Question 1

The attempt of some colonial legislatures to end the African slave trade was blocked by

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A)   a coalition of slave owners.
B)   South Carolina.
C)   the British authorities.
D)   poor whites.
E)   New England slave trading interests.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Whitefield

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Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-royal colonies

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Question 4

By the mid-eighteenth century,Britain's North American colonies shared all of the following qualities EXCEPT

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A)   some degree of ethnic and religious toleration.
B)   they were largely English-speaking.
C)   they were primarily Protestant in religion.
D)   opportunity for social mobility.
E)   universal free public education.

Question 5

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

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A)   was not that profitable.
B)   involved trade among New England, Spain, and Latin America.
C)   involved the trading of wheat for clothing and clothing for slaves.
D)   saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.
E)   involved the trading of rum for African slaves and slaves for molasses.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"established" churches

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Established churches, also known as stat...

Question 7

How successful were British authorities in extending the official reach of the Church of England to the eighteenth-century colonies?

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A)   Colonists in the South were largely Catholic and resented any increase in Anglican presence, but failed in opposing British action.
B)   Colonists welcomed any strengthening of the widely beloved Anglican religion in the American context.
C)   Colonists were indifferent to matters of government and religion, so British officials enjoyed a free hand in increasing Anglican authority.
D)   Colonists in New England had grown weary of their domination by Congregationalist ministers and accepted stronger Anglican support.
E)   Colonists outside the South were suspicious and resentful of British schemes to increase Anglican authority and successfully opposed them.

Question 8

In colonial America,education was most zealously promoted

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A)   in the South.
B)   in New England.
C)   on the frontier.
D)   in the middle colonies.
E)   in those areas controlled by Spain.

Question 9

What is NOT a feature of the African American culture created by slaves out of New and Old World elements?

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A)   Gullah
B)   "Negro" spirituals
C)   The ringshout
D)   The longhouse religion
E)   A messianic focus among Christian slaves on Jesus as liberator

Question 10

What is NOT a characteristic of Colonial American taverns?

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A)   Frequented mainly by the lower class
B)   Cradles of democracy
C)   Hotbeds of agitation for the revolutionary movement
D)   Centers for crystallizing public opinion
E)   Places of amusement and gossip

Question 11

The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening

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A)   delivered intensely emotional sermons.
B)   rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.
C)   reinforced the established churches.
D)   were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonial Americans.
E)   emphasized the necessity of an educated clergy.

Question 12

Several conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and then to America.What is NOT one of these conditions?

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A)   The poor quality of farmland in Scotland
B)   The spread of commercial farming
C)   Extremely high rent increases
D)   Persecution for their Catholic religion
E)   Paying taxes to support the Anglican church

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-power of the purse

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Question 14

The jury's decision in the John Peter Zenger case was significant because

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A)   it closely adhered to the judge's instructions.
B)   it showed the power of investigative journalism.
C)   it pointed the way toward open public discussion and partial freedom of the press.
D)   it displayed British officials' arbitrary power over the colonists.
E)   it allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people.

Question 15

The British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733 to

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A)   stimulate the colonies' "triangle trade" with Africa and the West Indies.
B)   satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money.
C)   inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.
D)   increase the colonists' standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants.
E)   require Americans to sell their molasses to the British.

Question 16

Colonists throughout the eighteenth century universally enjoyed many amusements.What was NOT of these?

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A)   Militia musters.
B)   Weddings and funerals.
C)   Christmas celebrations.
D)   Winter sports in the North; cockfighting, hunting and horse racing in the South.
E)   Thanksgiving festivities.

Question 17

Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the governors to their will because

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A)   the governors often had a greater sense of loyalty to their colony than to the king.
B)   the governors were usually chosen by colonial legislatures and could be removed from office by the legislatures.
C)   the king generally held the views of colonial legislators in higher regard than those of the governors.
D)   colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors' salaries.
E)   they regularly threatened to use the power of impeachment.

Question 18

What was NOT a characteristic of the lives of enslaved women?

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A)   They worked longer days than male slaves.
B)   They had to find time in the evenings to spin, weave and sew clothes for their families.
C)   They were constantly vulnerable to sexual exploitation by their masters.
D)   They were allowed a lighter workload when they had children.
E)   They were a small proportion of the slave population before 1720.

Question 19

In colonial elections,

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A)   most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote.
B)   the right to vote was reserved for property holders.
C)   only a small landed elite had the right to vote.
D)   average citizens were usually elected to office.
E)   slavery came to be a dominant issue.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Poor Richard's Almanack

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Poor Richard's Almanack was a yearly alm...

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