APUSH Chapter 3

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116. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were
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Laborers.
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117. In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were
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indentured servants.
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118. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the English indenture system?
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Most indentured servants received land upon completion of their contracts.
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119. By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because
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of a declining birthrate in England.
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120. Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century,
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life expectancy in New England was exceptionally high.
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121. During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw
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a life expectancy for men of just over forty years.
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122. By 1775, the non-Indian population of the English colonies was just over
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2 million.
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123. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners
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had little or no knowledge of sterilization.
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124. The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on
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the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids.
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125. In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake
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averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
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126. Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women
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were more likely to have their family remain intact.
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127. In colonial New England,
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dowries were a common feature of marriage.
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128. In colonial New England Puritan communities, women
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were expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households.
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129. In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was
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both highly valued and expected to be under the authority of women.
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130. The term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africans
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from Africa to the New World.
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131. The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as
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11 million.
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132. During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England
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deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
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133. What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?
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There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies.
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134. In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes was based on color and
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nothing more.
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135. In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races had a
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higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
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136. New England, for all its belief in community and liberty, was far from an egalitarian society. "Some must be rich and some poor" is a statement attributed to which seventeenth-century colonial?
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John Winthrop
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137. The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the
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Scots-Irish.
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138. The seventeenth-century tobacco economy of the Chesapeake region
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went through numerous boom-and-bust cycles.
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139. Rice production in colonial America
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was very difficult and unhealthy work.
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141. The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for
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Iron.
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142. Industrialization in colonial America was hampered by
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All these answers are correct.
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143. In the seventeenth century, most colonial families
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did not own a plow.
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144. Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on
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Barter.
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145. The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?
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All these answers are correct.
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146. By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence in part because of
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illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire.
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147. During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by
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the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists and the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.
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149. The first plantations in colonial North America emerged in the tobacco-growing areas of
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Virginia and Maryland.
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150. The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over
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Three-fourths.
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151. Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true?
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Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition.
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152. In the North American colonies, mulatto children were
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rarely recognized by their white fathers.
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153. The Stono Rebellion
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saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape from the colony.
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154. The most common form of resistance of enslaved Africans to their condition was
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running away.
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155. Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?
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Colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts.
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156. In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to
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"Selectmen."
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157. Primogeniture refers to the
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passing of property to the firstborn son.
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159. In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those accused were most commonly
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women of low social position.
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160. The witchcraft trials in Salem
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saw the original accusers recant their charges.
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164. In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American colonies
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flourished due to the diversity of practices brought by settlers. was unmatched in any European nation. was enhanced because no single religious code could be imposed on any large area. grew despite laws establishing the Church of England as the official colonial religion. *All these answers are correct.*
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165. The Church of England was the official faith of
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Virginia.
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166. In the English colonies, Roman Catholics
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suffered their greatest persecution in Maryland.
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167. In the English colonies, Jews
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could not vote or hold office.
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168. "Jeremiads" were
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Sermons.
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169. In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of
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Piety.
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170. The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s
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had particular appeal with women and young men.
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171. George Whitefield is associated with the
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Great Awakening.
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172. A leading figure of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards preached
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highly orthodox Puritan ideas.
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173. Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought
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rejected most religious thought.
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174. All of the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment thought EXCEPT
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John Locke.
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175. After the Bible, the first widely circulated publications in colonial America were
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Almanacs.
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176. By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America?
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more than half
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177. The Church of England was established as the official religion in all of the following colonies EXCEPT
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Massachusetts.
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178. Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true?
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Most colleges were founded by religious groups.
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179. The first American college was
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Harvard.
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180. The verdict of the 1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger
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increased freedom of the press in the colonies.