Native American religions were closely linked to - ANSWER-the natural world
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North
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The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWER-with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? - ANSWER-St. Louis
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in Southwest - ANSWER-build large irrigation systems for farming
Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because - ANSWER-he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific
Like New York, the New Jersey colony - ANSWER-Had great ethnic and religious diversity.
Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia - ANSWER-included an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists
What became the dominant crop of the Caribbean colonies? - ANSWER-Sugar
In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were - ANSWER-indentured servants
In the English colonies, Roman Catholics - ANSWER-suffered their greatest persecution in Maryland
The witchcraft trials in Salem - ANSWER-saw the original accusers recant their charges
Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on - ANSWER-barter
The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s - ANSWER-had particular appeal with women and young men
In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those accused were most commonly - ANSWER-women of low social position
The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over - ANSWER-three-fourths
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 - ANSWER-transferred territory from the French to the English in North America
In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the - ANSWER-Iroquois
The Stamp Act of 1765 - ANSWER-required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents
When George III assumed the throne of England, he - ANSWER-was painfully immature
The Declaratory Act of 1766 - ANSWER-was a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority over the colonies
The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both - ANSWER-demanded tax relief
Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States - ANSWER-had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred approximately - ANSWER-11,000 years ago
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - ANSWER-Olmecs
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - ANSWER-common linguistic roots
Amerigo Vespucci - ANSWER-helped spread recognition of the idea that the Americans were new continents
In the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers were - ANSWER-supporters of King Charles
William Penn - ANSWER-was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism
During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony - ANSWER-was due in large part to the assistance of the natives
King Charles 1's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as - ANSWER-extremely hostile
In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races had a - ANSWER-higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America
During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw - ANSWER-a life expectancy for men of just over forty years
Rice production in colonial America - ANSWER-was very difficult and unhealthy work
The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as - ANSWER-11 million
In the English colonies, Jews - ANSWER-could not vote or hold office
George Whitefield is associated with the - ANSWER-Great Awakening
By the 1770s, the two largest port cities in colonial North America were - ANSWER-Philadelphia and New York
In colonial New England, - ANSWER-dowries were a common feature of marriage.
In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes was based on color and - ANSWER-nothing more
Class divisions in colonial North American cities were - ANSWER-more real and visible than in rural places
In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to - ANSWER-adult males who were church members
By 1775, the non-Indian population of the English colonies was just over - ANSWER-2 million
For most Indians in North America, British victory in the French and Indian War - ANSWER-had disastrous effects on their future
The French and Indian War was fought in - ANSWER-India, the West Indies, the North American interior, and Europe
King George's War - ANSWER-failed to resolve European conflicts in North America
Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with - ANSWER-both France and England at the same time
What future American revolutionary figure surrendered to French forces in 1754 at Fort Necessity in the Ohio Valley? - ANSWER-George Washington
During the first stage (1754-1756) of the French and Indian War - ANSWER-the Iroquois remained largely passive
Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by - ANSWER-reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts
Many colonists believed the legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 - ANSWER-meant the British were trying to take away their tradition of self government
Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century, - ANSWER-large areas of England had no direct political representation
English and American supporters of the English constitution felt it correctly divided power - ANSWER-among the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the common people
The Boston Massacre - ANSWER-was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the already festering English Puritan discontent was increased by - ANSWER-the death of Queen Elizabeth
Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE? - ANSWER-colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts
As leading figure of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards preached - ANSWER-highly orthodox Puritan ideas
Eighteenth century Enlightenment thought - ANSWER-suggested that people had considerable control over their own lives
The Tea Act of 1773 - ANSWER-followed a few years of relative calm between England and the American colonies, lowered the price of tea for American colonists, was intended to benefit a private British company, and provided no new tax on tea
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - ANSWER-fished salmon as their principle occupation
From their colonial experiences in Ireland, the English concluded that - ANSWER-English colonists should maintain rigid separation from indigenous population
When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619, - ANSWER-colonists were given a share of local political representation
The seventeenth century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on - ANSWER-the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids
In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake - ANSWER-averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage
Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women - ANSWER-were more likely to have their family remain intact
Jeremiads were - ANSWER-sermons
In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family - ANSWER-highly valued
By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America? - ANSWER-More than half
All the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment though EXCEPT - ANSWER-John Locke
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners - ANSWER-had little or no knowledge of sterilization
The Stono Rebellion - ANSWER-saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape from the colony
In North America during the eighteenth century, French relations with the Indians differed from that of the - ANSWER-were more tolerant of Indian cultures
According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763, - ANSWER-France ceded Canada of all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except for New Orleans, to Great Britain
During the third and final stage of the French and Indian War, British leader William Pitt - ANSWER-gradually loosened his tight control over the colonies
The major participants in the Seven Years' War, in North America, were the - ANSWER-Iroquois, the English, and the French
Colonial protests directed against the Townshend Duties took the form of - ANSWER-a colonial nonimportation agreement
Who among the following lead protests and riots against the Stamp Act? - ANSWER-Andrew Oliver
To reduce conflicts, Spanish policy towards the Pueblo Indians in the eighteenth century involved all the following EXCEPT - ANSWER-an expansion of the encomienda system
What factor is believed to have dramatically reduced New World native populations after contact with Europeans? - ANSWER-disease
The New York colony - ANSWER-Emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch.
Thomas Hooker is associated with establishing the colony of - ANSWER-Connecticut
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans - ANSWER-created a colonial "theocracy."
The "middle grounds" refers to a region of colonial North American in which - ANSWER-no single European or Indian group held clear dominance
By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because - ANSWER-of a declining birthrate in England
The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity? - ANSWER-Rum, sugar, slaves, molasses (all these answers are correct)
The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the - ANSWER-Scotch-Irish
The first plantations in colonial North America emerged in the tobacco-growing areas of - ANSWER-Virginia and Maryland
Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century, - ANSWER-life expectancy in New England was exceptionally high
The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for - ANSWER-iron
The first North American college was - ANSWER-Harvard
Which statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE? - ANSWER-The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them
In colonial New England Puritan communities, women - ANSWER-were expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households.
Over time, tensions in Puritan New England communities developed, primarily ass a result of - ANSWER-population growth and the commercialization of society
By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence, in part because of - ANSWER-illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire
The verdict of the 1734-1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Pete Zenger - ANSWER-increased freedom of the press in the colonies
After the Bible, the first widely circulated publications in colonial America were - ANSWER-almanacs
Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true? - ANSWER-Most colleges were founded by religious groups
Which statement about the economy of the norther colonies is true? - ANSWER-The economy was more diverse than in the southern colonies.
In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American colonies - ANSWER-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)
The first clash of the French and Indian War took place near what is now - ANSWER-Pittsburgh
In the aftermath of King George's War - ANSWER-relations among the English, French, and Iroquois deteriorated
In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War, England - ANSWER-confirmed its commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions
The Proclamation of 1763 - ANSWER-was supported by many Indian tribal groups
The French and Indian War in North America - ANSWER-demonstrated that increasing England's control over the colonies would not be easy
The Boston Tea Party of December 1773 - ANSWER-triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea
When he became British prime minister, George Grenville - ANSWER-believed the American colonists had been indulged for far too long
The proposed Albany Plan of 1754 - ANSWER-revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other
The Stamp Act of 1765 - ANSWER-helped to unite the colonies in opposition to the English government
Which of the following statements regarding the Coercive Acts is true? - ANSWER-Massachusetts became a martyr in the cause of resistance
In 1774, the First Continental Congress - ANSWER-agreed to end colonial boycotts of British trade [Show Less]