Vocab A
Enlightenment
A. an 18th-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions.
B. wave of revivals that began in Massachusetts and spread through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
C. growth of population through reproduction, as opposed to immigration.
D. the system of inheritance in which land was divided equally among sons.
Why did New England's population lag behind the growth in other colonies?
A. New England merchants did not encourage settlement.
B. The land there was already densely settled and Puritans discouraged newcomers.
C. The weather was too cold in New England for many coming over from Europe.
D. The towns were slow to divide land among prospective residents.
B. The land there was already densely settled and Puritans discouraged newcomers.
Which territory did England retain after the 1763 Treaty of Paris?
A. New Orleans
B. Martinique
C. Canada
D. Cuba
C. Canada
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were both historically significant in North America because they:
A. were the two most prominent eighteenth-century deists.
B. attempted to harvest souls in the Great Awakening.
C. established presidios along the California coast.
D. were colonial governors who defied public opinion.
B. attempted to harvest souls in the Great Awakening.
Scots-Irish
A. Germans who immigrated to the Middle Colonies.
B. Protestant immigrants from northern Ireland, Scotland, and northern England.
C. Catholic immigrants from northern Ireland, Scotland, and northern England.
D. Irish-Scots who immigrated to Delaware.
Great Awakening
A. the system of inheritance in which land was divided equally among sons.
B. an 18th-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions.
C. wave of revivals that began in Massachusetts and spread through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
D. growth of population through reproduction, as opposed to immigration.
Why did British North American colonial governors have difficulty gaining the trust and respect of influential colonists?
A. They lived in England and rarely came to the colonies.
B. Their terms of office averaged just five years.
C. The colonists believed that they should not be tied to England.
D. They were poorly paid and accepted bribes.
B. Their terms of office averaged just five years.
How many colonies approved the 1754 Albany Plan of Union?
A. eight
B. zero
C. eleven
D. three
B. zero
Which statement accurately describes the demographics of the English colonies by 1770?
A. High immigration rates from England swelled the English population.
B. The majority of population growth in the colonies came from immigration.
C. In some colonies, the majority of the residents were of African descent.
D. The populations of the colonies were increasingly of non-English descent.
D. The populations of the colonies were increasingly of non-English descent.
Stono Rebellion
A. uprising of enslaved Africans in South Carolina in 1739.
B. a rebellion that occurred in Barbados by enslaved Africans in 1725.
C. a rebellion that occurred in Jamestown by the Indians against the colonists in 1640.
D. uprising of enslaved Africans in Louisiana in 1739.
Itinerant
A. to be sedentary
B. traveling from place to place
C. to be settled
D. to live permanently in one place
How did enslaved labor in the Lower South differ from enslaved labor in the Chesapeake?
A. Lower South enslaved laborers could earn their freedom if they completed certain tasks.
B. Whites did not closely supervise enslaved workers in the Chesapeake tobacco fields.
C. Enslaved people in the Chesapeake could control the pace of their work.
D. The task system allowed enslaved workers in the Lower South some discretion in the use of their time.
D. The task system allowed enslaved workers in the Lower South some discretion in the use of their time.
How did William Pitt turn the Seven Years' War in favor of the British after 1757?
A. He held successful negotiations with the Iroquois.
B. He captured the French fortress city of Quebec.
C. He adopted the tactics of guerrilla warfare.
D. He committed massive resources to the war.
D. He committed massive resources to the war.
The 1739 Stono Rebellion proved that eighteenth-century enslaved people:
A. could not organize against their armed slaveholders.
B. were dangerous in large, organized numbers.
C. could not overturn slavery by themselves.
D. could arm themselves and achieve freedom.
C. could not overturn slavery by themselves.
customs duties
A. taxes levied on goods being transported between the England colonies.
B. certain goods that are tax free when imported into a country.
C. free trade between two countries.
D. taxes levied on goods when they are imported into or exported from a country.
Middle Passage
A. the passage between Manhattan and Barbados.
B. The Atlantic crossing by ships crammed with enslaved Africans brought from West Africa to the Americas.
C. the passage between French Canada and the Ohio Valley.
D. the Caribbean crossing by ships crammed with enslaved Africans brought from the West Indies to South Carolina.
Why did New Englanders have only a quarter of the wealth the free colonists in the South had in 1770?
A. Farms did not produce huge surpluses of cash crops.
B. A lack of rainfall kept farm produce from growing.
C. The New England growing season was too short.
D. The craggy, rocky soil could not support cash crops.
A. Farms did not produce huge surpluses of cash crops.
The purpose of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 was to:
A. identify western lands that belonged to the Indians.
B. prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
C. protect the French fur trade from assaults by colonists or Indians.
D. establish a permanent boundary line between Indians and colonists.
B. prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
How often did most eighteenth-century British North American colonists go to church?
A. two to three times per week
B. each Sunday
C. daily
D. seldom or not at all
D. seldom or not at all
depravity
A. purity
B. goodness
C. to be righteous
D. moral corruption, wickedness
Pennsylvania Dutch
A. Germans who immigrated to the Middle Colonies.
B. Irish-Scots who immigrated to Delaware.
C. Germans who immigrated to the New England area.
D. Dutch who immigrated to New Netherlands.
The increasing presence of British goods in the colonial market in the eighteenth century:
A. spurred competition with goods imported from Europe.
B. caused the colonists to rebel and concentrate on home manufacture of goods.
C. improved the colonial standard of living but increased resentment toward the British.
D. built a certain material uniformity across region, religion, class, and status.
D. built a certain material uniformity across region, religion, class, and status.
Which of these was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?
A. It ended French claims in North America.
B. It led to peace between the British and Native Americans.
C. It lowered the British national debt.
D. It transferred sovereignty of Florida to the French.
A. It ended French claims in North America.
Why did slaveholders in the southern colonies prefer to enslave Black people instead of hire white indentured servants?
A. Enslaved workers served for life with no legal way to gain freedom.
B. Indentured servants would not work as many hours as enslaved laborers.
C. Masters had to pay indentured servants a small sum each year.
D. Indentured servants were often surly and talked back.
A. Enslaved workers served for life with no legal way to gain freedom.
erode
A. to strengthen
B. to reinforce
C. to build
D. to gradually destroy