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9. The Sons of Liberty a. enjoyed support from New York craftsmen and laborers. b. won widespread support from New York's upper classes. c. opposed any violent response to the Stamp Act. d. never found support among the lower classes of colonists. e. immediately came to dominate colonial legislative bodies.
a. enjoyed support from New York craftsmen and laborers.
15. Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750? a. a tailor b. a planter c. a carpenter d. a minister e. a yeoman farmer
b. a planter
4. Writs of assistance alarmed colonists because they a. required colonists to assist British officials in administering the Stamp Act. b. were general search warrants that allowed customs officials to search anywhere they chose for smuggled goods. c. required stamps for all kinds of printed material. d. required colonists to retrieve the tea thrown into Boston Harbor. e. imposed new taxes on goods imported from the Caribbean.
b. were general search warrants that allowed customs officials to search anywhere they chose for smuggled goods.
17. John Adams recommended George Washington as commander of the Continental army because a. he knew that Washington was weighing an offer from Britain to lead its North American forces. b. he shared Washington's view of the importance of natural rights. c. he believed that Washington's being a southerner could help unify the colonists. d. he knew Washington had opposed General Howe's forces cutting down the Liberty Tree. e. they had an agreement that Adams would then be put in charge of administering the army in the New England colonies.
c. he believed that Washington's being a southerner could help unify the colonists.
3. As a result of the transatlantic slave trade, what European products became especially popular in Africa? a. textiles and guns b. wine and gold c. sugar and tobacco d. lumber and fish e. cotton and books
c. sugar and tobacco
19. In the eighteenth century, Texas and California were a. peripheral to the Spanish empire when compared to possessions in Central and South America and the Caribbean. b. ceded by the Spanish to the British in the 1763 Peace of Paris Agreement. c. the economic centers of the Spanish empire in North America. d. not part of any European empire. e. the only remaining French colonies in North America after 1763.
c. the economic centers of the Spanish empire in North America.
23. Why did George Washington eventually allow African-Americans to serve in the Continental army? a. Southern colonies stopped their opposition. b. Many northern colonies immediately abolished slavery. c. He had freed all of his slaves during the second year of the war. d. The British started offering freedom to slaves who signed up to fight for their army. e. He became convinced that African-Americans could fire a musket.
d. The British started offering freedom to slaves who signed up to fight for their army.
2. Britain intervened in the colonies in new ways in the 1760s a. because the colonial leaders asked it to. b. because the colonial economies were in chaos. c. because it sought to abolish slavery. d. to raise funds to pay for the debts incurred by the Seven Years' War. e. to redistribute wealth from the elite planter class to the working class.
d. to raise funds to pay for the debts incurred by the Seven Years' War.
13. What primarily motivated the British to place a tax on tea by passing the Tea Act? a. a desire to reassert the British right to tax the colonies after having given up that right b. an overabundance of tea in British warehouses c. a desire to punish the colonists for the long-term boycott of British goods d. a need for revenue to fund the Revolutionary War, which had recently begun e. aiding the financially ailing East India Company, a giant trading monopoly
e. aiding the financially ailing East India Company, a giant trading monopoly
3. Following the Revolution, what word became forever linked with freedom? a. power b. leadership c. obedience d. peace e. equality
e. equality
14. Who was most directly harmed by the Boston Tea Party? a. the Massachusetts governor b. Boston artisans c. Boston merchants d. the British navy e. the East India Company
e. the East India Company
8. Which of the following statements was true of Georgia? a. Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery. b. It was the only colony to maintain a ban on liquor until independence. c. The philanthropists who founded it wanted to exclude lower-class Englishmen. d. Its residents invaded Florida and took it from Spain in the War of Jenkins' Ear. e. It was named for the most important British queen of the eighteenth century.
a. Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery.
5. What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770? a. nearly 10 percent b. nearly 50 percent c. nearly 75 percent d. nearly 1 percent e. nearly 90 percent
b. nearly 50 percent
16. Which of the following battles was among the very first of the American War of Independence? a. Yorktown b. Monmouth c. Bunker Hill d. Saratoga e. Cowpens
c. Bunker Hill
7. Americans were not represented in the House of Commons, and therefore felt they were being taxed without their consent. What rallying cry did this lead to? a. "Give me liberty, or give me death!" b. "We are freemen—not born slaves!" c. "All men are created equal." d. "We have it in our power to begin the world over again." e. "No taxation without representation!"
e. "No taxation without representation!"
11. After the American Revolution, who held the balance of power between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River? a. Iroquois b. Shawnee c. British d. French e. Americans
e. Americans
22. Which of the following is true of the American fighting forces at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War? a. Many had the benefit of intensive militia training prior to the outbreak of the war. b. Enlisted men increased in number and education level as the war progressed. c. Although fewer in number, they were as well equipped as the British forces. d. The majority of them had defected from the British army. e. Initially, only men who owned land were allowed to enroll in the Continental army.
a. Many had the benefit of intensive militia training prior to the outbreak of the war.
13. How did the ideas of John Locke influence the question of abolition? a. Protecting property in the form of slaves was invoked as a natural right. b. His belief that all people possessed a divine "inner light" was used to condemn slavery. c. The economic rights of slave holders over others were discussed as sacred and inalienable. d. The conversion of slaves to Christianity was presented as "God's plan for the world." e. His publicized freeing of his own slaves inspired others to do the same.
a. Protecting property in the form of slaves was invoked as a natural right.
5. In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for a. a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men. b. a legislature elected and controlled entirely by the wealthy, with a weak governor elected by the people so that they would feel that they had a role. c. voting rights for all men at least twenty-one years old regardless of property ownership. d. centralizing political power in a one-house legislature and dispensing with the office of governor. e. allowing women who owned a certain amount of property to vote but preventing them from holding political office.
a. a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men.
19. Republican motherhood encouraged a. greater educational opportunities for women. b. a radical change in the patriarchal structure of the family. c. women to become public speakers for various social causes in the 1780s. d. widespread resentment among women. e. a significant increase in women's direct involvement in politics in the 1780s.
a. greater educational opportunities for women.
15. In the years immediately before the American Revolution, the concept of natural rights a. greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson's early writings. b. prompted Thomas Jefferson to support independence before the war even began. c. caused many American colonists to call for the abolition of the monarchy. d. contradicted the argument for colonial resistance. e. led to Parliament's passage of the Declaratory Act of 1766.
a. greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson's early writings.
11. What was the aim of the Townshend Acts? a. raising revenue by taxing imported goods b. preventing the colonies from establishing their own courts c. declaring a formal boycott on Britain by colonial legislatures d. reducing the smuggling of sugar and rum e. securing lodging for British soldiers in the colonies
a. raising revenue by taxing imported goods
10. How did the enslaved tend to pursue freedom in the American colonies in the 1700s? a. running away to places where they could pass as free b. presenting petitions to colonial governments c. telling their stories to the congregations of Protestant churches d. suing for freedom in courts of law e. forming alliances with Native American tribes
a. running away to places where they could pass as free
22. Which one of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War? a. strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire b. the founding of the new colony of Ohio in territory acquired from France c. a weakening of liberties as France made gains in North America d. the creation of a central colonial government under the Albany Plan of Union e. increased popularity of the Anglican Church among ordinary colonists
a. strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire
24. In his 1762 and 1763 speeches, what does Pontiac portray as the wishes of the Great Spirit and the Master of Life, as told to the prophet Neolin? a. the military defeat of the white man b. peaceful coexistence of the Indians and white men c. the adoption of white customs as a means of encouraging Indian prosperity d. the reliance of the Indians on bread, pork, and beef e. an epidemic that will decimate white populations
a. the military defeat of the white man
10. Which of the following contributed to the success of free trade advocates during the Revolutionary War? a. the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations b. Isaac Newton's explanation of the law of gravity as applied to economics c. the failure of wartime tariffs to solve the problem of the national debt d. riots over inflation in the streets of Boston e. memories of the despised Intolerable Acts
a. the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
12. The underlying tension that escalated into the Boston Massacre was between a. supporters and opponents of the boycott of British cloth. b. British troops stationed in Boston and the city's laborers competing for jobs. c. two factions of British troops from Liverpool and London, who disagreed over military strategy. d. British troops and local farmers.
b. British troops stationed in Boston and the city's laborers competing for jobs.
2. How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom? a. It meant that all men now had a legal claim to an equal distribution of property. b. It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order. c. It ended colonial society's legally established hereditary aristocracy. d. It ended coverture, under which husbands exercised full legal authority over their wives. e. It meant that, for the first time, men were free to pursue whatever occupations they wished.
b. It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order.
24. What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown? a. It was an American victory that inspired the French to ally with the Americans. b. It resulted in British surrender and evaporated British public support for the war. c. It is considered a turning point for the Americans following a dismal period. d. It is considered the first battle in what would become the Revolutionary War. e. It was the first major defeat for British troops and revealed the war would be longer than they thought.
b. It resulted in British surrender and evaporated British public support for the war.
12. Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception? a. George Washington b. John Adams c. Thomas Jefferson d. Benjamin Franklin e. James Madison
b. John Adams
6. Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region? a. As slavery expanded, wealth among the white population became more equally distributed. b. Race became an increasingly important social division. c. Most enslaved men worked in skilled crafts. d. Most enslaved women worked in households doing domestic work. e. Enslaved people in the Chesapeake mainly did field work on rice plantations.
b. Race became an increasingly important social division.
6. How did the Stamp Act differ from the Sugar Act? a. Whereas the Stamp Act was still in place at the time of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the Sugar Act was quickly repealed. b. Whereas the Stamp Act affected, and therefore offended, a large portion of the colonial population, the Sugar Act mainly affected residents of colonial ports. c. Whereas the Stamp Act was predominantly opposed by northern merchants, the Sugar Act was mainly opposed by southern planters. d. Whereas the Stamp Act was passed in close collaboration with colonial leaders, the Sugar Act was a total surprise to the colonists. e. Whereas the Stamp Act focused on the regulation of trade, the Sugar Act was a direct tax on the colonists.
b. Whereas the Stamp Act affected, and therefore offended, a large portion of the colonial population, the Sugar Act mainly affected residents of colonial ports.
6. Which of the following did the majority of the new postwar state constitutions tend to establish? a. a two-house legislature and a relatively weak governor b. a two-house legislature subordinate to a strong governor c. a one-house legislature and a relatively weak governor d. a one-house legislature subordinate to a strong governor e. a two-house legislature with no governor
b. a two-house legislature subordinate to a strong governor
24. Which of the following women best represented the feminine ideal in late eighteenth-century America? a. an unmarried schoolteacher b. an educated mother c. a farmer's widow d. a seamstress e. an accomplished painter
b. an educated mother
8. Which statement best represents how the founders viewed the United States' role in the world? a. as a model of peaceful relations between indigenous people and settlers b. as a refuge for persecuted and oppressed people of every nation c. as a model of gender equality d. as a model of a post-slavery society e. as a model of a socialist economy
b. as a refuge for persecuted and oppressed people of every nation
12. The set of political ideas that scholars refer to as "republicanism" a. celebrated active participation in public life by all people regardless of economic status. b. held that only property-owning, economically independent citizens should participate in public life. c. had little influence on the political culture of the American colonies. d. called for the abolition of slavery. e. called for the abolition of colonialism.
b. held that only property-owning, economically independent citizens should participate in public life.
16. The free black population after the Revolution in most states a. declined in number as newly freed slaves left the country whenever possible. b. often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications. c. all took the last names of their former masters. d. refused to provide havens for fugitive slaves and jeopardize their own emancipation. e. never joined in supporting the abolitionist cause.
b. often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications.
9. To encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams a. asked for the Declaration of Independence to be read every month at the town square. b. proposed free public education. c. wanted church attendance to be mandatory. d. proposed that ministers become teachers in public schools. e. wanted a second revolution.
b. proposed free public education.
1. As a result of the American Revolution, Americans rejected a. the idea that males should be the unchallenged heads of household. b. the principle of hereditary aristocracy. c. the establishment of a republic. d. the definition of liberty as a universal entitlement. e. all kinds of organized religion.
b. the principle of hereditary aristocracy.
11. In the eighteenth century, British freedom a. centered on the belief that all people of the world have equal rights. b. was closely identified with Protestantism and identified nearly every other nation as a slave to Catholicism, tyranny, or barbarism. c. was a secular view of liberty that required that religion and politics be completely separate. d. was based on the idea that all men should vote regardless of class status. e. fueled a successful abolitionist movement in England.
b. was closely identified with Protestantism and identified nearly every other nation as a slave to Catholicism, tyranny, or barbarism.
20. "Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held that a. women should be granted suffrage rights. b. women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens. c. Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party represented maternal interests better than its opponents did. d. education was wasted on women, who should worry only about having many children to populate the republic. e. political equality of the sexes fit a republican society.
b. women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens.
21. What was one important legacy of the Declaration of Independence? a. It immediately resulted in Great Britain granting independence to its colonies. b. Spain welcomed the document, printing multiple copies for its citizens. c. It inspired future revolutions against despotic governments. d. It led to an immediate alliance with France. e. It weakened the resolve of British military commanders fighting against the Patriots.
c. It inspired future revolutions against despotic governments.
20. Why was the Proclamation of 1763 difficult to enforce? a. Most Native American tribes did not agree with the policy. b. The colonial assemblies wanted to avoid wars with Native Americans. c. It involved such a large geographical area. d. The French refused to leave forts in the Ohio Valley. e. It involved taxes the colonists refused to pay.
c. It involved such a large geographical area.
25. How did the definition of the "household" change in the North following the Revolution? a. It shifted from denoting both home and farmland to referring to the home only, reflecting a rapid surge in the urban population. b. It expanded from referring to just a couple and their children to including extended family even if they lived independently. c. It shifted from encompassing hired and indentured workers to consisting of just the parents and their children. d. It evolved from being a synonym for a slave's quarters to a legal term denoting the entirety of a man's property. e. It expanded from strictly including just males in a family of legal age to include all persons—male, female, free, or enslaved—living in a home.
c. It shifted from encompassing hired and indentured workers to consisting of just the parents and their children.
21. What was the significance of the Ladies Association founded by Esther Reed and Sarah Franklin Bache? a. It demonstrated how women in the colonies had tended to support the British and failed to aid the Patriots in any notable way. b. It was the first women's organization led entirely by former slaves and had the joint causes of abolition and women's rights. c. It was an example of women taking an active role in the public sphere in response to the Revolution. d. It was a women's group that focused on providing a support network for disadvantaged mothers. e. It was a small regiment of the Patriot army that was composed entirely of women who trained and fought as soldiers on the battlefield.
c. It was an example of women taking an active role in the public sphere in response to the Revolution.
4. Which of the following was a result of Europeans selling weapons to West African leaders? a. Wars between West African societies depleted the availability of slaves. b. West African societies fell under the total control of powerful European traders. c. Militarized states arose that used European weapons to capture slaves. d. West African militias began violently resisting attempts by Europeans to purchase slaves. e. Most West African tribes became impoverished due to the high cost of weapons.
c. Militarized states arose that used European weapons to capture slaves.
17. Why did the number of slaves in America increase from 1776 to 1790? a. America successfully repatriated nearly all slaves freed by the British during the war. b. Christian sects such as the Quakers promoted a "God-given duty" to own and Christianize slaves. c. Slavery survived the War of Independence, and the slave population naturally increased. d. Increased wealth in the North enabled more people to buy slaves there than in the South. e. There was not yet a sizeable free black population in the United States.
c. Slavery survived the War of Independence, and the slave population naturally increased.
17. What would be a good representation of Enlightenment principles? a. a minister who used emotion in his sermons b. a merchant opposing free trade c. a botanist who studied nature to uncover why a certain plant kept dying d. a newspaper publisher who distorted the truth to attack a corrupt politician e. an educated king who believed he knew best how to rule his country
c. a botanist who studied nature to uncover why a certain plant kept dying
25. Next to national independence, what was the second most significant concession the United States gained in the Treaty of Paris in 1783? a. rights to the entire Canadian territory b. rights to annex Spanish Florida c. a large piece of territory with the Mississippi River as its western border d. any and all property from Loyalists e. exclusive trading rights with Germany
c. a large piece of territory with the Mississippi River as its western border
13. Which of the following is an example of the eighteenth-century understanding of liberalism? a. a slave legally challenging his or her bondage b. a government founded on a system of checks and balances c. a person choosing what church he or she will attend d. a government creating a fund to help feed the poor e. a woman being given the right to vote in an American colony
c. a person choosing what church he or she will attend
5. The Stamp Act created such a stir in the colonies because a. it was established by the King without Parliament's approval. b. lawyers were offended that they could be jailed for not using the correct stamp on legal documents. c. it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies. d. none of the revenue raised would be spent within the colonies themselves. e. Benjamin Franklin went public with his opposition to it.
c. it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies.
2. What did the British acquire from the Netherlands in the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713? a. sufficient gold to pay off the British national debt b. the right to trade at Dutch outposts in what is now South Africa c. the right to transport slaves from Africa to Spain's New World colonies d. New Netherland, which was then renamed New York e. New Holland, which later became known as Australia
c. the right to transport slaves from Africa to Spain's New World colonies
20. In the Declaration of Independence, what justification did Thomas Jefferson provide as the basis for breaking with Britain? a. "There is something absurd in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island." b. Great Britain had never actually played a role in the economy of the colonies, and their trade remained "completely separate." c. Since new British rules had forbidden the colonies from continuing the slave trade and slavery was "so central to colonial agriculture," the colonists had no choice. d. The "heritage of a freeborn Englishman" provided each colonist with the political right to seek democratic representation so long as they were British themselves. e. Because government derived from the "consent of the governed," the governed had the right to remove that consent.
e. Because government derived from the "consent of the governed," the governed had the right to remove that consent.
9. Which statement is true about slavery in eighteenth-century New York? a. Hudson Valley farmers, landlords, and craftsmen never used enslaved people's labor in the eighteenth century. b. Slavery was abolished after the English took the colony from the Dutch. c. New York City passed a law banning merchants from participating in the slave trade after 1730. d. In 1746, enslaved people made up one-fifth of the population of New York City. e. Slaves worked exclusively as domestic workers.
d. In 1746, enslaved people made up one-fifth of the population of New York City.
7. How did the War for Independence affect anti-Catholicism in America? a. Anti-Catholicism increased when Quebec Catholics volunteered in large numbers for the British army. b. Because Americans resented Catholic France negotiating a separate peace with Great Britain, anti-Catholicism became more prevalent. c. Independence led the states to impose anti-Catholic laws that they had been unable to adopt when they were under British control. d. The alliance with France, a predominantly Catholic country, helped diminish American anti-Catholicism. e. Spain's wartime aid to Britain led Georgia colonists to attack Catholic missions in Florida.
d. The alliance with France, a predominantly Catholic country, helped diminish American anti-Catholicism.
3. What was an important political origin of the American Revolution? a. The Sugar Act financially hurt merchants living outside colonial ports. b. The Stamp Act was a tax that very few colonists had to pay. c. The colonists wanted a physical westward barrier to settlements. d. The colonists criticized their lack of representation in Parliament. e. The colonists wanted the writs of assistance to be actively enforced.
d. The colonists criticized their lack of representation in Parliament.
18. What was one result of the Great Awakening? a. The revivals encouraged colonists to trust the views of established elites. b. The revivals reduced the range of religious alternatives in the colonies. c. The revivals inspired a renewed sense of national unity. d. The revivals helped to expand the circulation of newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies. e. The revivals inspired slaves to cling more closely to their African religions.
d. The revivals helped to expand the circulation of newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies.
8. What role did the Committees of Correspondence play in the years preceding the revolution? a. They opened up effective channels of communication between the colonists and their Indian allies. b. They allowed the British to enforce taxes and regulations more efficiently. c. They exacerbated tensions between Protestants and Catholics in the colonies. d. They helped colonial leaders to share ideas on resisting taxation. e. They created an irreparable rift between northern and southern states.
d. They helped colonial leaders to share ideas on resisting taxation.
18. Thomas Paine's Common Sense a. argued that the British governmental system was perfectly good but that current officials had corrupted it. b. made highly original arguments in favor of independence. c. sold well among the elite, who in turn were able to convey its ideas to the lower classes. d. argued that America would become the home of freedom and "an asylum for mankind." e. led to his arrest on charges of treason, but he saved himself by writing another pamphlet taking the opposite position.
d. argued that America would become the home of freedom and "an asylum for mankind."
15. Abolition laws in the North a. ended slavery north of Maryland altogether by 1830. b. immediately freed enslaved children under the age of eighteen. c. freed all enslaved people in New England as of 1804. d. ended slavery in the northern states in a drawn-out process that took decades. e. freed only enslaved women.
d. ended slavery in the northern states in a drawn-out process that took decades.
7. The development of rice plantations in South Carolina a. occurred only after the colony's planters unsuccessfully attempted to cultivate tobacco, sugarcane, and indigo. b. required such large capital investments that Carolina's planters never became as wealthy as those in the Chesapeake region. c. would have proven impossible without the importation of thousands of European indentured servants to serve as a labor force. d. led the colony to become the first mainland colony with a black majority and caused a growing divide to exist between white and black. e. is considered by most historians to be the most important cause of the Yamasee War.
d. led the colony to become the first mainland colony with a black majority and caused a growing divide to exist between white and black.
23. Which of the following messages do the excerpts from the "Petitions of Slaves to the Massachusetts Legislature" (1773-1777) suggest? a. that, if not granted freedom, slaves would immediately rebel and violently fight for their ability to form their own nation b. that the horrors of the Revolution led slaves to reject all the ideas that the new nation represented c. that owning slaves and professing the ideas of Christianity and the Revolution are contradictory d. that, because slaves were not citizens, they lacked any natural or unalienable rights in common with whites e. that the persistence of slavery was inexorably leading the new nation toward a civil war between North and South
d. that, because slaves were not citizens, they lacked any natural or unalienable rights in common with whites
4. What served as a sort of "school of political democracy" for the members of the "lower orders" in the colonies-turned-states? a. the Protestant churches b. the lower houses of the state legislatures c. the taverns d. the militia e. the first public schools
d. the militia
16. How was freedom of the press viewed in the eighteenth century? a. Leaders saw it as a natural right. b. Governments praised it as helping democracy. c. After 1695 the British government required a license for printing. d. Newspapers did not feel it was necessary. e. Governments in both England and the colonies viewed it as dangerous.
e. Governments in both England and the colonies viewed it as dangerous.
19. In writing the Declaration of Independence, which of Locke's natural rights did Jefferson replace, and with what? a. He replaced "liberty" with "the pursuit of happiness." b. He replaced "property" with "liberty." c. He replaced "life" with "property." d. He replaced "the pursuit of happiness" with "liberty." e. He replaced "property" with "the pursuit of happiness."
e. He replaced "property" with "the pursuit of happiness."
1. What made Olaudah Equiano an atypical slave? a. He was fortunate enough to escape. b. He went directly from West Africa to Virginia. c. He survived the Middle Passage voyage. d. He led a rebellion. e. He was able to purchase his freedom.
e. He was able to purchase his freedom.
22. Which argument in the petitions of slaves to the Massachusetts legislature employed the principles of the American Revolution? a. Slaves could be productive soldiers. b. Taxing the poor created an economic burden. c. British soldiers did not belong in the homes of Bostonians. d. One of the people killed during the Boston Massacre was of African heritage. e. Natural rights were universal.
e. Natural rights were universal.
1. What is true of the period historians call "the Age of Revolution"? a. Revolutions occurred only in the New World, while Europe remained largely unchanged. b. It was primarily characterized by the struggle to reinstate rightful monarchs. c. It began with the French Revolution and ended with the Mexican Revolution. d. It was characterized by a flowering of religious, intellectual, and racial tolerance. e. Revolutions began in British North America and spread to Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
e. Revolutions began in British North America and spread to Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
25. During the French and Indian War, how did the Quakers uphold their principles? a. They asked for a holiday to honor William Penn. b. They declared war due to aggressive French incursions into Pennsylvania. c. They urged that all Native Americans be removed from Pennsylvania. d. They praised the middle ground because it brought wealth to Pennsylvanians. e. They refused to endorse the war and resigned their colonial assembly seats.
e. They refused to endorse the war and resigned their colonial assembly seats.
18. The words "to have and to hold" appeared in both marriage vows and ________, which demonstrated how legal authority ________. a. indentured servant contracts; extended to all the hardest workers and caregivers b. freedom petitions; resulted in slaves commonly having the same property rights as poor whites c. abolition laws; was granted to slaves in the North through a rapid process d. the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom; resided first and foremost with the church e. deeds transferring land ownership; still rested with the husband over the wife
e. deeds transferring land ownership; still rested with the husband over the wife
14. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, a. he had not owned any slaves for several years. b. he was inspired to set all his slaves free. c. he was one of just two founding fathers who had never owned slaves. d. he owned just one household slave. e. he owned more than 100 slaves.
e. he owned more than 100 slaves.
10. Violent social turmoil in rural areas during the 1760s a. was due entirely to Great Britain's Proclamation of 1763, which banned western settlement. b. ended when the British army drove Native Americans beyond the line of settlement. c. flourished because the British army had no interest in going beyond coastal cities. d. led to the creation of the Sons of Liberty. e. involved events in both northern and southern colonies.
e. involved events in both northern and southern colonies.
14. Both republican and liberal systems of thought felt the foundation of freedom was a. public debate. b. monarchical rule. c. education. d. slavery. e. security of property.
e. security of property.
21. What right does Pontiac claim for Indians in his 1762 and 1763 speeches? a. the right to vote alongside British colonists b. the right to take scalps while waging war c. the right to buy and sell land freely for a large profit d. the right to purchase weapons from white men e. the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories
e. the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories
23. What right does Pontiac claim for Indians in his 1762 and 1763 speeches? a. the right to vote alongside British colonists b. the right to take scalps while waging war c. the right to buy and sell land freely for a large profit d. the right to purchase weapons from white men e. the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories
e. the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories
