Question 1

New Light preachers like Gilbert Tennent shook the foundations of the social order by sowing seeds of doubt about

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A)  ministers. 
B)  merchants. 
C)  royal governors. 
D)  scientists. 
E)  tax collectors. 
A)  ministers. 
B)  merchants. 
C)  royal governors. 
D)  scientists. 
E)  tax collectors. A

Question 2

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the Glorious Revolution changed the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain?

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A)  Great Britain reestablished representative governments in the colonies. 
B)  Great Britain ensured religious freedoms for Protestants. 
C)  Great Britain directed colonial governors to call annual assemblies. 
D)  The crown restructured the colonial government by combining separate colonies into the Dominion of New England 
E)  The criteria for voting in New England became property ownership rather than church membership. 
A)  Great Britain reestablished representative governments in the colonies. 
B)  Great Britain ensured religious freedoms for Protestants. 
C)  Great Britain directed colonial governors to call annual assemblies. 
D)  The crown restructured the colonial government by combining separate colonies into the Dominion of New England 
E)  The criteria for voting in New England became property ownership rather than church membership. D

Question 3

Which statement does not accurately describe George Whitefield?

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A)  He claimed that ministers were in reality unsaved. 
B)  He challenged the movement of Protestantism away from its roots in the teachings of Martin Luther. 
C)  He had a running feud with the Church of England's representative in the colonies. 
D)  He traveled thousands of miles to criticize established Protestantism. 
E)  He was considered one of the greatest speakers in favor of a revival of religious piety in the 18th century. 
A)  He claimed that ministers were in reality unsaved. 
B)  He challenged the movement of Protestantism away from its roots in the teachings of Martin Luther. 
C)  He had a running feud with the Church of England's representative in the colonies. 
D)  He traveled thousands of miles to criticize established Protestantism. 
E)  He was considered one of the greatest speakers in favor of a revival of religious piety in the 18th century. B

Question 4

Which of the following groups did not provide many of the immigrants to the British North American colonies in the late 17th and 18th centuries?

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A)  Scots-Irish 
B)  English 
C)  Convict Laborers 
D)  Germans 
E)  French 
A)  Scots-Irish 
B)  English 
C)  Convict Laborers 
D)  Germans 
E)  French

Question 5

Why did Great Britain become more powerful in North America than either France or Spain in the first half of the 18th century?

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A)  France and Spain fought a debilitating war that allowed the British to develop their possessions without interference. 
B)  Great Britain greatly expanded its navy and built new bases in North America and the Caribbean. 
C)  Great Britain's population in North America more than quadrupled. 
D)  France underwent a series of leadership changes that prevented it from giving its colonies much attention 
E)  Spain abandoned most of its North American possessions in favor of building its empire in Africa. 
A)  France and Spain fought a debilitating war that allowed the British to develop their possessions without interference. 
B)  Great Britain greatly expanded its navy and built new bases in North America and the Caribbean. 
C)  Great Britain's population in North America more than quadrupled. 
D)  France underwent a series of leadership changes that prevented it from giving its colonies much attention 
E)  Spain abandoned most of its North American possessions in favor of building its empire in Africa.

Question 6

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Sante Fe

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The answer of MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the...

Question 7

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of North America that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Ohio River

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The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 8

What was the environmental impact of the rapid expansion of English settlement east of the Appalachians?

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A)  Deforestation 
B)  Destruction of the rabbit and possum populations 
C)  Overpopulation in New York and Boston 
D)  Drying up of many swamps 
E)  Development of new methods to prevent soil erosion 
A)  Deforestation 
B)  Destruction of the rabbit and possum populations 
C)  Overpopulation in New York and Boston 
D)  Drying up of many swamps 
E)  Development of new methods to prevent soil erosion

Question 9

Which of the following correctly suggests the conditions of landownership among farm families in well-settled areas?

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A)  Land was usually cheaper than manure. 
B)  Those who wished to own land usually had to concentrate on full-time agricultural work. 
C)  Because of low interest rates and small down payments, families were able to pay off their mortgages within five years. 
D)  The great majority of landowners could not provide their children with land when they married. 
E)  Because of the rapid grown in population, land was becoming scarce and the price of land made it difficult for average people to own their own homes. 
A)  Land was usually cheaper than manure. 
B)  Those who wished to own land usually had to concentrate on full-time agricultural work. 
C)  Because of low interest rates and small down payments, families were able to pay off their mortgages within five years. 
D)  The great majority of landowners could not provide their children with land when they married. 
E)  Because of the rapid grown in population, land was becoming scarce and the price of land made it difficult for average people to own their own homes.

Question 10

Who wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

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A)  Tom Gordon 
B)  John Locke 
C)  Hugh Trenchard 
D)  Alexander Hamilton 
E)  James Otis 
A)  Tom Gordon 
B)  John Locke 
C)  Hugh Trenchard 
D)  Alexander Hamilton 
E)  James Otis

Question 11

What did most eighteenth-century American intellectuals think about science?

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A)  They suspected that the mysteries of the universe were too complex for any human to truly understand. 
B)  They thought that science amounted to little more than turning lead into gold and experimenting with balloons. 
C)  They believed that science explained the laws of nature. 
D)  They feared that science could pose the greatest threat to organized religion since the Reformation. 
E)  All of these choices. 
A)  They suspected that the mysteries of the universe were too complex for any human to truly understand. 
B)  They thought that science amounted to little more than turning lead into gold and experimenting with balloons. 
C)  They believed that science explained the laws of nature. 
D)  They feared that science could pose the greatest threat to organized religion since the Reformation. 
E)  All of these choices.

Question 12

Which of the following was not a long-term effect of the Great Awakening?

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A)  It led to the founding of new colleges such as Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth. 
B)  It led to the decline in the influence of Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, and the increasing importance of Quakers, Anglicans, and Congregationalists 
C)  It led to the emergence of black Protestantism 
D)  It led to the fostering of religious toleration by blurring theological differences among New Lights 
E)  It led to unprecedented splits in American Protestantism. 
A)  It led to the founding of new colleges such as Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth. 
B)  It led to the decline in the influence of Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, and the increasing importance of Quakers, Anglicans, and Congregationalists 
C)  It led to the emergence of black Protestantism 
D)  It led to the fostering of religious toleration by blurring theological differences among New Lights 
E)  It led to unprecedented splits in American Protestantism.

Question 13

How was eighteenth-century colonial settlement affected by the Native American populations?

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A)  Resistance from various Native American tribes restricted the growth of European settlements. 
B)  Native Americans encouraged English settlement as a way of protecting themselves from the French and Spanish. 
C)  Native Americans negotiated treaties that contained European settlers to a 100-mile-wide strip along the Atlantic coast. 
D)  Through the depopulation and dislocation of Native Americans, European colonial settlements were able to expand rapidly. 
E)  Most Native American tribes were forced to relocate to Northern Canada. 
A)  Resistance from various Native American tribes restricted the growth of European settlements. 
B)  Native Americans encouraged English settlement as a way of protecting themselves from the French and Spanish. 
C)  Native Americans negotiated treaties that contained European settlers to a 100-mile-wide strip along the Atlantic coast. 
D)  Through the depopulation and dislocation of Native Americans, European colonial settlements were able to expand rapidly. 
E)  Most Native American tribes were forced to relocate to Northern Canada.

Question 14

How did planters in the French West Indies defy their government's mercantilist policies?

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A)  They transported their products in British ships rather than French ones. 
B)  They raised a variety of crops to achieve self-sufficiency but did not worry about producing a cash crop. 
C)  They adopted the wage-labor system rather than use slaves. 
D)  They refined their own sugar rather than sending it directly to France. 
E)  They sold the rice they produced directly to the British North American colonies. 
A)  They transported their products in British ships rather than French ones. 
B)  They raised a variety of crops to achieve self-sufficiency but did not worry about producing a cash crop. 
C)  They adopted the wage-labor system rather than use slaves. 
D)  They refined their own sugar rather than sending it directly to France. 
E)  They sold the rice they produced directly to the British North American colonies.

Question 15

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-New Jersey

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The answer of MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the...

Question 16

What power did colonial governors not possess?

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A)  The right to veto acts 
B)  The power to call or dismiss assembly sessions at will 
C)  Control over taxes and the budget 
D)  The authority to schedule elections at any time 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  The right to veto acts 
B)  The power to call or dismiss assembly sessions at will 
C)  Control over taxes and the budget 
D)  The authority to schedule elections at any time 
E)  None of these choices

Question 17

What did the Navigation Acts do?

Accepted Answer

A)  They prohibited colonists from engaging in overseas commerce. 
B)  They limited the goods that could be manufactured and traded within the colonies. 
C)  They forced American ships to carry English goods at no cost. 
D)  They required most colonial trade to go through England and be transported on English ships. 
E)  They established the navigation lanes on the St. Lawrence Waterway and Mississippi River. 
A)  They prohibited colonists from engaging in overseas commerce. 
B)  They limited the goods that could be manufactured and traded within the colonies. 
C)  They forced American ships to carry English goods at no cost. 
D)  They required most colonial trade to go through England and be transported on English ships. 
E)  They established the navigation lanes on the St. Lawrence Waterway and Mississippi River.

Question 18

Which branch of government was most likely to defend the interests of colonists?

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A)  The crown in London 
B)  The lower house of the legislature 
C)  The judiciary 
D)  The upper house of the legislature 
E)  The executive branch 
A)  The crown in London 
B)  The lower house of the legislature 
C)  The judiciary 
D)  The upper house of the legislature 
E)  The executive branch

Question 19

What was the typical qualification for holding office in eighteenth-century English colonies, outside of New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Significant property ownership 
B)  There were none as any voter could hold office 
C)  Membership in the Anglican church 
D)  A high school diploma and the $100 registration fee 
E)  Being born in the colonies, or having lived there at least thirty-five years 
A)  Significant property ownership 
B)  There were none as any voter could hold office 
C)  Membership in the Anglican church 
D)  A high school diploma and the $100 registration fee 
E)  Being born in the colonies, or having lived there at least thirty-five years

Question 20

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of North America that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Lake Ontario

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The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

New Light preachers like Gilbert Tennent shook the foundations of the social order by sowing seeds of doubt about

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the Glorious Revolution changed the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain?

Which statement does not accurately describe George Whitefield?

Which of the following groups did not provide many of the immigrants to the British North American colonies in the late 17th and 18th centuries?

Why did Great Britain become more powerful in North America than either France or Spain in the first half of the 18th century?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -Sante Fe

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of North America that correctly identifies each of the following: -Ohio River

What was the environmental impact of the rapid expansion of English settlement east of the Appalachians?

Which of the following correctly suggests the conditions of landownership among farm families in well-settled areas?

Who wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

What did most eighteenth-century American intellectuals think about science?

Which of the following was not a long-term effect of the Great Awakening?

How was eighteenth-century colonial settlement affected by the Native American populations?

How did planters in the French West Indies defy their government's mercantilist policies?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -New Jersey

What power did colonial governors not possess?

What did the Navigation Acts do?

Which branch of government was most likely to defend the interests of colonists?

What was the typical qualification for holding office in eighteenth-century English colonies, outside of New England?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of North America that correctly identifies each of the following: -Lake Ontario

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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Exam 4: The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

New Light preachers like Gilbert Tennent shook the foundations of the social order by sowing seeds of doubt about

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the Glorious Revolution changed the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain?

Which statement does not accurately describe George Whitefield?

Which of the following groups did not provide many of the immigrants to the British North American colonies in the late 17th and 18th centuries?

Why did Great Britain become more powerful in North America than either France or Spain in the first half of the 18th century?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -Sante Fe

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of North America that correctly identifies each of the following: -Ohio River

What was the environmental impact of the rapid expansion of English settlement east of the Appalachians?

Which of the following correctly suggests the conditions of landownership among farm families in well-settled areas?

Who wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

What did most eighteenth-century American intellectuals think about science?

Which of the following was not a long-term effect of the Great Awakening?

How was eighteenth-century colonial settlement affected by the Native American populations?

How did planters in the French West Indies defy their government's mercantilist policies?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -New Jersey

What power did colonial governors not possess?

What did the Navigation Acts do?

Which branch of government was most likely to defend the interests of colonists?

What was the typical qualification for holding office in eighteenth-century English colonies, outside of New England?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of North America that correctly identifies each of the following: -Lake Ontario

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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