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Chapter 05 Self-Quiz 1
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Most of the increase in colonial population during the 1700s was due to
African immigration.
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European immigration.
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longer life expectancy.
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natural reproduction.
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The vast majority of European immigrants in the 18th century were
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Italian
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Scots-Irish
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English
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Most African slaves bound for the colonies
were traded by Africans to the Europeans.
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were kidnapped by Europeans from African villages.
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were traded using Spanish middlemen.
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ended up in the northern colonies.
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The voyage of slaves from African ports to the New World was called
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the "Terrible Times."
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the "Middle Voyage"
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the Trail of Tears.
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Historians believe that increased production in this period came primarily from the
labor of slaves and indentured servants.
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labor of women and children.
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labor of the increased number of children born to colonial families.
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labor of men.
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Which colony could be said to have the most diverse economy — engaging in activities from shipbuilding to agriculture to lumbering?
Massachusetts.
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Pennsylvania.
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Maryland.
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South Carolina.
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By the eve of the Revolution, each city had
an affluent elite, made up of merchants, professionals, and government officials.
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a class of indigent poor of widows and orphans and men who could not provide for themselves.
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a growing middle class.
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All of the above.
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As a result of slave revolts in the early 1700s in America,
British colonies halted the importation of African slaves.
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all urban slaves were shipped to the rural South.
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Colonies enacted stricter slave codes and punishments.
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Indentured servants replaced slaves as the main source of labor.
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The Great Awakening was
an American movement that claimed that experience more than anything else could provide answers to the problems of architecture and science.
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a trans-Atlantic philosophical and intellectual movement that held that the universe could be understood and improved by the human mind.
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a belief that the supernatural explanations for phenomena could best be explained as the work of God.
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a trans-Atlantic religious and social movement that held that all people were born sinners, that they knew this without a minister telling them, and that all people were equal in the sight of God.
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The Great Awakening was so popular because
it address the problem of emotionally unfulfilling religion.
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it preached a message that rich and poor, male and female, free and unfree could benefit from.
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was a message that stressed equality in God's eyes.
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All of the above.
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The greatest impact of the Great Awakening was on people who lived
in New England colonies.
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in the lower South.
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among the elite classes.
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in cities and on the frontier.
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How did preachers during the Great Awakening treat slavery?
They were opposed to slavery in all forms.
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They called for the abolition of slavery.
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It was immoral to enslave Africans, but not own them, and long as one treated them well.
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They preached that slaves must follow the Biblical teaching that slaves obey their masters.
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment caused the colonists to be more
self-reliant.
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economically and culturally diverse.
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individualistic.
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resistant to authority.
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Which statement best describes the founding of Georgia?
It was founded to be a merchant Quaker society.
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It was founded by settlers from Barbados.
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It was founded to be a cotton plantation colony.
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It was founded as a colony for Britain's "deserving poor" and initially banned both liquor and slavery.
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How did consumer behavior compare on both sides of the Atlantic during the early 18th century?
It was similar: people on both sides consumed new and more goods.
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It was similar: people on both sides cut back in response to recessions.
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It was different: people in America consumed new and more goods.
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It was different: people in Europe consumed new and more goods.
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The largest group of European immigrants of the 1700s was the Scotch-Irish.
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Colonial women were likely to marry younger and bear more children than their European counterparts.
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Unlike the normal world pattern of an increasing population usually having a lower standard of living, in the mainland English colonies the increasing population enjoyed an improved standard of living.
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In Colonial America, Europeans had very clear-cut notions of what was men's work and what was women's work.
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As was true with the rest of the colonies, most of the exports from New England were shipped to England.
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