.
True
The medical treatment soldiers received
did little good and often did harm.
Britain lost the Revolutionary War because it
failed to capitalize sufficiently on its advantages.
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington repeatedly criticized the Continental Congress for
failing to support the army.
Which of the following provisions was NOT a part of George Grenville's program to raise colonial revenue?
increased taxes on imported French molasses
Colonial merchants of the early eighteenth century
integrated American producers and consumers in the Atlantic basin trading system
In 1733 Parliament attempted to stop trading with the French West Indies for which product?
molasses
The British Proclamation of 1763
ordered colonial governors to reserve lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native American nations.
Perhaps the most immediately effective protest against the Stamp Act was the
organization of mob riots by the Sons of Liberty.
As a result of the Townshend Acts of 1767, Parliament
raised customs duties on American imports of paper, lead, paint, and tea.
During the American Revolution, the state militias
served to legitimate the war among the people.
Even in the North which group was a regular part of commerce linking North American, Africa, and Europe?
slaves and indentured servants
By 1750, English colonists numbered approximately
1.2 million.
All of the following were true about slave marriages and family life EXCEPT:
Black women's constant labor made them less equal to men than was the case of women in white society
During the first year of the Revolution in New England, the
British decided to evacuate Boston.
Which of the following tribes held African American slaves?
Cherokee
The Philadelphia militia failed to support the radical leaders of the Revolution in the city.
False
The number of newspapers steadily decreased over time in the early United States.
False
The cotton gin was invented by
Eli Whitney
In 1794, the United States won a decisive battle against Native Americans at the Battle of
Fallen Timbers
Eighteenth-century indentured servants possessed many opportunities for economic advancement.
False
Food shortages were frequent occurrences in British North America.
False
Native Americans who fought for American independence gained great benefits from their efforts.
False
In the early 1800s, slaves were imported into Georgia and
South Carolina
How did farmers respond to the movement toward revolution in the colonies?
They came around slowly to the cause of revolution.
New Englanders opted for more of a mixed economy than settlers in the middle or southern colonies because in New England
availability and productivity of land was limited.