Question 1

Pontiac's uprising in Detroit in 1763 was a direct cause of which of the following events?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South Carolina Regulator movement 
B)  The Paxton Boys Rebellion 
C)  The Royal Proclamation of 1763 
D)  The tenant revolt in New York 
A)  The South Carolina Regulator movement 
B)  The Paxton Boys Rebellion 
C)  The Royal Proclamation of 1763 
D)  The tenant revolt in New York

Question 2

Which of the following statements describes the role of money and economic exchange in eighteenth-century rural New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Generally,no money was exchanged between relatives and neighbors,but accounts of debts were maintained and settled every few years by cash transfers. 
B)  As New England's exports increased,even isolated farming communities became accustomed to monetary transactions. 
C)  Because they owed increasingly heavy taxes to the British,who demanded payment in coin,farmers were forced to switch from a barter economy to a cash economy. 
D)  Land banks printed and distributed paper currency for farmers to use as cash in return for a percentage of a farm's yearly output. 
A)  Generally,no money was exchanged between relatives and neighbors,but accounts of debts were maintained and settled every few years by cash transfers. 
B)  As New England's exports increased,even isolated farming communities became accustomed to monetary transactions. 
C)  Because they owed increasingly heavy taxes to the British,who demanded payment in coin,farmers were forced to switch from a barter economy to a cash economy. 
D)  Land banks printed and distributed paper currency for farmers to use as cash in return for a percentage of a farm's yearly output.

Question 3

Answer the following  questions :
-Old Lights

Accepted Answer

A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly. 
A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly.

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-deism

Accepted Answer

A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly. 
A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly.

Question 5

Which of the following characterized the New England freehold society of the early eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  A small gentry elite that owned most of the land,which was farmed by tenants and other workers 
B)  Many relatively equal landowning families whose livelihoods came from agriculture and trade 
C)  Maritime cities consisting of wealthy traders,skilled artisans,and propertyless workers 
D)  A relatively large elite whose economic and political power depended on manufacturing profits 
A)  A small gentry elite that owned most of the land,which was farmed by tenants and other workers 
B)  Many relatively equal landowning families whose livelihoods came from agriculture and trade 
C)  Maritime cities consisting of wealthy traders,skilled artisans,and propertyless workers 
D)  A relatively large elite whose economic and political power depended on manufacturing profits

Question 6

Answer the following  questions :
-Pietism

Accepted Answer

A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly. 
A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly.

Question 7

Answer the following  questions :
-redemptioner

Accepted Answer

A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly. 
A) The rental of property.To attract renters in New York's Hudson River Valley,Dutch and English manorial lords granted long leases,with the right to sell improvements - houses and barns,for example - to the next renter. 
B) The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation. 
C) A principle in English law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands,so that they did not have independent legal standing. 
D) The system of exchanging goods and labor that helped eighteenth-century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. 
E) Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent.Many eighteenth-century settlers established themselves on land before it was surveyed and entered for sale,requesting the first right to purchase the land when sales began.
F)A common type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the eighteenth century.Unlike other indentured servants,these workers did not sign a contract before leaving Europe.Instead,they found employers after arriving in America.
G)An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world.
H)A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study,the conversion experience,and the individual's personal relationship with God.It began as an effort to reform the German Lutheran Church in the mid-seventeenth century and became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the eighteenth century.
I)The rights to life,liberty,and property.According to the English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690),political authority was not given by God to monarchs.Instead,it derived from social compacts that people made to preserve these rights.
J)The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.
K)A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation.In the eighteenth century,these spiritual renewals were often inspired by evangelical preachers who urged their listeners to experience a rebirth.
L)Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers;they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.
M)Evangelical preachers,many of them influenced by John Wesley,the founder of English Methodism,and George Whitefield,the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies.They decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual and emphasized the importance of a spiritual rebirth.
N)An increase in consumption in English manufactures in Britain and the British colonies fueled by the Industrial Revolution.Although this movement raised living standards,it landed many consumers - and the colonies as a whole - in debt.
O)Landowning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts,fairer taxation,and greater representation in the assembly.

Question 8

Which of the following developments was an outcome of the eighteenth-century consumer revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Transatlantic trade decreased. 
B)  Americans became more self-sufficient. 
C)  Unable to compete with the British,colonial manufacturers closed down. 
D)  The colonies became more dependent on overseas credits and markets. 
A)  Transatlantic trade decreased. 
B)  Americans became more self-sufficient. 
C)  Unable to compete with the British,colonial manufacturers closed down. 
D)  The colonies became more dependent on overseas credits and markets.

Question 9

What made George Whitefield such a successful evangelical preacher in New England in the 1740s?

Accepted Answer

A)  A reputation for being "almost angelical" in appearance 
B)  Puritans' vicious denunciation of his methods 
C)  His claims of faith-healing abilities 
D)  His 1737 book,A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God 
A)  A reputation for being "almost angelical" in appearance 
B)  Puritans' vicious denunciation of his methods 
C)  His claims of faith-healing abilities 
D)  His 1737 book,A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God

Question 10

In eighteenth-century New England,the notion that parents would pay grown children for their past labors in exchange for the privilege of choosing the children's spouses was known as

Accepted Answer

A)  common law. 
B)  the marriage portion. 
C)  primogeniture. 
D)  household production. 
A)  common law. 
B)  the marriage portion. 
C)  primogeniture. 
D)  household production.

Question 11

Which of the following eighteenth-century Pennsylvania immigrant groups quickly lost its cultural identity by practicing intermarriage with other Protestants?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scots-Irish Presbyterians 
B)  English Quakers 
C)  French Huguenots 
D)  Swedish Lutherans 
A)  Scots-Irish Presbyterians 
B)  English Quakers 
C)  French Huguenots 
D)  Swedish Lutherans

Question 12

What were the causes of unrest in the American backcountry in the mid-eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Causes o

Question 13

Which of the following statements describes the early Industrial Revolution and its impact on the American colonies in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Due to the rising anti-British sentiment,colonists boycotted British goods,so the Industrial Revolution had little impact on America. 
B)  Britain's new ability to produce more and cheaper goods than ever before transformed American markets and raised most colonists' standard of living. 
C)  The Industrial Revolution had little effect on the American colonies because they were largely self-sufficient in producing commodities for internal markets. 
D)  Agricultural equipment from new factories increased British farmers' harvests,glutted the international grain market,and decreased American farmers' ability to sell their crops. 
A)  Due to the rising anti-British sentiment,colonists boycotted British goods,so the Industrial Revolution had little impact on America. 
B)  Britain's new ability to produce more and cheaper goods than ever before transformed American markets and raised most colonists' standard of living. 
C)  The Industrial Revolution had little effect on the American colonies because they were largely self-sufficient in producing commodities for internal markets. 
D)  Agricultural equipment from new factories increased British farmers' harvests,glutted the international grain market,and decreased American farmers' ability to sell their crops.

Question 14

Which of the following consequences of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening made it historically significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  The declining importance of higher education in the American colonies 
B)  An increasing level of admiration for the growing business community 
C)  Americans' new freedom to challenge authority within and outside the church 
D)  The consolidation of American religious fervor into a smaller number of denominations 
A)  The declining importance of higher education in the American colonies 
B)  An increasing level of admiration for the growing business community 
C)  Americans' new freedom to challenge authority within and outside the church 
D)  The consolidation of American religious fervor into a smaller number of denominations

Question 15

Which of the following statements best describes inheritance patterns in colonial New England during the mid-1700s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Typically,sons received their inheritance at age twenty-one. 
B)  Daughters-not sons-received a "marriage portion" when they married. 
C)  Fathers had a cultural duty to provide inheritances for their children. 
D)  Every family's eldest son inherited its entire property. 
A)  Typically,sons received their inheritance at age twenty-one. 
B)  Daughters-not sons-received a "marriage portion" when they married. 
C)  Fathers had a cultural duty to provide inheritances for their children. 
D)  Every family's eldest son inherited its entire property.

Question 16

How did Quakers maintain their economic and political primacy when Europeans from other cultures and traditions flooded into Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Means of

Question 17

The 1754 Albany Congress was a significant event because it demonstrated that

Accepted Answer

A)  the colonies were ready to unite for defense under England's authority. 
B)  neither the colonists nor the British found the other's plan acceptable. 
C)  Washington was prepared to surrender the Ohio Valley to the French. 
D)  throughout the colonies,there was a desire to adopt Ben Franklin's plan for union. 
A)  the colonies were ready to unite for defense under England's authority. 
B)  neither the colonists nor the British found the other's plan acceptable. 
C)  Washington was prepared to surrender the Ohio Valley to the French. 
D)  throughout the colonies,there was a desire to adopt Ben Franklin's plan for union.

Question 18

What impact did the Industrial Revolution in England have on the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Summary

Question 19

Hostilities between French troops and Virginians led by Colonel George Washington began in 1754 at which of the following locations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fort Duquesne 
B)  Williamsburg 
C)  Quebec 
D)  Valley Forge 
A)  Fort Duquesne 
B)  Williamsburg 
C)  Quebec 
D)  Valley Forge

Question 20

Which of these religious denominations successfully converted many slaves in the mid-eighteenth-century southern colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presbyterians 
B)  Methodists 
C)  Baptists 
D)  Anglicans 
A)  Presbyterians 
B)  Methodists 
C)  Baptists 
D)  Anglicans

Exam 4: Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

Pontiac's uprising in Detroit in 1763 was a direct cause of which of the following events?

Which of the following statements describes the role of money and economic exchange in eighteenth-century rural New England?

Answer the following questions : -Old Lights

Answer the following questions : -deism

Which of the following characterized the New England freehold society of the early eighteenth century?

Answer the following questions : -Pietism

Answer the following questions : -redemptioner

Which of the following developments was an outcome of the eighteenth-century consumer revolution?

What made George Whitefield such a successful evangelical preacher in New England in the 1740s?

In eighteenth-century New England,the notion that parents would pay grown children for their past labors in exchange for the privilege of choosing the children's spouses was known as

Which of the following eighteenth-century Pennsylvania immigrant groups quickly lost its cultural identity by practicing intermarriage with other Protestants?

What were the causes of unrest in the American backcountry in the mid-eighteenth century?

Which of the following statements describes the early Industrial Revolution and its impact on the American colonies in the eighteenth century?

Which of the following consequences of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening made it historically significant?

Which of the following statements best describes inheritance patterns in colonial New England during the mid-1700s?

How did Quakers maintain their economic and political primacy when Europeans from other cultures and traditions flooded into Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century?

The 1754 Albany Congress was a significant event because it demonstrated that

What impact did the Industrial Revolution in England have on the American colonies?

Hostilities between French troops and Virginians led by Colonel George Washington began in 1754 at which of the following locations?

Which of these religious denominations successfully converted many slaves in the mid-eighteenth-century southern colonies?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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