Question 1

Religious fundamentalism was on the rise throughout the world in the eighteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Where did most Chesapeake slaves work?

Accepted Answer

A)  in the woods, as hunters 
B)  in mines 
C)  on boats, as boatmen 
D)  in white households, as cooks 
E)  in the fields 
A)  in the woods, as hunters 
B)  in mines 
C)  on boats, as boatmen 
D)  in white households, as cooks 
E)  in the fields

Question 3

The slave experience was diverse in British America. Describe how slavery evolved in the various regions of British America. What role did African religions play? What liberties, if any, were extended to slaves in the northern colonies, the Chesapeake region, and the rice kingdom of South Carolina and Georgia? What was the impact of the Stono Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The slave experience was diverse in British...

Question 4

Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Washington 
B)  Benjamin Franklin 
C)  William Pitt 
D)  John Peter Zenger 
E)  Thomas Jefferson 
A)  George Washington 
B)  Benjamin Franklin 
C)  William Pitt 
D)  John Peter Zenger 
E)  Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

In the Chesapeake region, slavery

Accepted Answer

A)  was geographically restricted to the Tidewater area until transportation improved in the nineteenth century. 
B)  rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680. 
C)  was the labor system preferred by planters as early as the 1620s. 
D)  allowed planters to make vast profits from cotton and rice as well as from tobacco. 
E)  was so widely practiced that nearly three-fifths of white households in 1770 included a slaveowner. 
A)  was geographically restricted to the Tidewater area until transportation improved in the nineteenth century. 
B)  rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680. 
C)  was the labor system preferred by planters as early as the 1620s. 
D)  allowed planters to make vast profits from cotton and rice as well as from tobacco. 
E)  was so widely practiced that nearly three-fifths of white households in 1770 included a slaveowner.

Question 6

What was the significance of the "Country Party"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their support for absolute monarchies inspired those who would remain Loyalists during the American Revolution. 
B)  Their criticism of Puritans resulted in Britain rescinding the original Massachusetts charter. 
C)  Their writings warned against the tendency of political power to threaten liberty and were popular in the American colonies. 
D)  Their promotion of British mercantilism influenced British economic policy throughout the eighteenth century. 
E)  Their attempts to seize the property of the landed gentry in England resulted in stricter rules of free assembly in the American colonies. 
A)  Their support for absolute monarchies inspired those who would remain Loyalists during the American Revolution. 
B)  Their criticism of Puritans resulted in Britain rescinding the original Massachusetts charter. 
C)  Their writings warned against the tendency of political power to threaten liberty and were popular in the American colonies. 
D)  Their promotion of British mercantilism influenced British economic policy throughout the eighteenth century. 
E)  Their attempts to seize the property of the landed gentry in England resulted in stricter rules of free assembly in the American colonies.

Question 7

Colonial governors, more than colonial assemblies, curbed freedom of the press.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What was a consequence of the Seven Years War on native cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)  It bolstered support for and interest among some Indians in a pan-Indian identity. 
B)  It inspired large-scale conversions to Christianity among native tribes. 
C)  It strengthened the alliance between the Indians of the Ohio Valley and the British. 
D)  It led to two decades of near-constant fighting among the tribes of the Ohio Valley. 
E)  It caused groups like the Iroquois to experience more autonomy than ever before. 
A)  It bolstered support for and interest among some Indians in a pan-Indian identity. 
B)  It inspired large-scale conversions to Christianity among native tribes. 
C)  It strengthened the alliance between the Indians of the Ohio Valley and the British. 
D)  It led to two decades of near-constant fighting among the tribes of the Ohio Valley. 
E)  It caused groups like the Iroquois to experience more autonomy than ever before.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true of eighteenth-century slavery in South Carolina and Georgia?

Accepted Answer

A)  The laws in those colonies created a very static institution with few differences among plantations, small farms, and cities. 
B)  Plantation slaves enjoyed far more autonomy than they did in other colonies, allowing them to maintain more of their African culture. 
C)  Because of the high death rates of Africans due to malaria, slave populations declined by 5 to 10 percent per decade during the 1700s. 
D)  Because the governments of South Carolina and Georgia strictly enforced laws preventing sexual contact between whites and blacks, a significant population of racially mixed individuals never developed. 
E)  Colonial law gave freedom to any slave who successfully escaped to Charleston or Savannah. 
A)  The laws in those colonies created a very static institution with few differences among plantations, small farms, and cities. 
B)  Plantation slaves enjoyed far more autonomy than they did in other colonies, allowing them to maintain more of their African culture. 
C)  Because of the high death rates of Africans due to malaria, slave populations declined by 5 to 10 percent per decade during the 1700s. 
D)  Because the governments of South Carolina and Georgia strictly enforced laws preventing sexual contact between whites and blacks, a significant population of racially mixed individuals never developed. 
E)  Colonial law gave freedom to any slave who successfully escaped to Charleston or Savannah.

Question 10

It is estimated that between ________ percent of adult white men could vote in eighteenth-century colonial British America.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 and 10 
B)  25 and 40 
C)  33 and 50 
D)  50 and 80 
E)  75 and 90 
A)  5 and 10 
B)  25 and 40 
C)  33 and 50 
D)  50 and 80 
E)  75 and 90

Question 11

What aspects of the Great Awakening did its critics tend to focus on?

Accepted Answer

A)  They rejected its calls to eliminate religion as part of daily life in the colonies. 
B)  They rejected its embrace of predestination and claim that God was both male and female. 
C)  They disapproved of the resulting cohesiveness of the church and thought it should have numerous offshoots. 
D)  They disapproved of its references to Catholic saints and embrace of the pope's teachings. 
E)  They disapproved of its lack of respect for established churches and "disorderly" emotionalism. 
A)  They rejected its calls to eliminate religion as part of daily life in the colonies. 
B)  They rejected its embrace of predestination and claim that God was both male and female. 
C)  They disapproved of the resulting cohesiveness of the church and thought it should have numerous offshoots. 
D)  They disapproved of its references to Catholic saints and embrace of the pope's teachings. 
E)  They disapproved of its lack of respect for established churches and "disorderly" emotionalism.

Question 12

A higher percentage of the population in Britain enjoyed suffrage as compared to the American colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

As Europeans continued to settle the North American continent during the 1700s, Indians constantly struggled to maintain their independence and identities. Illustrate the common obstacles the Indian communities faced and the ways they tried to unite to overcome their hardships during the eighteenth century. Consider the Indians in California during the Spanish missionary period, the Creeks during the early settlement of Carolina, the Indians in Pennsylvania, and the Indians during and after the French and Indian War (including Pontiac's Rebellion).

Accepted Answer

The answer of As Europeans continued to settle the North...

Question 14

Olaudah Equiano's life underscored what eighteenth-century theme?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery was going to continue to grow without the possibility of ending. 
B)  It was ironic that some men in the British colonies were slaves while others had their rights expanded. 
C)  The British and French empires were on a collision course in North America. 
D)  Most Christian ministers opposed the enslavement of Africans. 
E)  Slaves accepted their condition of bondage with little to no resistance. 
A)  Slavery was going to continue to grow without the possibility of ending. 
B)  It was ironic that some men in the British colonies were slaves while others had their rights expanded. 
C)  The British and French empires were on a collision course in North America. 
D)  Most Christian ministers opposed the enslavement of Africans. 
E)  Slaves accepted their condition of bondage with little to no resistance.

Question 15

As slavery became more commonplace in the Chesapeake, how were free blacks affected?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free blacks were not required to pay taxes. 
B)  All free blacks were forced back into slavery. 
C)  Free blacks could continue to employ white servants, but forfeited the right to bear arms. 
D)  Free blacks became an increasingly large population in Virginia. 
E)  In 1723, Virginia revoked property-owning free blacks' right to vote. 
A)  Free blacks were not required to pay taxes. 
B)  All free blacks were forced back into slavery. 
C)  Free blacks could continue to employ white servants, but forfeited the right to bear arms. 
D)  Free blacks became an increasingly large population in Virginia. 
E)  In 1723, Virginia revoked property-owning free blacks' right to vote.

Question 16

What was the purpose of Scarouyady's 1765 "Speech to Pennsylvania Provincial Council"?

Accepted Answer

A)  to negotiate a treaty to establish Oneida territory in northwest Pennsylvania 
B)  to pledge the assistance of the Oneida in fighting the French 
C)  to distinguish the Oneida as the friend of white men, unlike other hostile tribes 
D)  to claim compensation for the seizure of Oneida land by white settlers 
E)  to oppose the construction of the fort at Shamokin because it would be on sacred Oneida ground 
A)  to negotiate a treaty to establish Oneida territory in northwest Pennsylvania 
B)  to pledge the assistance of the Oneida in fighting the French 
C)  to distinguish the Oneida as the friend of white men, unlike other hostile tribes 
D)  to claim compensation for the seizure of Oneida land by white settlers 
E)  to oppose the construction of the fort at Shamokin because it would be on sacred Oneida ground

Question 17

Which of the following individuals embodies the colonial understanding of republican virtue?

Accepted Answer

A)  a silversmith who is successful enough to open his own shop 
B)  a lower-class farmer struggling to survive 
C)  a planter who serves on his town council 
D)  a slave who resists working because he or she wants to be free 
E)  a housewife who raises a large family of respectful children 
A)  a silversmith who is successful enough to open his own shop 
B)  a lower-class farmer struggling to survive 
C)  a planter who serves on his town council 
D)  a slave who resists working because he or she wants to be free 
E)  a housewife who raises a large family of respectful children

Question 18

Property qualifications for holding office

Accepted Answer

A)  were the same in every colony as they were for voting. 
B)  meant that women served regularly in colonial legislatures. 
C)  meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures. 
D)  existed for legislators but not for judges, who were esteemed for their legal ability. 
E)  disappeared from Parliament before they were eliminated by colonial legislatures. 
A)  were the same in every colony as they were for voting. 
B)  meant that women served regularly in colonial legislatures. 
C)  meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures. 
D)  existed for legislators but not for judges, who were esteemed for their legal ability. 
E)  disappeared from Parliament before they were eliminated by colonial legislatures.

Question 19

In his 1765 "Speech to Pennsylvania Provincial Council," what does Scarouyady urge the Pennsylvania colonists to do in regard to the Delaware Indians and the Six Nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  to convert these groups to Christianity so that they will achieve salvation 
B)  to defeat these groups militarily in order to establish the dominance of the colonists 
C)  to treat these groups with respect because they were sure to defeat the colonists 
D)  to put down their weapons and abandon their colonies by fleeing to the West 
E)  to reject their own way of life and officially join these tribes by adopting their practices 
A)  to convert these groups to Christianity so that they will achieve salvation 
B)  to defeat these groups militarily in order to establish the dominance of the colonists 
C)  to treat these groups with respect because they were sure to defeat the colonists 
D)  to put down their weapons and abandon their colonies by fleeing to the West 
E)  to reject their own way of life and officially join these tribes by adopting their practices

Question 20

Which of these factors contributed to a lower number of French immigrants to North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  fewer ships with which to sail to the Americas 
B)  lower chance of survival 
C)  the inability of most of the French to hunt and farm 
D)  a restriction of access to the New World by the French monarchy 
E)  the feeling that the Americas were meant for exile 
A)  fewer ships with which to sail to the Americas 
B)  lower chance of survival 
C)  the inability of most of the French to hunt and farm 
D)  a restriction of access to the New World by the French monarchy 
E)  the feeling that the Americas were meant for exile

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

Religious fundamentalism was on the rise throughout the world in the eighteenth century.

Where did most Chesapeake slaves work?

Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?

In the Chesapeake region, slavery

What was the significance of the "Country Party"?

Colonial governors, more than colonial assemblies, curbed freedom of the press.

What was a consequence of the Seven Years War on native cultures?

Which of the following statements is true of eighteenth-century slavery in South Carolina and Georgia?

It is estimated that between ________ percent of adult white men could vote in eighteenth-century colonial British America.

What aspects of the Great Awakening did its critics tend to focus on?

A higher percentage of the population in Britain enjoyed suffrage as compared to the American colonies.

Olaudah Equiano's life underscored what eighteenth-century theme?

As slavery became more commonplace in the Chesapeake, how were free blacks affected?

What was the purpose of Scarouyady's 1765 "Speech to Pennsylvania Provincial Council"?

Which of the following individuals embodies the colonial understanding of republican virtue?

Property qualifications for holding office

In his 1765 "Speech to Pennsylvania Provincial Council," what does Scarouyady urge the Pennsylvania colonists to do in regard to the Delaware Indians and the Six Nations?

Which of these factors contributed to a lower number of French immigrants to North America?

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