Exam 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

The British Navigation Acts were designed to protect England from foreign competition in the colonies.

During the course of colonial history, colonial legislatures grew increasingly accustomed to operating on orders from Parliament.

The first American college was

There were sharp social distinctions in the colonies, but the English class system did not take root in the colonies.

Over time, tensions in Puritan New England communities developed primarily as a result of

Primogeniture refers to the

What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?

Which statement about the economy of the northern colonies is true?

Assess the character and nature of religion in colonial America.

The revival that was the Great Awakening was rooted in a desire to reinvigorate family life.

The largest outbreak of suspected witchcraft persecution in British North America took place in the community of ________.

Discuss the differences between the demographics of the colonial South and those of the colonial North.

In England, a printed attack on a public official, whether true or false, was considered ________.

The verdict of the 1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger

Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century,

The first American college, established in 1636, was ________.

Belief in witchcraft was not a common feature of Puritan religious life.

In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American colonies

The English system of passing property to the firstborn son is called ________.

Very little slave resistance took the form of open rebellion.