Question 1

Transportation in colonial America was

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A)   surprisingly fast for the time.
B)   safer by road than by any other means.
C)   slow by any of the means available.
D)   so poor that no mail service was established until the 1800s.
E)   fast only on the waterways.

Question 2

The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because

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A)   he was found guilty.
B)   it supported English law.
C)   it facilitated freedom of the press and a more robust public discussion of political affairs in the colonies.
D)   the ruling prohibited criticism of political officials.
E)   it allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people without fearing a successful lawsuit for libel.

Question 3

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

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A)   was not that profitable.
B)   involved America, France, and England.
C)   relied on the Spanish fleet for protection.
D)   saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.
E)   involved the trading of rum for African slaves.

Question 4

All of the following can be said about slave culture in the colonies except

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A)   native-born African Americans had much to do with its development and growth.
B)   it included a unique language that blended African and English words.
C)   it transformed African religious rituals into what would become new musical forms.
D)   it merged a blend of traditional African folkways with those found in the colonies.
E)   it emerged from efforts by slave traders to suppress African speech, religion and traditions.

Question 5

The Great Awakening

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A)   undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies.
B)   split colonial churches into several competing denominations.
C)   led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges.
D)   was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people.
E)   All of these

Question 6

The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because

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A)   parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate.
B)   parishioners thought that ministers had gone too soft in their preaching.
C)   church members embraced the notion of predestination.
D)   they banned their predominantly female membership from any leadership positions.
E)   the Anglican Church successfully competed for church members.

Question 7

By the mid-eighteenth century, the overwhelming majority of North American colonies shared all of the following similarities except

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A)   full democratic participation by all colonists in political affairs, regardless of social and economic class.
B)   the dominant use of English in language.
C)   the dominance ofProtestantism in religion.
D)   increased opportunity for social mobility.
E)   some degree of ethnic and religious toleration.

Question 8

All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except

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A)   the lightning rod.
B)   influential poetry.
C)   bifocal glasses.
D)   a highly efficient stove.
E)   author of Poor Richard's Almanack.

Question 9

Bacon's Rebellion stemmed from

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A)   Governor Berkeley's Indian policies.
B)   the frustration of Virginia's colonial dependency on England.
C)   the frontier's resentment of the tidewater gentry.
D)   the inherent rebelliousness of African slaves.
E)   lack of a policy toward Indians.

Question 10

Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Great Awakening

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Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jonathan Edwards

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Question 12

By the early eighteenth century, religion in colonial America was

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A)   stronger than at any previous time.
B)   holding steadfastly to the belief that spiritual conversion was essential for church membership.
C)   moving away from clerical intellectualism.
D)   less fervid than when the colonies were established.
E)   becoming less tolerant.

Question 13

Match the following description with the artist.
1) regarded as a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War
2) best known for his portraits of George Washington, ran a museum, stuffed birds, and practiced dentistry
3) from Connecticut and was discouraged by his father as a youth, "Connecticut is not Athens"
4) close friend of George III and official court painter, was buried in London's St.Paul's Cathedral
A.John Trumbull
B.Charles Willson Peale
C.Benjamin West 
D.John Singleton Copley

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A)   A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
B)   A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
C)   A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
D)   A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
E)   A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

Question 14

Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
-Congregational Church

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The Congregational Church is a Protestan...

Question 15

One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was

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A)   the property qualification for voting.
B)   one man, one vote.
C)   the separation of powers.
D)   self-taxation through representation.
E)   political deference to the ruling colonial clique dominating royal and proprietary colonies.

Question 16

Which of the following was not considered to be a colonial naval store?

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A)   Tar
B)   Pitch
C)   Rosin
D)   Turpentine
E)   Glass

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Peter Zenger

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Question 18

An armed march in Philadelphia in 1764 by Scots-Irish colonial immigrants, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians was known as

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A)   Bacon's Rebellion.
B)   March of the Paxton Boys.
C)   Regulator Movement.
D)   Shays' Rebellion.
E)   Oligarchy Revolution.

Question 19

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)   The triangular trade wasenormouslyprofitable and made up most of the colonial commerce.
B)   A trader would leave New England with a cargo of rum and sail to the Gold Coast of Africa.
C)   A trader would barter rum with African chiefs for captured African slaves.
D)   A trader would travel to the West Indies with the African slaves for molasses.
E)   A trader would travel to New England with the molasses, where it would be distilled into rum.

Question 20

Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
-Presbyterianism

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