Question 1

What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?

Accepted Answer

A)  a pan-Indian identity 
B)  European technology and material goods 
C)  the enslavement of Africans 
D)  an alliance with the French 
E)  the use of English in trade negotiations 
A)  a pan-Indian identity 
B)  European technology and material goods 
C)  the enslavement of Africans 
D)  an alliance with the French 
E)  the use of English in trade negotiations B

Question 2

What made Olaudah Equiano an atypical slave?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was fortunate enough to escape. 
B)  He went directly from West Africa to Virginia. 
C)  He survived the Middle Passage voyage. 
D)  He led a rebellion. 
E)  He was able to purchase his freedom. 
A)  He was fortunate enough to escape. 
B)  He went directly from West Africa to Virginia. 
C)  He survived the Middle Passage voyage. 
D)  He led a rebellion. 
E)  He was able to purchase his freedom. E

Question 3

In Cato's Letters, the authors declare that "Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech." To what extent did freedom of thought and freedom of speech exist in eighteenth-century British America?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.

Question 4

Which one of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)  strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire 
B)  the founding of the new colony of Ohio in territory acquired from France 
C)  a weakening of liberties as France made gains in North America 
D)  the creation of a central colonial government under the Albany Plan of Union 
E)  increased popularity of the Anglican Church among ordinary colonists 
A)  strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire 
B)  the founding of the new colony of Ohio in territory acquired from France 
C)  a weakening of liberties as France made gains in North America 
D)  the creation of a central colonial government under the Albany Plan of Union 
E)  increased popularity of the Anglican Church among ordinary colonists

Question 5

The Enlightenment thinkers who influenced many educated Americans in the eighteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  faced their fiercest critic in Benjamin Franklin, who didn't believe in the validity of the scientific method. 
B)  taught that the scientific method should only be applied to the natural world, and not society or politics. 
C)  believed that reason was useless because people were predestined for salvation or damnation. 
D)  taught that reason should be the basis for judging every human institution, authority, and tradition. 
E)  believed that men and women could achieve spiritual salvation by repenting for their sins. 
A)  faced their fiercest critic in Benjamin Franklin, who didn't believe in the validity of the scientific method. 
B)  taught that the scientific method should only be applied to the natural world, and not society or politics. 
C)  believed that reason was useless because people were predestined for salvation or damnation. 
D)  taught that reason should be the basis for judging every human institution, authority, and tradition. 
E)  believed that men and women could achieve spiritual salvation by repenting for their sins.

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Pontiac's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 7

Explain the impact of the Seven Years' War on colonial society. Pay particular attention to how the war and its outcome shaped colonial identities and the relationship between colonists and Indians.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the impact of the Seven Years'...

Question 8

Compared with the seventeenth century, colonial politics in the eighteenth century saw far more crises, scandals, and violent struggles for power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Deism

Accepted Answer

Deism is a philosophical and religious b

Question 10

As the slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  They retained the same rights because they were free. 
B)  Their population grew rapidly through natural reproduction. 
C)  The British government ordered the colonies to treat them better. 
D)  They bought increasing numbers of plantations. 
E)  They lost the right to employ white servants and to bear arms. 
A)  They retained the same rights because they were free. 
B)  Their population grew rapidly through natural reproduction. 
C)  The British government ordered the colonies to treat them better. 
D)  They bought increasing numbers of plantations. 
E)  They lost the right to employ white servants and to bear arms.

Question 11

In South Carolina,

Accepted Answer

A)  the slave population was the smallest of all the southern colonies. 
B)  sugar and tobacco were the main crops. 
C)  most enslaved people did field work under the task system, whereby individual slaves were assigned daily tasks. 
D)  rice plantations were generally much smaller than Virginia tobacco plantations. 
E)  slaveowners were generally much less wealthy than slaveowners in other southern colonies. 
A)  the slave population was the smallest of all the southern colonies. 
B)  sugar and tobacco were the main crops. 
C)  most enslaved people did field work under the task system, whereby individual slaves were assigned daily tasks. 
D)  rice plantations were generally much smaller than Virginia tobacco plantations. 
E)  slaveowners were generally much less wealthy than slaveowners in other southern colonies.

Question 12

What was the significance of Ashanti and Dahomey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Portugal controlled these trade ports in Asia. 
B)  Europeans controlled these African cities. 
C)  These African states became powerful through the slave trade. 
D)  These port cities refused to participate in the slave trade. 
E)  Olaudah Equiano's father was chief of these kingdoms. 
A)  Portugal controlled these trade ports in Asia. 
B)  Europeans controlled these African cities. 
C)  These African states became powerful through the slave trade. 
D)  These port cities refused to participate in the slave trade. 
E)  Olaudah Equiano's father was chief of these kingdoms.

Question 13

The revolt against British rule by Indians of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, known as Pontiac's Rebellion,

Accepted Answer

A)  reflected a disintegration of a long-standing pan-Indian identity. 
B)  was opposed by the Delaware prophet Neolin. 
C)  led Britain to issue the Proclamation of 1763. 
D)  led Britain to accelerate colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
E)  ended conflict between Native Americans and English colonists. 
A)  reflected a disintegration of a long-standing pan-Indian identity. 
B)  was opposed by the Delaware prophet Neolin. 
C)  led Britain to issue the Proclamation of 1763. 
D)  led Britain to accelerate colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
E)  ended conflict between Native Americans and English colonists.

Question 14

In which of the following settings did slaves experience the greatest degree of freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  frontier conditions 
B)  small inland cities 
C)  coastal cities 
D)  rice plantations 
E)  tobacco plantations 
A)  frontier conditions 
B)  small inland cities 
C)  coastal cities 
D)  rice plantations 
E)  tobacco plantations

Question 15

Northern colonial ports in New York and Massachusetts actively participated in the slave trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following statements was true of Georgia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery. 
B)  It was the only colony to maintain a ban on liquor until independence. 
C)  The philanthropists who founded it wanted to exclude lower-class Englishmen. 
D)  Its residents invaded Florida and took it from Spain in the War of Jenkins' Ear. 
E)  It was named for the most important British queen of the eighteenth century. 
A)  Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery. 
B)  It was the only colony to maintain a ban on liquor until independence. 
C)  The philanthropists who founded it wanted to exclude lower-class Englishmen. 
D)  Its residents invaded Florida and took it from Spain in the War of Jenkins' Ear. 
E)  It was named for the most important British queen of the eighteenth century.

Question 17

Most Britons believed that the king was above the law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What right does Pontiac claim for Indians in his 1762 and 1763 speeches?

Accepted Answer

A)  the right to vote alongside British colonists 
B)  the right to take scalps while waging war 
C)  the right to buy and sell land freely for a large profit 
D)  the right to purchase weapons from white men 
E)  the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories 
A)  the right to vote alongside British colonists 
B)  the right to take scalps while waging war 
C)  the right to buy and sell land freely for a large profit 
D)  the right to purchase weapons from white men 
E)  the right to occupy the land of their traditional territories

Question 19

The 1741 panic in New York City that led to thirty-four executions was sparked by

Accepted Answer

A)  a declaration of war by the Spanish empire. 
B)  the seizing of the New York armory by the British. 
C)  a rally of boisterous Irish. 
D)  the imprisonment of twenty free blacks. 
E)  a series of fires breaking out throughout the city. 
A)  a declaration of war by the Spanish empire. 
B)  the seizing of the New York armory by the British. 
C)  a rally of boisterous Irish. 
D)  the imprisonment of twenty free blacks. 
E)  a series of fires breaking out throughout the city.

Question 20

Which aspect of the Great Awakening had significant political influence?

Accepted Answer

A)  its widespread condemnation of slavery 
B)  its focus on science over religious emotionalism 
C)  its view of wealth above all as evidence of God's favor 
D)  its condemnation of alcohol 
E)  its focus on the individual's independent judgment 
A)  its widespread condemnation of slavery 
B)  its focus on science over religious emotionalism 
C)  its view of wealth above all as evidence of God's favor 
D)  its condemnation of alcohol 
E)  its focus on the individual's independent judgment

Exam 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?

What made Olaudah Equiano an atypical slave?

In Cato's Letters, the authors declare that "Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech." To what extent did freedom of thought and freedom of speech exist in eighteenth-century British America?

Which one of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?

The Enlightenment thinkers who influenced many educated Americans in the eighteenth century

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Pontiac's Rebellion

Explain the impact of the Seven Years' War on colonial society. Pay particular attention to how the war and its outcome shaped colonial identities and the relationship between colonists and Indians.

Compared with the seventeenth century, colonial politics in the eighteenth century saw far more crises, scandals, and violent struggles for power.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Deism

As the slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?

In South Carolina,

What was the significance of Ashanti and Dahomey?

The revolt against British rule by Indians of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, known as Pontiac's Rebellion,

In which of the following settings did slaves experience the greatest degree of freedom?

Northern colonial ports in New York and Massachusetts actively participated in the slave trade.

Which of the following statements was true of Georgia?

Most Britons believed that the king was above the law.

What right does Pontiac claim for Indians in his 1762 and 1763 speeches?

The 1741 panic in New York City that led to thirty-four executions was sparked by

Which aspect of the Great Awakening had significant political influence?

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