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Olaudah Equiano:
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wrote the eighteenth century's most widely read account by a slave of a slave's own experiences.
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All of the following statements are true of the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century EXCEPT:
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although important, slave-grown crops actually accounted for only a small portion of the value of the trade.
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As slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?
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They lost many of their rights.
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The development of rice plantations in South Carolina:
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used slaves from Africa, who were partially immune to malaria.
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The task system:
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assigned slaves daily jobs and allowed them free time upon completion of those jobs.
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Georgia was established by James Oglethorpe, whose causes included improved conditions for imprisoned debtors and the abolition of:
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slavery.
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Which of the following was true of colonial Georgia?
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Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery.
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When brought to the New World, in regards to religion, slaves:
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mixed elements of Christianity with African beliefs.
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Which of the following is true of eighteenth-century slavery in South Carolina and Georgia?
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Plantation slaves enjoyed far more autonomy than they did in other colonies, allowing them to maintain more of their African culture.
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The language (with mixed African roots) spoken by African-American slaves on the rice plantations of South Carolina and Georgia during the eighteenth century was known as:
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Gullah.
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Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:
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resulted in numerous rebellions in every colony on a yearly basis.
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The participants in South Carolina's Stono Rebellion:
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included some who apparently had been soldiers in Africa.
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The 1741 panic in New York City that led to 34 executions was sparked by:
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plans to burn some of the city.
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The British concept of liberty:
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included both formal restraints on authority and a collection of specific rights.
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"Republicanism" in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of ___________ as the essence of liberty.
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active participation in public life by property-owning citizens
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John Locke's political philosophy stressed:
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a contract between the people and the government.
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It is estimated that between ___________ percent of adult white men could vote in eighteenth-century colonial British America.
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50 and 80
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The assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence entitled leaders to public office was called:
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Deference.
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During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:
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became more assertive.
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The most successful colonial governors:
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The most successful colonial governors:
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Which one of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of the public sphere during the eighteenth century?
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the founding of the California missions
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As a result of John Peter Zenger's trial:
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freedom of expression was becoming ingrained in colonial society.
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Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:
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God was not active in the world, which operated by universal scientific laws.
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Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Awakening?
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ts more subdued, intellectual style of preaching appealed to a wider audience than the older, bombastic style employed by the Puritans.
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The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:
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George Whitefield.
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Revivalist preachers during the Great Awakening frequently:
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criticized commercial society.
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What did Junípero Serra hope to do in California?
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convert Indians to Christianity and settled farming
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The French in North America:
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were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent.
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The English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War under the leadership of:
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William Pitt.
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With the Peace of Paris (1763):
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France lost its mainland North American empire.
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Neolin, a Delaware Indian and religious prophet, helped inspire ___________ Rebellion in 1763.
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Pontiac's
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What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?
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European technology and material goods
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What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
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to bring stability to the colonial frontier
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What did the Paxton Boys want?
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that the Indians be removed from Pennsylvania
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Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?
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strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire