Question 1

Which of the following statements accurately describes the middle colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  They included Rhode Island and Maryland. 
B)  They lacked a suitable base for commerce. 
C)  They for many years had a black-majority population. 
D)  They were dominated by plantation agriculture. 
E)  They geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern colonies. 
A)  They included Rhode Island and Maryland. 
B)  They lacked a suitable base for commerce. 
C)  They for many years had a black-majority population. 
D)  They were dominated by plantation agriculture. 
E)  They geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern colonies.

Question 2

The Great Awakening developed in reaction to the

Accepted Answer

A)  attempt of British officials to regulate colonial churches. 
B)  increasing education and sophistication of backwoods settlers. 
C)  increasing role of emotionalism in religion. 
D)  tendency of the Enlightenment to place great emphasis on formal religion. 
E)  Deism and skepticism associated with the Enlightenment. 
A)  attempt of British officials to regulate colonial churches. 
B)  increasing education and sophistication of backwoods settlers. 
C)  increasing role of emotionalism in religion. 
D)  tendency of the Enlightenment to place great emphasis on formal religion. 
E)  Deism and skepticism associated with the Enlightenment.

Question 3

Match each description with the item below.
-Benjamin Franklin

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 4

In the seventeenth century, the cash crop that was the basis of the economy in Virginia and Maryland was

Accepted Answer

A)  rice. 
B)  tobacco. 
C)  indigo. 
D)  cotton. 
E)  barley. 
A)  rice. 
B)  tobacco. 
C)  indigo. 
D)  cotton. 
E)  barley.

Question 5

In which of the following ways were the experiences of Eliza Pinckney unique for a woman of the eighteenth-century American colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  She managed to maintain social prominence even after having been accused by Massachusetts Puritans of being a witch. 
B)  She had become a successful farm owner but, upon getting married, was forced to relinquish all management responsibilities to her husband. 
C)  She lived a life of utter extravagance, spending large amounts of money on her family home and often traveling to Antigua. 
D)  She ran for the colonial assembly of South Carolina and almost won by a narrow margin, thereby inspiring more women to run for office. 
E)  She managed profitable indigo plantations even while married and signaled the possibility of women taking on economic leadership roles. 
A)  She managed to maintain social prominence even after having been accused by Massachusetts Puritans of being a witch. 
B)  She had become a successful farm owner but, upon getting married, was forced to relinquish all management responsibilities to her husband. 
C)  She lived a life of utter extravagance, spending large amounts of money on her family home and often traveling to Antigua. 
D)  She ran for the colonial assembly of South Carolina and almost won by a narrow margin, thereby inspiring more women to run for office. 
E)  She managed profitable indigo plantations even while married and signaled the possibility of women taking on economic leadership roles.

Question 6

Which of the following statements about early colonial life in the Chesapeake region is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Settlers lived in primitive houses. 
B)  Colonists relied on township grants. 
C)  Social divisions decreased as the colonies matured. 
D)  Indians tended to ignore and avoid English communities. 
E)  Settlers lived in small but ornate houses. 
A)  Settlers lived in primitive houses. 
B)  Colonists relied on township grants. 
C)  Social divisions decreased as the colonies matured. 
D)  Indians tended to ignore and avoid English communities. 
E)  Settlers lived in small but ornate houses.

Question 7

Which of the following groups formed the majority of the colonists who initially settled in America and, thus, significantly contributed to America's distinctive restless energy?

Accepted Answer

A)  young, poor settlers 
B)  rich, white families 
C)  married women 
D)  older, white men 
E)  European politicians 
A)  young, poor settlers 
B)  rich, white families 
C)  married women 
D)  older, white men 
E)  European politicians

Question 8

Slaves who lived in northern colonies

Accepted Answer

A)  usually lived and worked in cities and towns. 
B)  were agricultural laborers like those in the South. 
C)  enjoyed more humane treatment than those in the Chesapeake. 
D)  usually possessed a trade or special skill. 
E)  were forced to become Puritans. 
A)  usually lived and worked in cities and towns. 
B)  were agricultural laborers like those in the South. 
C)  enjoyed more humane treatment than those in the Chesapeake. 
D)  usually possessed a trade or special skill. 
E)  were forced to become Puritans.

Question 9

What were the differences and similarities between the societies and economies of the southern, New England, and middle colonies?

Accepted Answer

The southern, New England, and middle co

Exam 3: Colonial Ways of Life

Which of the following statements accurately describes the middle colonies?

The Great Awakening developed in reaction to the

Match each description with the item below. -Benjamin Franklin

In the seventeenth century, the cash crop that was the basis of the economy in Virginia and Maryland was

In which of the following ways were the experiences of Eliza Pinckney unique for a woman of the eighteenth-century American colonies?

Which of the following statements about early colonial life in the Chesapeake region is true?

Which of the following groups formed the majority of the colonists who initially settled in America and, thus, significantly contributed to America's distinctive restless energy?

Slaves who lived in northern colonies

What were the differences and similarities between the societies and economies of the southern, New England, and middle colonies?

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South

Religion

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First Century America

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