Question 1

Jonathan Edwards's famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," described

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A)  a distant and uncaring God. 
B)  the gruesome reality of hell. 
C)  the beauty of God's creation. 
D)  the possibility of universal salvation. 
E)  God's desire that Americans economically prosper. 
A)  a distant and uncaring God. 
B)  the gruesome reality of hell. 
C)  the beauty of God's creation. 
D)  the possibility of universal salvation. 
E)  God's desire that Americans economically prosper.

Question 2

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

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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 3

New Lights differed from Old Lights by

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A)  their readiness to approach their religious conflict as open warfare. 
B)  discounting the element of choice in a person's faith. 
C)  including elements like choir in church services. 
D)  incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith. 
E)  promising to reinforce traditional Puritanism. 
A)  their readiness to approach their religious conflict as open warfare. 
B)  discounting the element of choice in a person's faith. 
C)  including elements like choir in church services. 
D)  incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith. 
E)  promising to reinforce traditional Puritanism.

Question 4

Although women in the early American colonies were expected to perform household chores,

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A)  many unmarried women worked outside the home in a skilled trade as an apprentice. 
B)  many married women became religious ministers in congregationalist churches. 
C)  many unmarried woman worked as clerks in colonial legislatures. 
D)  many married women managed to earn some of their own money running laundries or bakeries. 
E)  many women became physicians, as they were believed to have a natural nurturing nature. 
A)  many unmarried women worked outside the home in a skilled trade as an apprentice. 
B)  many married women became religious ministers in congregationalist churches. 
C)  many unmarried woman worked as clerks in colonial legislatures. 
D)  many married women managed to earn some of their own money running laundries or bakeries. 
E)  many women became physicians, as they were believed to have a natural nurturing nature.

Question 5

Match each description with the item below.
-Isaac Newton

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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 6

The witch craze in Salem started when

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A)  a slave named Tituba cursed the village minister. 
B)  Indians attacked and looted the village. 
C)  several people died of a mysterious illness. 
D)  adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions. 
E)  the town minister was caught in a sex scandal. 
A)  a slave named Tituba cursed the village minister. 
B)  Indians attacked and looted the village. 
C)  several people died of a mysterious illness. 
D)  adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions. 
E)  the town minister was caught in a sex scandal.

Question 7

Discuss the unique nature of colonial cities. Focus your emphasis on the social and political order as well as the urban web. In what way were taverns a major social institution of the English colonies? Why, despite all the differences among the colonies, did taverns prove a common part of the culture?

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Colonial cities were unique in their soc

Question 8

Which of the following statements accurately describes the middle colonies?

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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 9

Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?

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A)  the abundance of fish and whales off its coast 
B)  the region's extensive forests 
C)  the growing American navy 
D)  the need for transporting southern cotton 
E)  southern purchases of New England-made ships 
A)  the abundance of fish and whales off its coast 
B)  the region's extensive forests 
C)  the growing American navy 
D)  the need for transporting southern cotton 
E)  southern purchases of New England-made ships

Question 10

By 1700, which of the following was the most democratic and important social institution in the American colonies?

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A)  coffeehouses 
B)  churches 
C)  theaters 
D)  colleges 
E)  taverns 
A)  coffeehouses 
B)  churches 
C)  theaters 
D)  colleges 
E)  taverns

Question 11

The Great Awakening shattered the Puritan ideal of religious uniformity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Match each description with the item below.
-Eliza Pinckney

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 13

Puritan commitment to education is best explained by their

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A)  need for a literate workforce. 
B)  commitment to Enlightenment principles. 
C)  prior exposure to schools in England. 
D)  innate love of learning. 
E)  focus on reading Scripture. 
A)  need for a literate workforce. 
B)  commitment to Enlightenment principles. 
C)  prior exposure to schools in England. 
D)  innate love of learning. 
E)  focus on reading Scripture.

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Discuss the influence the Great Awakening had on higher education in the colonies.

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The Great Awakening had a significant in

Question 16

Discuss the New England shipping industry and its impact on colonial trade.

Accepted Answer

The New England shipping industry played

Question 17

Which of the following statements about slave codes is correct?

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A)  They outlawed many actions taken by slave-owners to punish slaves. 
B)  They formalized the institution of race-based slavery by outlining the local laws that governed slave life. 
C)  They placed limits on race-based slavery so that it was no longer considered lifelong. 
D)  They had been implemented since race-based slavery first reached the Americas. 
E)  They demonstrated that most colonists deemed race-based slavery a moral issue. 
A)  They outlawed many actions taken by slave-owners to punish slaves. 
B)  They formalized the institution of race-based slavery by outlining the local laws that governed slave life. 
C)  They placed limits on race-based slavery so that it was no longer considered lifelong. 
D)  They had been implemented since race-based slavery first reached the Americas. 
E)  They demonstrated that most colonists deemed race-based slavery a moral issue.

Question 18

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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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.

Question 19

Benjamin Franklin believed a major reason for colonial population growth was

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A)  government bounties for large families. 
B)  English immunity to contagious diseases. 
C)  rapid advances in medical science. 
D)  couples marrying later than in Europe. 
E)  an abundance of cheap land. 
A)  government bounties for large families. 
B)  English immunity to contagious diseases. 
C)  rapid advances in medical science. 
D)  couples marrying later than in Europe. 
E)  an abundance of cheap land.

Question 20

Describe the status of women in colonial society. What factors might account for their role in society?

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In colonial society, the status of women

Exam 3: Colonial Ways of Life

Jonathan Edwards's famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," described

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

New Lights differed from Old Lights by

Although women in the early American colonies were expected to perform household chores,

Match each description with the item below. -Isaac Newton

The witch craze in Salem started when

Which of the following statements accurately describes the middle colonies?

Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?

By 1700, which of the following was the most democratic and important social institution in the American colonies?

The Great Awakening shattered the Puritan ideal of religious uniformity.

Match each description with the item below. -Eliza Pinckney

Puritan commitment to education is best explained by their

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

Discuss the influence the Great Awakening had on higher education in the colonies.

Discuss the New England shipping industry and its impact on colonial trade.

Which of the following statements about slave codes is correct?

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

Benjamin Franklin believed a major reason for colonial population growth was

Describe the status of women in colonial society. What factors might account for their role in society?

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From Colonies to States

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Strengthening the New Nation

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Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

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A Clash of Cultures

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