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Which of the following is true of the Stono Rebellion?


A) It took place in Virginia.
B) It was the only successful slave revolt of the colonial era.
C) It was incited by a law forcing Christianity on slaves.
D) It came about as a result of Spanish interference.
E) It tightened controls on slaves.

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Match each description with the item below. -Tituba


A) was a revivalist who spread the gospel and pummeled her husband when he tried to intervene
B) organized prayer meetings for black and white men and women
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth"
D) challenged biblical notions through science such as his theory of gravitational pull
E) was a former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F) published the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G) was a newspaper editor tried for seditious libel
H) experimented with several vegetable crops before developing indigo as an exotic staple
I) was an advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights" and emphasized the idea of the consent of the governed
J) was a slave who confessed to witchcraft in Salem after being beaten

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By the end of the colonial period, American cities


A) were limited to the middle colonies.
B) were characterized by increasing social and economic equality.
C) held no more than 10 percent of the total population.
D) were cleaner, safer, and healthier than rural environments.
E) had majority-non-English populations.

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Jonathan Edwards's famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," described


A) a distant and uncaring God.
B) the gruesome reality of hell.
C) the beauty of God's creation.
D) the possibility of universal salvation.
E) God's desire that Americans economically prosper.

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The earliest English colonists in the North American colonies had a relatively low death rate until the 1750s.

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Which of the following is the best explanation for the Salem witch craze?


A) The accusers sought to claim the positions of the accused, the vast majority of whom were men.
B) Real witches had arrived in Salem Village and cast spells on young girls.
C) The controversy reflected the social division and anxieties within the village.
D) An outbreak of syphilis affected the day-to-day lives of most of the community.
E) The community had recently converted to a religion far different from Puritanism.

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The largest number of German immigrants to the colonies settled in


A) Rhode Island.
B) South Carolina.
C) New York.
D) Delaware.
E) Pennsylvania.

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Although Puritans led a strict lifestyle in many ways, they did


A) have a significant drinking culture.
B) promote the celebration of Christmas.
C) allow men to have sexual relations with unwed women.
D) refrain from publicly punishing those who ignored Puritan guidelines.
E) place little emphasis on the Bible itself as a means of authority.

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Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the role of women in the eighteenth-century American colonies?


A) They generally had lower status in society than did women in Europe.
B) They often remained confined to the domestic sphere or "women's work."
C) They could vote and hold office.
D) They were unlikely to find eligible men to marry.
E) They lived lives of quiet and leisure.

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New Lights differed from Old Lights by


A) their readiness to approach their religious conflict as open warfare.
B) discounting the element of choice in a person's faith.
C) including elements like choir in church services.
D) incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith.
E) promising to reinforce traditional Puritanism.

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William and Gilbert Tennent were Irish-born Presbyterians who preached that


A) true believers must return to the Anglican Church.
B) people should renounce their ministers and pursue salvation on their own.
C) scientific inquiry would help solve life's mysteries.
D) the acquisition of great wealth was a true path to heaven.
E) local ministers held the only true power when it came to deliverance from sin.

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Which of the following statements about slave codes is correct?


A) They outlawed many actions taken by slave-owners to punish slaves.
B) They formalized the institution of race-based slavery by outlining the local laws that governed slave life.
C) They placed limits on race-based slavery so that it was no longer considered lifelong.
D) They had been implemented since race-based slavery first reached the Americas.
E) They demonstrated that most colonists deemed race-based slavery a moral issue.

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Match each description with the item below. -Sarah Haggar Osborne


A) was a revivalist who spread the gospel and pummeled her husband when he tried to intervene
B) organized prayer meetings for black and white men and women
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth"
D) challenged biblical notions through science such as his theory of gravitational pull
E) was a former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F) published the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G) was a newspaper editor tried for seditious libel
H) experimented with several vegetable crops before developing indigo as an exotic staple
I) was an advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights" and emphasized the idea of the consent of the governed
J) was a slave who confessed to witchcraft in Salem after being beaten

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Although women in the early American colonies were expected to perform household chores,


A) many unmarried women worked outside the home in a skilled trade as an apprentice.
B) many married women became religious ministers in congregationalist churches.
C) many unmarried woman worked as clerks in colonial legislatures.
D) many married women managed to earn some of their own money running laundries or bakeries.
E) many women became physicians, as they were believed to have a natural nurturing nature.

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Which of the following terms was related to land policy in New York?


A) patroonship
B) headright
C) royal grants
D) plantation tracts
E) Dutch estates

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According to the textbook, "Both geographically and culturally, the middle colonies stood between New England and the South." Explain this statement.

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Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact of the religious revivals known as the Great Awakening?


A) They resulted in fewer religious denominations, thereby creating a sense of unified American religious identity.
B) They had little effect on the day-to-day lives of colonists but managed to continue into the nineteenth century.
C) They insisted on the importance of local parish ministers over itinerants, which reinforced the parish system.
D) They sought to remove the emotional component of preaching in favor of rationalism advanced by the Enlightenment.
E) They influenced the forces leading to the revolution against Great Britain, as did the Enlightenment in many ways.

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Which of the following was true of New England in the seventeenth century?


A) Residents were required to be members of the Puritan church.
B) Residents were intensely loyal to the wishes of the king and Parliament.
C) Church and state were separated in all New England colonies.
D) Considerable cultural and racial open-mindedness was practiced.
E) It was more governed by religious concerns than the middle and southern colonies.

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Describe the status of women in colonial society. What factors might account for their role in society?

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Compare and contrast race-based slavery and indentured servitude in the American colonies. Consider the conditions these laborers experienced, the rules surrounding their status as slaves or servants, and the ways in which their numbers in the colonies rose or fell.

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