Question 1

In the northern colonies, slaves:

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A)   lived in racially-segregated communities, which allowed them to retain African identities well into the late eighteenth century.
B)   became more important in New England after the Half-Way Covenant.
C)   were relatively few in number and dispersed among the white population in small holdings.
D)   were forbidden by law to display any aspect of African culture in public.
E)   faced far harsher treatment than they did in the South.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-the Middle Passage

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Question 4

MATCHING
-George Whitefield

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A)  German-born printer of a colonial weekly journal
B)  Great Awakening preacher
C)  survived the Middle Passage
D)  founded the first mission in San Diego
E)  founder of GeorgiaF) British prime ministerG) Ottawa war leaderH) wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodI) English Enlightenment political philosopherJ) founder of the Junto, a club for mutual improvementK) authors of Cato's LettersL) victim of Zenger's penM) D) and H)
N) A) and I)

Question 5

The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

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A)   the cultivation of cotton.
B)   small-scale manufacturing of firearms for use in raids against Spanish Florida.
C)   the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean.
D)   shipbuilding.
E)   copper mining.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 6

The British concept of liberty:

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A)   allowed for unrestrained government authority, since restraints would contradict the very idea of liberty.
B)   meant that liberty and power could be compatible.
C)   was a constant reminder to the British that their governmental system was not the best means of preventing absolutism.
D)   had no connections to how the British viewed their empire.
E)   included both formal restraints on authority and a collection of specific rights.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

The Enlightenment had a profound impact on the thinking of American colonists. Explain the essential ideas associated with the Enlightenment and the implications of these new ideas on American thought and society.

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Question 8

The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:

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A)   John Locke.
B)   George Whitefield.
C)   Cotton Mather.
D)   John Peter Zenger.
E)   James Oglethorpe.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 9

The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that:

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A)   the Indians along the frontier finally had to be subdued once and for all.
B)   France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.
C)   they had to aid the English, who were fighting Napoleon in Europe.
D)   taxes were too high, so they solicited help from both the French and Indians.
E)   French Jesuits were converting too many Indians to Catholicism, endangering the Protestant majority on the North American continent.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Georgia colony

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Question 11

All of the following statements are true of the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century EXCEPT:

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A)   Although important, slave-grown crops actually accounted for only a small portion of the value of the trade.
B)   The profits from the slave trade in particular stimulated the rise of key English ports.
C)   New England and the Middle Colonies exported fish, grain, and lumber to the West Indies.
D)   Profits from the Atlantic trade helped finance the early industrial revolution.
E)   Europe was the primary market for colonial-grown products such as rice and indigo.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

The Old Plantation, a late-eighteenth-century watercolor, depicts slaves dancing. What does the portrait reveal?

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A)   Africans totally adopted American culture.
B)   Slaves danced only when their masters ordered them to do so.
C)   Slave artists could do a great deal with the limited painting supplies their masters gave them.
D)   Slaves and their masters danced together, but that was the legal limit to their interaction.
E)   Slaves mixed both African and European-American cultures.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E) E

Question 13

The 1741 panic in New York City that led to 34 executions was sparked by:

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A)   a series of murders.
B)   the seizing of the armory.
C)   a rally of boisterous Irish.
D)   the imprisonment of twenty free blacks.
E)   a series of fires.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D) E

Question 14

John Locke's political philosophy stressed:

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A)   a contract system between the people and the government.
B)   the necessity to good government of the monarch having absolute power.
C)   that mercantilism was necessary for a strong nation.
D)   religious toleration for all.
E)   that strong government prevented a "war of all against all."F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Initially, the proprietors of Georgia banned the introduction of both liquor and slaves.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Property qualifications for holding office:

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A)   were the same in every colony as they were for voting.
B)   meant that women served regularly in colonial legislatures.
C)   meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.
D)   existed for legislators but not for judges, who were esteemed for their legal ability.
E)   disappeared from Parliament before they were eliminated by colonial legislatures.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Olaudah Equiano:

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A)   wrote the eighteenth century's most widely read account by a slave of a slave's own experiences.
B)   was popular with Europeans for telling them that their culture was far superior to that of Africans like himself.
C)   demonstrated in his writings that he perfectly fit the stereotype that blacks were savages incapable of becoming civilized.
D)   led several Central American slave insurrections before his death.
E)   was one of the few children of African-American and Native-American descent ever to be the chief of his Indian tribe.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

The task system:

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A)   was the most widely used form of labor discipline in British North America.
B)   allowed slaves to own a portion of the land they worked.
C)   meant that slaves were strictly supervised and had little autonomy.
D)   was created by the South Carolina assembly in response to the Stono Rebellion.
E)   assigned slaves daily jobs and allowed them free time upon completion of those jobs.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

The transatlantic slave trade was not a vital part of world commerce.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 20

MATCHING
-Republicanism

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A)  Jamaican fugitive slaves
B)  bearers of the good news
C)  distinct slave dialect
D)  no colonial settlement west of the Appalachians
E)  the ship voyage for slaves from Africa to the New WorldF) right to provide slaves to Spanish AmericaG) religious traditionalists who did not support revivalismH) courteous respectI) Enlightenment religionJ) virtuous elite giving themselves to public serviceK) political clubL) slaves fought in South CarolinaM) A) and B)
N) B) and G)

Exam 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire, to 1763

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -the Middle Passage

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MATCHING -George Whitefield

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The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

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The British concept of liberty:

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The Enlightenment had a profound impact on the thinking of American colonists. Explain the essential ideas associated with the Enlightenment and the implications of these new ideas on American thought and society.

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All of the following statements are true of the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century EXCEPT:

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The Old Plantation, a late-eighteenth-century watercolor, depicts slaves dancing. What does the portrait reveal?

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The 1741 panic in New York City that led to 34 executions was sparked by:

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John Locke's political philosophy stressed:

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Property qualifications for holding office:

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