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People in American colonies generally married later than people in Britain.
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In the British colonies, women worked along side the men and therefore had more freedom and were seen as equals to their male counterparts.
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Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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Who was considered to be the most outstanding evangelist of the Great Awakening?
George Whitefield
Jonathan Edwards
Shubal Stearns
Samuel Doak
The Enlightenment will have a great influence upon the lives of Americans.
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False
In the Americas laborers were expensive and this would eventually help lead to the enslavement of African Americans.
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English colonists had a lower death rate. This would especially be true in the Northern colonies where the average life expectancy was 75 years old.
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Compared with other European colonizers, British American colonies typically had fewer women.
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While slavery was much more present in the southern colonies, all of the 13 colonies would experience slavery.
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English colonies were more diverse than at home in England.
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False
By 1770, slaves made up more than 20 percent of the TOTAL population.
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Just like the colonists coming into the new world, African slaves being brought into the new world very diverse, and their experiences differed widely.
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Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what things?
power and privilege
money and fame
good looks and charm
reason, logic, and scientific thinking
A period of Christian religious revival that spanned from 1730-1750 and tapped into a widespread sense of religious decline.is known as:
The Great Awakening
The Enlightenment
The Industrial Revolution
The American Revolution
Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening encouraged individual decision making
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False
Ministers of The Great Awakening preached ___________
God was angry
people were not equal
colonists should not be independent
colonists could be saved
The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.
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False
Jonathan Edwards owned the largest plantation and the greatest number of slaves in South Carolina.
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False
In the Americas workers were expensive.
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False
Compared to back home in England, the colonies initially had a lower death rate. That would change as the population grew.
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False
In the English colonies, men’s attitudes toward women’s proper place was
shaped by Religion, laws, and social customs.
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False
In the colonies, it was mandatory to attend church.
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False
The New England colonies pursued only a agriculturally based economy.
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False
By the 18th century, the population of the English colonies was LESS diverse than that in England.
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False
The Great Awakening was in line with the rising Enlightenment interest in reason.
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False
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