Question 1

During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:

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became more assertive.

Question 2

Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:

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science could uncover God's laws that governed the natural order.

Question 3

Which of the following was true of Georgia?

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Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery.

Question 4

Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?

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The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.

Question 5

In the eighteenth century, the Spanish empire in North America:

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rested economically on trading with and extracting labor from surviving Native Americans.

Question 6

Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:

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included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies.

Question 7

Which issue divided colonial governors appointed by the king and legislatures elected by colonists?

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To deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors.

Question 8

How did colonial politics compare with British politics?

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Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote.

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

How did John Locke reconcile his belief in natural rights and his support for slavery?

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He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man.

Question 12

As slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?

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They lost many of their rights.

Question 13

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.

Question 14

Which one of the following statements about slaves in the Chesapeake is FALSE?

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Slave communities remained distinctly African in culture.

Question 15

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the slave trade in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world?

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Slightly more than half of slaves from Africa were taken to mainland North America (what became the United States).

Question 16

In the Chesapeake region, slavery:

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rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Awakening?

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Its more subdued style of preaching appealed to a wider audience than the older, bombastic style employed by the Puritans.

Question 18

Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade's effect in West Africa?

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It helped lead to the rise of militarized states in West Africa, whose large armies preyed upon their neighbors in order to capture slaves.

Question 19

The British Country Party:

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sought to stop corruption in British politics.

Question 20

The task system:

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assigned slaves daily jobs and allowed them free time upon completion of those jobs.

Question 21

Revivalist preachers during the Great Awakening frequently:

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criticized commercial society.

Question 22

The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:

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George Whitefield.

Question 23

The idea of liberalism in eighteenth-century British politics:

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was compatible with inequalities in wealth and well-being.

Question 24

What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

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to bring stability to the colonial frontier

Question 25

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.

Question 26

When brought to the New World, with regard to religion, slaves:

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mixed elements of Christianity with African beliefs.

Question 27

What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?

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European technology and material goods

Question 28

Salutary neglect meant:

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British governments left the colonies largely alone to govern themselves.

Question 29

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.

Question 30

John Locke's political philosophy stressed:

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a contract system between the people and the government.

Question 31

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

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France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.

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