Question 1

The British Navigation Acts were designed to protect England from foreign competition in the colonies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century,

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A)   backcountry settlers had a similar life expectancy to that of settlers in coastal areas.
B)   life expectancy was highest in the southern colonies.
C)   one in two white children in the Chesapeake died in infancy.
D)   men had a shorter life expectancy than women.
E)   life expectancy in New England was exceptionally high.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?

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A)   There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies.
B)   Blacks outnumbered whites in some areas.
C)   There were twice as many black men as black women.
D)   The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them.
E)   Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Which statement about the economy of the northern colonies is true?

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A)   Conditions for farming were more favorable than in the southern colonies.
B)   Planters were more likely to rely on slave labor.
C)   Agriculture was not the dominant industry of the economy.
D)   New England was able to develop several major export crops.
E)   The economy was more diverse than in the southern colonies.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

There were sharp social distinctions in the colonies, but the English class system did not take root in the colonies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Primogeniture refers to the

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A)   right to vote.
B)   passing of property to the firstborn son.
C)   tending of a servant's indenture.
D)   arrangement of authority within New England assemblies.
E)   practice of granting land only to those assured of salvation.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 7

The revival that was the Great Awakening was rooted in a desire to reinvigorate family life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Assess the character and nature of religion in colonial America.

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Question 9

The English system of passing property to the firstborn son is called ________.

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Question 10

The verdict of the 1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger

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A)   increased freedom of the press in the colonies.
B)   restricted the ability of the press to report on government affairs.
C)   resulted in the closure of several colonial newspapers.
D)   ruled that criticisms by the press, even if factually accurate, were libelous.
E)   banned all printed attacks on the king or Parliament in the colonies.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

The first American college, established in 1636, was ________.

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Question 12

Belief in witchcraft was not a common feature of Puritan religious life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Discuss the differences between the demographics of the colonial South and those of the colonial North.

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Question 14

Over time, tensions in Puritan New England communities developed primarily as a result of

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A)   religious dissent.
B)   the practices of land inheritance.
C)   calls for gender equality.
D)   population growth and the commercialization of society.
E)   population growth and calls for gender equality.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

In England, a printed attack on a public official, whether true or false, was considered ________.

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Question 16

During the course of colonial history, colonial legislatures grew increasingly accustomed to operating on orders from Parliament.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The first American college was

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A)   Columbia.
B)   Harvard.
C)   Yale.
D)   William and Mary.
E)   Princeton.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 18

In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American colonies

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A)   flourished due to the diversity of practices brought by settlers.
B)   was unmatched in any European nation.
C)   was enhanced because no single religious code could be imposed on any large area.
D)   grew despite laws establishing the Church of England as the official colonial religion.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

The largest outbreak of suspected witchcraft persecution in British North America took place in the community of ________.

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Question 20

Very little slave resistance took the form of open rebellion.

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A) True 
 B)False

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