Question 1

Compare and contrast urban and rural life in 1700s colonial America.

Accepted Answer

In the 1700s, colonial America was chara

Question 2

Why did the American colonies become less dependent on Europe for manufactured goods during the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parliament encouraged such independence by placing severe restrictions on the quantity and type of European goods that could be imported. 
B)  Many colonies encouraged the development of colonial industries by enacting protective tariffs. 
C)  The American colonies were able to get such items more cheaply from Asia and Africa. 
D)  The increased demand for goods that accompanied the growth of the colonial population encouraged the development of colonial manufacturing enterprises. 
A)  Parliament encouraged such independence by placing severe restrictions on the quantity and type of European goods that could be imported. 
B)  Many colonies encouraged the development of colonial industries by enacting protective tariffs. 
C)  The American colonies were able to get such items more cheaply from Asia and Africa. 
D)  The increased demand for goods that accompanied the growth of the colonial population encouraged the development of colonial manufacturing enterprises.

Question 3

What were the role, function, and characteristics of the eighteenth-century colonial assemblies?

Accepted Answer

The eighteenth-century colonial assembli

Question 4

The Reverend Cotton Mather and Zabdiel Boylston, a physician, began employing which disease-prevention strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Isolation 
B)  Leaching 
C)  Inoculation 
D)  Separation 
A)  Isolation 
B)  Leaching 
C)  Inoculation 
D)  Separation

Question 5

Which of the following was James Oglethorpe's original purpose in founding Georgia?

Accepted Answer

A)  The colony was intended as a haven for Baptists. 
B)  The colony was to provide the major port of entry for slaves imported from Africa and the West Indies. 
C)  The colony was to serve as the southernmost defensive buffer for the English colonies against Spanish Florida. 
D)  The colony was intended as a profit-making venture based on the establishment of the silk industry. 
A)  The colony was intended as a haven for Baptists. 
B)  The colony was to provide the major port of entry for slaves imported from Africa and the West Indies. 
C)  The colony was to serve as the southernmost defensive buffer for the English colonies against Spanish Florida. 
D)  The colony was intended as a profit-making venture based on the establishment of the silk industry.

Question 6

Why did frontier dwellers often complain about colonial government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Property requirements for voting were usually greater in newer frontier communities than in established communities. 
B)  When colonial governments passed laws that benefited people in established communities, such laws seldom applied to the newer frontier communities. 
C)  Colonial governors usually drafted young men for the colonial militia only from newer frontier communities. 
D)  Because colonial assemblies seldom reapportioned themselves, many people in newer frontier communities were not adequately represented. 
A)  Property requirements for voting were usually greater in newer frontier communities than in established communities. 
B)  When colonial governments passed laws that benefited people in established communities, such laws seldom applied to the newer frontier communities. 
C)  Colonial governors usually drafted young men for the colonial militia only from newer frontier communities. 
D)  Because colonial assemblies seldom reapportioned themselves, many people in newer frontier communities were not adequately represented.

Question 7

Discuss the role and status of women in eighteenth-century colonial America.

Accepted Answer

In eighteenth-century colonial America,

Question 8

Discuss the importance of various rituals in early-eighteenth-century colonial America.

Accepted Answer

In early-eighteenth-century colonial Ame

Question 9

The Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy serve as evidence that

Accepted Answer

A)  colonial assemblies did not have the means to prevent serious internal disorder. 
B)  France posed a serious threat to British control in the American colonies. 
C)  colonial governments made every attempt to protect the rights of all the people. 
D)  political activism often led to the extension of political power to more people. 
A)  colonial assemblies did not have the means to prevent serious internal disorder. 
B)  France posed a serious threat to British control in the American colonies. 
C)  colonial governments made every attempt to protect the rights of all the people. 
D)  political activism often led to the extension of political power to more people.

Question 10

In 1718, France strengthened its presence near the Gulf of Mexico by establishing

Accepted Answer

A)  Biloxi. 
B)  Mobile. 
C)  New Orleans. 
D)  Pensacola. 
A)  Biloxi. 
B)  Mobile. 
C)  New Orleans. 
D)  Pensacola.

Question 11

Discuss the causes, consequences, and significance of the Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy.

Accepted Answer

The Stono Rebellion, also known as Cato'

Question 12

In contrast to seventeenth-century immigrants, immigrants to the colonies in the eighteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  had fewer opportunities for advancement. 
B)  were seldom able to assimilate into Anglo-American culture. 
C)  almost always came by choice. 
D)  were primarily of English origin. 
A)  had fewer opportunities for advancement. 
B)  were seldom able to assimilate into Anglo-American culture. 
C)  almost always came by choice. 
D)  were primarily of English origin.

Question 13

Compare and contrast the lifestyle and values of the major economic classes in eighteenth-century colonial America.

Accepted Answer

In eighteenth-century colonial America,

Question 14

In his Two Treatises of Government Locke argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  the monarch was placed on the throne by God and was, therefore, responsible only to God for his decisions and actions. 
B)  human beings were innately bad. 
C)  monarchs should be eliminated so that political power could rest directly in the hands of the people. 
D)  the people could oust a ruler from power if he failed to protect their rights. 
A)  the monarch was placed on the throne by God and was, therefore, responsible only to God for his decisions and actions. 
B)  human beings were innately bad. 
C)  monarchs should be eliminated so that political power could rest directly in the hands of the people. 
D)  the people could oust a ruler from power if he failed to protect their rights.

Question 15

Which of the following became a crucial component in the trading rituals between Europeans and Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gold 
B)  Guns 
C)  Rum 
D)  Tobacco 
A)  Gold 
B)  Guns 
C)  Rum 
D)  Tobacco

Question 16

Which of the following was a consequence of the case of John Peter Zenger?

Accepted Answer

A)  It helped establish the free-press principle in American law. 
B)  It helped establish the principle of religious toleration. 
C)  It helped establish the right of a person charged with a crime to have a defense attorney. 
D)  It helped establish the right of habeas corpus. 
A)  It helped establish the free-press principle in American law. 
B)  It helped establish the principle of religious toleration. 
C)  It helped establish the right of a person charged with a crime to have a defense attorney. 
D)  It helped establish the right of habeas corpus.

Question 17

Which of these statements is true regarding the Virginia Baptist congregations that developed as a result of the Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

A)  Members of this new evangelical sect often had to compromise their religious ideals to escape the wrath of the plantation gentry. 
B)  In order to get financial backing from powerful southern planters, they preached that slavery was biblically based. 
C)  They banned masters from breaking up slave couples by selling one of them. 
D)  They created separate black and white churches. 
A)  Members of this new evangelical sect often had to compromise their religious ideals to escape the wrath of the plantation gentry. 
B)  In order to get financial backing from powerful southern planters, they preached that slavery was biblically based. 
C)  They banned masters from breaking up slave couples by selling one of them. 
D)  They created separate black and white churches.

Question 18

The extended family was important to blacks for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the basic work unit on most plantations. 
B)  The uncertainties of slave life increased the need for a large support group. 
C)  It was the one aspect of black culture respected by whites. 
D)  It was the focus of all religious teaching. 
A)  It was the basic work unit on most plantations. 
B)  The uncertainties of slave life increased the need for a large support group. 
C)  It was the one aspect of black culture respected by whites. 
D)  It was the focus of all religious teaching.

Question 19

Overall, the British colony that experienced the most rapid economic growth during the last half of the eighteenth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  Massachusetts. 
B)  Pennsylvania. 
C)  South Carolina. 
D)  Virginia. 
A)  Massachusetts. 
B)  Pennsylvania. 
C)  South Carolina. 
D)  Virginia.

Question 20

Eighteenth-century colonial political leaders viewed colonial governors and appointed councils as

Accepted Answer

A)  a potential threat since to colonial ways of life. 
B)  defenders of the privileges of the upper class. 
C)  protectors of the people's rights. 
D)  powerless figureheads. 
A)  a potential threat since to colonial ways of life. 
B)  defenders of the privileges of the upper class. 
C)  protectors of the people's rights. 
D)  powerless figureheads.

Exam 4: Becoming America, 1720-1760

Compare and contrast urban and rural life in 1700s colonial America.

Why did the American colonies become less dependent on Europe for manufactured goods during the eighteenth century?

What were the role, function, and characteristics of the eighteenth-century colonial assemblies?

The Reverend Cotton Mather and Zabdiel Boylston, a physician, began employing which disease-prevention strategy?

Which of the following was James Oglethorpe's original purpose in founding Georgia?

Why did frontier dwellers often complain about colonial government?

Discuss the role and status of women in eighteenth-century colonial America.

Discuss the importance of various rituals in early-eighteenth-century colonial America.

The Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy serve as evidence that

In 1718, France strengthened its presence near the Gulf of Mexico by establishing

Discuss the causes, consequences, and significance of the Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy.

In contrast to seventeenth-century immigrants, immigrants to the colonies in the eighteenth century

Compare and contrast the lifestyle and values of the major economic classes in eighteenth-century colonial America.

In his Two Treatises of Government Locke argued that

Which of the following became a crucial component in the trading rituals between Europeans and Indians?

Which of the following was a consequence of the case of John Peter Zenger?

Which of these statements is true regarding the Virginia Baptist congregations that developed as a result of the Great Awakening?

The extended family was important to blacks for which of the following reasons?

Overall, the British colony that experienced the most rapid economic growth during the last half of the eighteenth century was

Eighteenth-century colonial political leaders viewed colonial governors and appointed councils as

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