Question 1

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Georgia

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Question 2

Why was John Peter Zenger's acquittal significant?

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A)  It helped set the precedent that the jury could decide what was libel or not and established truth as a defense against a charge of libel. 
B)  It weakened the authority of a governor to hold a defendant without formal charge. 
C)  It created the presumption that someone accused of a crime is innocent until proven otherwise. 
D)  It destroyed the last vestiges of a legal system without jury trials. 
E)  It guaranteed that the poor would have legal counsel. 
A)  It helped set the precedent that the jury could decide what was libel or not and established truth as a defense against a charge of libel. 
B)  It weakened the authority of a governor to hold a defendant without formal charge. 
C)  It created the presumption that someone accused of a crime is innocent until proven otherwise. 
D)  It destroyed the last vestiges of a legal system without jury trials. 
E)  It guaranteed that the poor would have legal counsel.

Question 3

Which statement reflects the views of George Whitefield?

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A)  The Anglican valued human reason over religious piety. 
B)  Wives should submit to their husbands' every desire. 
C)  Slaves did not have souls. 
D)  Saved ministers were superior to the members of their congregations. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  The Anglican valued human reason over religious piety. 
B)  Wives should submit to their husbands' every desire. 
C)  Slaves did not have souls. 
D)  Saved ministers were superior to the members of their congregations. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 4

Which of the following was not one of Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments?

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A)  He initiated a movement to encourage organized churches to resolve their theological differences. 
B)  He published Poor Richard's Almanack. 
C)  He organized the American Philosophical Society. 
D)  He earned enough money to retire by the age of forty-two. 
E)  He pulled together a reading group called the Junto. 
A)  He initiated a movement to encourage organized churches to resolve their theological differences. 
B)  He published Poor Richard's Almanack. 
C)  He organized the American Philosophical Society. 
D)  He earned enough money to retire by the age of forty-two. 
E)  He pulled together a reading group called the Junto.

Question 5

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

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Question 6

Who bore the bloodiest fighting in the course of King William's War?

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A)  The English 
B)  The Iroquois 
C)  The Leislerians 
D)  The French 
E)  The Spanish 
A)  The English 
B)  The Iroquois 
C)  The Leislerians 
D)  The French 
E)  The Spanish

Question 7

What did the treatment of the Tuscarora and Yamasee Indians in North Carolina during the early eighteenth century demonstrate?

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A)  English settlers should have been able to use Native Americans instead of black slaves for rice and tobacco cultivation. 
B)  Native American resistance would not significantly hinder white expansion in the Carolinas. 
C)  Plantation agriculture provided ideal conditions for Indians. 
D)  Native American tribes could resist white expansion by remaining unified. 
E)  The British Parliament was too quick to send troops when it thought that English settlers were in danger. 
A)  English settlers should have been able to use Native Americans instead of black slaves for rice and tobacco cultivation. 
B)  Native American resistance would not significantly hinder white expansion in the Carolinas. 
C)  Plantation agriculture provided ideal conditions for Indians. 
D)  Native American tribes could resist white expansion by remaining unified. 
E)  The British Parliament was too quick to send troops when it thought that English settlers were in danger.

Question 8

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

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Question 9

What was mercantilism?

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A)  an economic theory carefully elaborated by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations. 
B)  a government policy aimed at achieving national economic self-sufficiency. 
C)  a colonial American policy of trading primarily with England in order to strengthen political and economic ties. 
D)  a theory of business organization in which merchants formed joint stock companies to pool their capital. 
E)  the belief that the most effective way to escape from the Long Depression was to increase imports of agricultural goods. 
A)  an economic theory carefully elaborated by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations. 
B)  a government policy aimed at achieving national economic self-sufficiency. 
C)  a colonial American policy of trading primarily with England in order to strengthen political and economic ties. 
D)  a theory of business organization in which merchants formed joint stock companies to pool their capital. 
E)  the belief that the most effective way to escape from the Long Depression was to increase imports of agricultural goods.

Question 10

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

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Question 11

Who limited towns to a single annual meeting each year, enforced the Navigation Acts, and suppressed the colonial legislature in Massachusetts?

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A)  William of Orange 
B)  Jacob Leisler 
C)  Edmund Andros 
D)  Alexander Garden 
E)  Thomas Hutchinson 
A)  William of Orange 
B)  Jacob Leisler 
C)  Edmund Andros 
D)  Alexander Garden 
E)  Thomas Hutchinson

Question 12

Who founded the first colony in Georgia?

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A)  George Calvert 
B)  William Bradford 
C)  James Oglethorpe 
D)  Andrew Peachtree 
E)  William Penn 
A)  George Calvert 
B)  William Bradford 
C)  James Oglethorpe 
D)  Andrew Peachtree 
E)  William Penn

Question 13

When comparing slaves with indentured servants, which statement is true?

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A)  Slaves ate more. 
B)  Slaves worked for a far longer portion of their lives. 
C)  Slaves were healthier. 
D)  Slaves had a shorter work week but less vacation time. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  Slaves ate more. 
B)  Slaves worked for a far longer portion of their lives. 
C)  Slaves were healthier. 
D)  Slaves had a shorter work week but less vacation time. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 14

What was the main reason the population of the British North American colonies increased in the eighteenth century?

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A)  Settlers had a high birthrate. 
B)  A decade of bumper rice crops led better diets and longer life spans. 
C)  Immigration from Europe provided a steady influx of people. 
D)  Colonists learned that better sanitation limited diseases and increased life spans. 
E)  Wars with the Spanish and French ended. 
A)  Settlers had a high birthrate. 
B)  A decade of bumper rice crops led better diets and longer life spans. 
C)  Immigration from Europe provided a steady influx of people. 
D)  Colonists learned that better sanitation limited diseases and increased life spans. 
E)  Wars with the Spanish and French ended.

Question 15

Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?

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A)  The restrictions stimulated the development of an American merchant marine and American maritime industries. 
B)  Parliament never restricted products such as grain, livestock, fish, lumber, or rum, which accounted for 60 percent of colonial exports. 
C)  Tobacco growers were given a monopoly of the British market. 
D)  The regulations primarily burdened tobacco and rice exporters, whose income was reduced by less than 3%. 
E)  Most American colonies were prosperous and self-sufficient and did not need commercial connections with England to pursue their internal economic development. 
A)  The restrictions stimulated the development of an American merchant marine and American maritime industries. 
B)  Parliament never restricted products such as grain, livestock, fish, lumber, or rum, which accounted for 60 percent of colonial exports. 
C)  Tobacco growers were given a monopoly of the British market. 
D)  The regulations primarily burdened tobacco and rice exporters, whose income was reduced by less than 3%. 
E)  Most American colonies were prosperous and self-sufficient and did not need commercial connections with England to pursue their internal economic development.

Question 16

What did the English do after 1660?

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A)  They renewed efforts to expand and control colonial trade. 
B)  They turned inward to reform their own society rather than establish new societies across the seas. 
C)  They embarked on an era of free trade by repealing most parliamentary acts dealing with overseas commerce. 
D)  They abandoned Canada to the French. 
E)  They outlawed royal ownership of overseas colonies. 
A)  They renewed efforts to expand and control colonial trade. 
B)  They turned inward to reform their own society rather than establish new societies across the seas. 
C)  They embarked on an era of free trade by repealing most parliamentary acts dealing with overseas commerce. 
D)  They abandoned Canada to the French. 
E)  They outlawed royal ownership of overseas colonies.

Question 17

The description by the German-born Georgia planter of the "task system" demonstrates that

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A)  rice plantations were sustained by slave labor 
B)  Georgia planters used their slaves primarily for household tasks. 
C)  Slaves on Georgia plantations were made to specialize in one particular task or one particular agricultural specialty to increase their likelihood of success. 
D)  Georgia plantations tended to be money-losing operations. 
E)  Because of their strong religious faith, Georgia planters prohibited any work from being done on Sunday. 
A)  rice plantations were sustained by slave labor 
B)  Georgia planters used their slaves primarily for household tasks. 
C)  Slaves on Georgia plantations were made to specialize in one particular task or one particular agricultural specialty to increase their likelihood of success. 
D)  Georgia plantations tended to be money-losing operations. 
E)  Because of their strong religious faith, Georgia planters prohibited any work from being done on Sunday.

Question 18

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Maryland

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Question 19

Which statement accurately describes eighteenth-century European immigrants to the British North American colonies?

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A)  They tended to settle in large urban areas in New England, New York, and New Jersey. 
B)  They were usually middle- and upper-middle-class professionals or skilled artisans. 
C)  They included large numbers of Irish and Germans and declining proportions of English. 
D)  They stayed in the colonies, on average, only four years before returning to live in Europe. 
E)  They included large numbers of murderers dumped on American shores by the British government. 
A)  They tended to settle in large urban areas in New England, New York, and New Jersey. 
B)  They were usually middle- and upper-middle-class professionals or skilled artisans. 
C)  They included large numbers of Irish and Germans and declining proportions of English. 
D)  They stayed in the colonies, on average, only four years before returning to live in Europe. 
E)  They included large numbers of murderers dumped on American shores by the British government.

Question 20

Which of the following statements about Georgia is not correct?

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A)  It was supposed to flourish by exporting expensive commodities such as wine and silk. 
B)  For a time it was the only English colony where slavery was forbidden. 
C)  It was created in part from land bought from the Creek Indians. 
D)  In its first decade, half of Georgia's immigrants came from Germany, Switzerland, and Scotland, and most had their overseas passage paid by the government. 
E)  It was populated by large numbers of shiftless debtors who otherwise would have had to rot in jail. 
A)  It was supposed to flourish by exporting expensive commodities such as wine and silk. 
B)  For a time it was the only English colony where slavery was forbidden. 
C)  It was created in part from land bought from the Creek Indians. 
D)  In its first decade, half of Georgia's immigrants came from Germany, Switzerland, and Scotland, and most had their overseas passage paid by the government. 
E)  It was populated by large numbers of shiftless debtors who otherwise would have had to rot in jail.

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

Why was John Peter Zenger's acquittal significant?

Which statement reflects the views of George Whitefield?

Which of the following was not one of Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments?

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

Who bore the bloodiest fighting in the course of King William's War?

What did the treatment of the Tuscarora and Yamasee Indians in North Carolina during the early eighteenth century demonstrate?

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

What was mercantilism?

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

Who limited towns to a single annual meeting each year, enforced the Navigation Acts, and suppressed the colonial legislature in Massachusetts?

Who founded the first colony in Georgia?

When comparing slaves with indentured servants, which statement is true?

What was the main reason the population of the British North American colonies increased in the eighteenth century?

Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?

What did the English do after 1660?

The description by the German-born Georgia planter of the "task system" demonstrates that

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

Which statement accurately describes eighteenth-century European immigrants to the British North American colonies?

Which of the following statements about Georgia is not correct?

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

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

Why was John Peter Zenger's acquittal significant?

Which statement reflects the views of George Whitefield?

Which of the following was not one of Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments?

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

Who bore the bloodiest fighting in the course of King William's War?

What did the treatment of the Tuscarora and Yamasee Indians in North Carolina during the early eighteenth century demonstrate?

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

What was mercantilism?

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

Who limited towns to a single annual meeting each year, enforced the Navigation Acts, and suppressed the colonial legislature in Massachusetts?

Who founded the first colony in Georgia?

When comparing slaves with indentured servants, which statement is true?

What was the main reason the population of the British North American colonies increased in the eighteenth century?

Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?

What did the English do after 1660?

The description by the German-born Georgia planter of the "task system" demonstrates that

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

Which statement accurately describes eighteenth-century European immigrants to the British North American colonies?

Which of the following statements about Georgia is not correct?

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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