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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe primary reason for the spectacular growth of America's population in the 18th century wasthe conquering of new territoriesthe natural fertility of the populationnew immigration from Europethe increased importation of black slaves
- 2. Multiple ChoiceGerman settlement in the colonies was especially heavy inMassachusettsMarylandNew YorkPennsylvania
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT true of the colonial Scots-Irish?They were not really Irish, but Scottish Presbyterians who had temporarily migrated to IrelandThey tend to settle in the Appalachian frontier, mountains, and valleys from Pennsylvania southwardThey hated the British government and frequently rebelled against colonial authoritiesThey fervently practiced their Calvinist religion, which forbade dancing, gambling and drinking.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe two largest non-English white ethnic groups in the colonies were theFrench and DutchGermans and Scots-IrishWelsh and IrishSwedes and Germans
- 5. Multiple ChoiceOne way in which Indians and Africans were similar to whites in 18th century N American was theywere committed to the Christian religion as their basic belief systemincreasingly mingled and intermarried with people from beyond their original ethnic group or tribefundamentally disliked violence and looked to government to establish law and orderincreasingly found greater opportunities for freedom and upward mobility
- 6. Multiple ChoiceCompared to the 17th century, American colonial society in the 18th century showedgreater domination by small farmers and artisansgreater equality of wealth and statusgreater gaps in wealth and status between rich and poorgreater opportunity for convicts and indentured servants to climb to the top
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe most honored professional in colonial America was thelawyerdoctorjournalistclergyman
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe primary source of livelihood for most colonial Americans wasmanufacturingagriculturelumberingfishing
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT among the generally small-scale manufacturing enterprising in colonial America?carriage manufacturingliquor distillingbeaver hat makingiron making
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAn unfortunate group of involuntary immigrants who ranked even below indentured servants on the American social scale werethe younger sons of English gentryFrench-Canadians forcibly removed from QuebecConvicts and paupersimpressed sailors and seamen
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe triangular trade involved the sale of rum, molasses and slaves among the ports ofVirginia, Canada, and Britainthe West Indies, France and South AmericaNew England, Britain and AfricaNew England, Africa and the West Indies
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe passage of increasing British restrictions on trade encouraged colonial merchants toorganize political resistance in the British Parliamentfind ways to smuggle and otherwise evade the law by trading with other countriesturn to domestic trade within the coloniesturn from trading to such other enterprises as fishing and manufacturing
- 13. Multiple ChoiceBesides offering rest, refreshment and entertainment, colonial taverns served an important function as centers ofnews and political discussiontrade and businessdating and social relations with the opposite sexreligious revival
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Anglican Church suffered in colonial America because ofits strict doctrines and hierarchical church orderits poorly qualified clergy and close ties with British authoritiesits inability to adjust to conditions of life in New Englandits reputation for fostering fanatical revivalism
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe two denominations that enjoyed the status of established churches in various colonies were theQuakers and Dutch ReformedBaptists and LutheransRoman Catholics and PresbyteriansAnglicans and Congregationalists
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAmong the many important results of the Great Awakening was that itbroke down sectional boundaries and created a greater sense of common American identitycontributed to greater religious liberalism and toleration in the churchescaused a decline in colonial concern for educationmoved Americans closer to a single religious outlook
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA primary weapon used by colonial legislatures in their conflicts with royal governors wasextending the franchise to include almost all adult white citizenspassing laws prohibiting the governors from owning land or industriesusing their power of the purse to withhold the governor's salaryappealing over the heads of the governors to the British Parliament
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