The colonial population increased more rapidly than that of England because
a. men and women married at an earlier age in the colonies than in
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b. a greater proportion of both men and women remained unmarried in the colonies.
c. food was less plentiful in America than in England.
d. Americans were more often exposed to diseases.
A
The Great Awakening in America
a. was sparked by the English preacher John Whitefield.
b. united and reinvigorated the Protestant sects.
c. appealed to Enlightenment figures such as Benjamin Franklin.
d. was only important in the Middle Colonies.
A
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The town was the basic form of settlement in early Virginia.
F
The most profitable slaveholding area of the British Empire by 1675 was the
a. middle colonies.
b. southern colonies.
c. West Indies.
d. New England colonies.
C
T/F
The Scotch-Irish were Protestants who immigrated directly from Scotland.
F
Women in the English colonies
a. were entirely restricted to domestic work.
b. dominated the clergy in the Great Awakening.
c. could gain a divorce in some colonies on the grounds of cruelty.
d. voted and held public office.
C
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Benjamin Franklin was the most significant figure in the Enlightenment in America.
T
The colonies' main economic problem involved
a. paying for imported goods.
b. clearing enough land for farming.
c. finding a reliable source of workers.
d. creating urban markets for manufactured products.
A
T/F
The Mennonites were one immigrant group among many from Germany who became known as "Pennsylvania Dutch."
T
T/F
Among colonists in America, the birthrate dropped and the death rate rose.
F
Keys to economic development in New England were
a. big farms and efficient agricultural production.
b. slaves.
c. fishing and shipping industries.
d. manufacturing industries.
C
The most democratic colonial institution was the
a. militia.
b. local tavern.
c. Anglican Church.
d. ownership of slaves.
B
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By 1750, about half of the colonists in British North America lived in cities.
F
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Puritans in New England protected their livestock by keeping them in pens.
F
The greatest ethnic diversity occurred in
a. New England.
b. the middle colonies.
c. the southern colonies.
d. the Chesapeake area.
B
The witchcraft hysteria of the 1690s was probably caused by
a. the Great Awakening.
b. the horrors of the Middle Passage.
c. social strains in the Massachusetts colony.
d. dietary insufficiencies among young boys.
C
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Indentured servants could not own land.
F
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The Half-Way Covenant allowed baptized children of Puritan church members to become "half-way" members who, even though they could not vote or take Communion, could have their own children baptized.
T
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The chief staple crop of colonial South Carolina was rice.
T
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Most settlers were young, poor males who arrived alone.
T
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The Africans brought to North America exhibited great ethnic diversity, speaking as many as fifty different languages.
T
The case of John Peter Zenger in 1735 involved
a. his opposition to the Half-Way Covenant.
b. his defense of George Whitefield.
c. his criticism of indentured servitude.
d. freedom of the press.
D
T/F
During most of the eighteenth century, South Carolina had a black majority.
T
A good market in England and a trend toward large-scale production characterized the economy in
a. New Amsterdam.
b. the southern colonies.
c. New England.
d. Pennsylvania and Maryland.
B
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Many Enlightenment figures in America as in Europe have been termed "Deists," as they used science in an attempt to prove the existence of God.
F
African American slaves showed resistance to the system
a. through the Stono Uprising.
b. in New York City in 1712.
c. by sabotaging crops.
d. all the above
D
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By 1700, enslaved Africans were to be found only in the southern colonies of North America.
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