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- 1. Multiple Choice
One outstanding feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was there
reletively equal wealth
economic organization
similar social structure
rapidly growing populations
- 2. Multiple Choice
By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies
became greater than in all of Europe.
had increased to the point of overpopulation.
had begun to decline from 17th century levels.
remained tiny compared with the number in England.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The most honored profession in early colonial society was
medicine
law
the ministry
farming
- 4. Multiple Choice
The most important economic enterprise in the American colonies was
fishing
manufacturing
agriculture
slave trading
- 5. Multiple Choice
The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the 18th century was
iron making
lumbering
rum distilling
making clothes
- 6. Multiple Choice
By the 18th century, religion in colonial America was
stronger than at any previous time.
moving away from clerical intellectualism.
less fervid than when the colonies were established.
becoming less tolerant
- 7. Multiple Choice
The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening
delivered intensly emotional sermons
rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation
reinforced the established churches
opposed the emotionalism of the revivalists
- 8. Multiple Choice
In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted
in the South
in New England
on the frontier
in those areas controlled by Spain
- 9. Multiple Choice
Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
math
science
literature
religion
- 10. Multiple Choice
The person most often called the "first civilized American" was
Thomas Jefferson
John Winthrop
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
- 11. Multiple Choice
One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was
the properity qualification for voting
one man, one vote
the separation of powers
self-taxation through representation
- 12. Multiple Choice
In colonial elections,
most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote.
the right to vote was reserved for property holders.
average citizens were usually elected to office.
true democracy had arrived.
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