Question 1

What was the triangular trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  a trade network limited to the American colonies in which New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies exchanged region-specific goods 
B)  an international trade system that relied on the transportation of enslaved Africans, manufactured goods from Europe, and agricultural commodities from the Americas 
C)  a pathway many European merchant vessels took through the Bermuda Triangle, characterized by the number of sailors lost at sea 
D)  an early American economic policy based on the idea that unbalanced trade would topple the economy and that superior labor conditions created superior products 
E)  a thriving Native American trade system that was disrupted by the arrival of the Europeans and centered on the exchange of furs, crops, and weapons 
A)  a trade network limited to the American colonies in which New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies exchanged region-specific goods 
B)  an international trade system that relied on the transportation of enslaved Africans, manufactured goods from Europe, and agricultural commodities from the Americas 
C)  a pathway many European merchant vessels took through the Bermuda Triangle, characterized by the number of sailors lost at sea 
D)  an early American economic policy based on the idea that unbalanced trade would topple the economy and that superior labor conditions created superior products 
E)  a thriving Native American trade system that was disrupted by the arrival of the Europeans and centered on the exchange of furs, crops, and weapons

Question 2

What roles did women play in the English colonies?

Accepted Answer

Women in the English colonies played a v

Question 3

Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anglican 
B)  Quaker 
C)  Puritan 
D)  Baptist 
E)  Presbyterian 
A)  Anglican 
B)  Quaker 
C)  Puritan 
D)  Baptist 
E)  Presbyterian

Question 4

One result of the Great Awakening was that it spurred an increase in the number of

Accepted Answer

A)  slave rebellions. 
B)  suicides. 
C)  marriages. 
D)  witch crazes. 
E)  colleges. 
A)  slave rebellions. 
B)  suicides. 
C)  marriages. 
D)  witch crazes. 
E)  colleges.

Question 5

Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived

Accepted Answer

A)  in harmony with the local Indian tribes. 
B)  in communities loyal to the Church of England. 
C)  on large farms. 
D)  in a religiously tolerant society. 
E)  in communities where church and state were intertwined. 
A)  in harmony with the local Indian tribes. 
B)  in communities loyal to the Church of England. 
C)  on large farms. 
D)  in a religiously tolerant society. 
E)  in communities where church and state were intertwined.

Question 6

The Great Awakening shattered the Puritan ideal of religious uniformity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Seventeenth-century slavery was unique in world history for its color basis. Examine the nature of this institution at that time, making sure to speak to the economic forces that drove it.

Accepted Answer

Seventeenth-century slavery was indeed u

Question 8

Jonathan Edwards saw emotionalism as a weakness among Christians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Initially, in the early seventeenth century, many of the first slaves were treated like indentured servants and earned their freedom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Explain the system of education in the colonies. Which groups had the greatest impact on expanding educational opportunities to colonial citizens?

Accepted Answer

The system of education in the colonies

Question 11

The colony of Pennsylvania was one of the most diverse in English North America, with English, German, Scots-Irish, and a variety of smaller national and ethnic groups represented.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What was the scope of prostitution in the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prostitution carried a social stigma but became one of the most lucrative trades among colonial women, especially recently released female indentured servants. 
B)  Prostitution widely became accepted by local authorities, which thereby softened colonists' views on what actions were considered adulterous. 
C)  Prostitution came to be limited to only the very rich because "bawdy houses" were expensive and prostitutes largely came from the upper classes. 
D)  Prostitution was limited to only the very poor because the members of the higher classes never dared to participate out of protection for their reputations. 
E)  Prostitution was almost nonexistent throughout the American colonies due to the pervasiveness of Puritan values and norms. 
A)  Prostitution carried a social stigma but became one of the most lucrative trades among colonial women, especially recently released female indentured servants. 
B)  Prostitution widely became accepted by local authorities, which thereby softened colonists' views on what actions were considered adulterous. 
C)  Prostitution came to be limited to only the very rich because "bawdy houses" were expensive and prostitutes largely came from the upper classes. 
D)  Prostitution was limited to only the very poor because the members of the higher classes never dared to participate out of protection for their reputations. 
E)  Prostitution was almost nonexistent throughout the American colonies due to the pervasiveness of Puritan values and norms.

Question 13

By 1700, tobacco, rice, and indigo were the staple crops of Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Education in the colonies was

Accepted Answer

A)  most advanced in the South. 
B)  primarily intended for young women. 
C)  most advanced in frontier regions. 
D)  unrelated to lessons in morality. 
E)  usually seen as the responsibility of family and church. 
A)  most advanced in the South. 
B)  primarily intended for young women. 
C)  most advanced in frontier regions. 
D)  unrelated to lessons in morality. 
E)  usually seen as the responsibility of family and church.

Question 17

New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Most African men and women who were taken to the American colonies abandoned their traditional religion for Christianity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Match each description with the item below.
-Anthony Johnson

Accepted Answer

A) was a revivalist who spread the gospel and pummeled her husband when he tried to intervene 
B) organized prayer meetings for black and white men and women 
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth" 
D) challenged biblical notions through science such as his theory of gravitational pull 
E) was a former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)published the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for seditious libel
H)experimented with several vegetable crops before developing indigo as an exotic staple
I)was an advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights" and emphasized the idea of the consent of the governed
J)was a slave who confessed to witchcraft in Salem after being beaten 
A) was a revivalist who spread the gospel and pummeled her husband when he tried to intervene 
B) organized prayer meetings for black and white men and women 
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth" 
D) challenged biblical notions through science such as his theory of gravitational pull 
E) was a former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)published the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for seditious libel
H)experimented with several vegetable crops before developing indigo as an exotic staple
I)was an advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights" and emphasized the idea of the consent of the governed
J)was a slave who confessed to witchcraft in Salem after being beaten

Question 20

In the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American colonies, how did indentured servitude and race-based slavery evolve in relation to each other?

Accepted Answer

A)  As Enlightenment ideas spread about the evilness of race-based slavery, the number of enslaved Africans in America declined, and the number of European indentured servants gradually rose to compensate. 
B)  As commercial agriculture grew, the colonists came to prefer the labor of enslaved Native Americans to that of enslaved Africans or indentured servants due to their familiarity with American crops. 
C)  After 1700, most new immigrants coming to the Americas were English rather than African, so English indentured servants were given the bulk of the agricultural labor in the South. 
D)  As the sugar, tobacco, rice, and indigo economies expanded and demanded harsher, more intensive labor, the number of enslaved Africans grew and the number of European indentured servants slowed. 
E)  Because the original Africans of the Americas had come to have children who were also enslaved, the colonists no longer maintained slave-trading companies, and indentured servitude became obsolete. 
A)  As Enlightenment ideas spread about the evilness of race-based slavery, the number of enslaved Africans in America declined, and the number of European indentured servants gradually rose to compensate. 
B)  As commercial agriculture grew, the colonists came to prefer the labor of enslaved Native Americans to that of enslaved Africans or indentured servants due to their familiarity with American crops. 
C)  After 1700, most new immigrants coming to the Americas were English rather than African, so English indentured servants were given the bulk of the agricultural labor in the South. 
D)  As the sugar, tobacco, rice, and indigo economies expanded and demanded harsher, more intensive labor, the number of enslaved Africans grew and the number of European indentured servants slowed. 
E)  Because the original Africans of the Americas had come to have children who were also enslaved, the colonists no longer maintained slave-trading companies, and indentured servitude became obsolete.

Exam 3: Colonial Ways of Life

What was the triangular trade?

What roles did women play in the English colonies?

Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?

One result of the Great Awakening was that it spurred an increase in the number of

Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived

The Great Awakening shattered the Puritan ideal of religious uniformity.

Seventeenth-century slavery was unique in world history for its color basis. Examine the nature of this institution at that time, making sure to speak to the economic forces that drove it.

Jonathan Edwards saw emotionalism as a weakness among Christians.

Initially, in the early seventeenth century, many of the first slaves were treated like indentured servants and earned their freedom.

Explain the system of education in the colonies. Which groups had the greatest impact on expanding educational opportunities to colonial citizens?

The colony of Pennsylvania was one of the most diverse in English North America, with English, German, Scots-Irish, and a variety of smaller national and ethnic groups represented.

What was the scope of prostitution in the American colonies?

By 1700, tobacco, rice, and indigo were the staple crops of Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Education in the colonies was

New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood.

Most African men and women who were taken to the American colonies abandoned their traditional religion for Christianity.

Match each description with the item below. -Anthony Johnson

In the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American colonies, how did indentured servitude and race-based slavery evolve in relation to each other?

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