Question 1

Which of the following did not occur as a result of the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

A) France surrendered New Orleans to Britain. 
B) Spain ceded Florida to Britain. 
C) France gave all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi to Spain. 
D) Britain returned Martinique to France. 
E) France surrendered Canada to Britain. 
A) France surrendered New Orleans to Britain. 
B) Spain ceded Florida to Britain. 
C) France gave all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi to Spain. 
D) Britain returned Martinique to France. 
E) France surrendered Canada to Britain.

Question 2

Most of the 230,000 voluntary immigrants to British North America between 1730 and 1775 settled in New England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

All of the following British officers remained in America after the Seven Years' War and became generals in the American army during the Revolution except

Accepted Answer

A) Hugh Mercer. 
B) Horatio Gates. 
C) Arthur St.Clair. 
D) Richard Montgomery. 
E) James Wolfe. 
A) Hugh Mercer. 
B) Horatio Gates. 
C) Arthur St.Clair. 
D) Richard Montgomery. 
E) James Wolfe.

Question 4

Examine the course of King George's War (1739-1748).

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 5

Dower rights provided a widow with about ____________________ of her husband's estate if he preceded her in death.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dower rights provided a widow with about...

Question 6

The Anglicanization of the role of colonial women was exemplified by

Accepted Answer

A) an expansion of women's property rights. 
B) laws that allowed a wife to make legal contracts without the consent of her husband. 
C) a double standard that punished women but not men for sexual offenses. 
D) the dowry tradition which endowed women with land when they married. 
E) reduction in the work load of most women. 
A) an expansion of women's property rights. 
B) laws that allowed a wife to make legal contracts without the consent of her husband. 
C) a double standard that punished women but not men for sexual offenses. 
D) the dowry tradition which endowed women with land when they married. 
E) reduction in the work load of most women.

Question 7

After 1720,which of the following surpassed England in terms of voluntary migrants to America?

Accepted Answer

A) Dutch 
B) Chinese 
C) Germans 
D) Belgian 
E) Scottish 
A) Dutch 
B) Chinese 
C) Germans 
D) Belgian 
E) Scottish

Question 8

Land prices in Georgia were the highest in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When the British fought the Spanish and French in the era 1740 to 1763,most slaves and eastern land Indians

Accepted Answer

A) took no sides. 
B) sympathized with Spain and France. 
C) allied with the English. 
D) were taken as hostages by the English. 
E) united against all whites. 
A) took no sides. 
B) sympathized with Spain and France. 
C) allied with the English. 
D) were taken as hostages by the English. 
E) united against all whites.

Question 10

The term used to describe a person of means who performed no manual labor was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term used to describe a person...

Question 11

Before 1776,as many as 70,000 free immigrants to the Mid-Atlantic colonies were Germans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

By 1775,slightly over what percent of Chesapeake tobacco was reexported to Europe from Britain?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 75 percent 
E) 90 percent 
A) 10 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 75 percent 
E) 90 percent

Question 13

Explore the significance of the imperial wars of 1689-1716 for colonial Americans.

Accepted Answer

As colonies of the British empire,the No

Question 14

Under the task system,slaves were

Accepted Answer

A) organized into work gangs supervised by white slave drivers. 
B) "taken to task" or beaten for the slightest infraction of the rules. 
C) allowed to divide up work and choose which they tasks they wanted to do. 
D) given specific jobs to do and allowed free time when they were completed. 
E) allowed to change overseers if the work load became too heavy. 
A) organized into work gangs supervised by white slave drivers. 
B) "taken to task" or beaten for the slightest infraction of the rules. 
C) allowed to divide up work and choose which they tasks they wanted to do. 
D) given specific jobs to do and allowed free time when they were completed. 
E) allowed to change overseers if the work load became too heavy.

Question 15

Paper money not backed by gold or silver was known as ____________________ money.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Paper money not backed by gold or...

Question 16

The French did not have the institution of slavery in their North American colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The most prosperous family farms in colonial America were found in

Accepted Answer

A) the Chesapeake. 
B) the Mid-Atlantic colonies. 
C) New England. 
D) the lower South. 
E) the frontier west of the Adirondack mountains. 
A) the Chesapeake. 
B) the Mid-Atlantic colonies. 
C) New England. 
D) the lower South. 
E) the frontier west of the Adirondack mountains.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Albany Congress

Accepted Answer

meeting of colonies and Iroquois in 1754

Question 19

By the 1720s,most colonial governments

Accepted Answer

A) included an appointed governor,a council,and an elected assembly. 
B) had a hereditary governor's office. 
C) had lost legislative independence and were virtually powerless. 
D) were corrupt,inefficient,and undemocratic. 
E) had become democratic in their operation. 
A) included an appointed governor,a council,and an elected assembly. 
B) had a hereditary governor's office. 
C) had lost legislative independence and were virtually powerless. 
D) were corrupt,inefficient,and undemocratic. 
E) had become democratic in their operation.

Question 20

After taking over the ____________________ in 1729,Benjamin Franklin turned it into the best-edited and most widely read newspaper in America.

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvan

Exam 4: Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Which of the following did not occur as a result of the French and Indian War?

Most of the 230,000 voluntary immigrants to British North America between 1730 and 1775 settled in New England.

All of the following British officers remained in America after the Seven Years' War and became generals in the American army during the Revolution except

Examine the course of King George's War (1739-1748).

Dower rights provided a widow with about ____________________ of her husband's estate if he preceded her in death.

The Anglicanization of the role of colonial women was exemplified by

After 1720,which of the following surpassed England in terms of voluntary migrants to America?

Land prices in Georgia were the highest in North America.

When the British fought the Spanish and French in the era 1740 to 1763,most slaves and eastern land Indians

The term used to describe a person of means who performed no manual labor was ____________________.

Before 1776,as many as 70,000 free immigrants to the Mid-Atlantic colonies were Germans.

By 1775,slightly over what percent of Chesapeake tobacco was reexported to Europe from Britain?

Explore the significance of the imperial wars of 1689-1716 for colonial Americans.

Under the task system,slaves were

Paper money not backed by gold or silver was known as ____________________ money.

The French did not have the institution of slavery in their North American colonies.

The most prosperous family farms in colonial America were found in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Albany Congress

By the 1720s,most colonial governments

After taking over the ____________________ in 1729,Benjamin Franklin turned it into the best-edited and most widely read newspaper in America.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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