US History: Chapter 5

What was the most important way in which frontier settlements were different from seaport cities in the eighteenth century?

Frontier settlements functioned as a society of equals, and had more non-English people than seaport cities.

How did the American economy differ from the English economy?

It was less commercially and industrially developed.

European immigrants to America in the eighteenth century were least likely to settle in the backcountry of which of the following colonies?

Massachusetts

Which of the following statements about the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening is most accurate?

The Great Awakening reached large numbers of common colonials, whereas the Enlightenment reached a relatively small elite.

How did colonial American society differ most from English society?

The middle class made up a far greater portion of the American population than the English population.

What best describes most colonists' attitude toward the English in 1754?

They were content to be part of the English empire since they enjoyed relative freedom and prosperity.

Which beliefs did the Enlightenment give rise to in the colonies?

rational Christianity and deism

Which of the following statements about eighteenth-century American cities is most accurate?

Cities offered a number of different economic opportunities for colonial women, though less than 10 percent of women in cities worked outside their own homes.

Which of the following best describes British policies toward the colonies in the mid-eighteenth century?

benign neglect

What best describes the English colonies in North America from the late-seventeenth century through the mid-eighteenth century?

diverse in ethnicity, religion, race, and wealth

What heightened sectional tensions between people in the East and West?

ethnic differences

Many Great Awakening converts

felt free to openly criticize their ministers.

The largest social class in England was the

lower class.

Which of the following was an unanticipated result of the Enlightenment?

the Great Awakening

The political system of the colonies

was formally similar to England's political system but was, in fact, a lot different.