Question 1

The most serious colonial slave revolt, called the ____________________, took place in South Carolina in 1739.

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Question 2

The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for the metal

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A)  steel.
B)  iron.
C)  gold.
D)  silver.
E)  brass.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

In the seventeenth century, most colonial families

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A)  owned spinning wheels or looms.
B)  were self-sufficient.
C)  did not own a plow.
D)  grew and processed their own grain.
E)  used wagons to transfer goods to market.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 4

Which statement regarding colonial higher education is TRUE?

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A)  Most colleges were founded by religious groups.
B)  Colonists placed a low value on any formal education.
C)  Parliament regulated the establishment of American colleges.
D)  Most colonial colleges accepted female students.
E)  Most colonial leaders after 1700 went abroad to study.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Assess the beginnings of slavery in North America (in the main text) and argue which historical explanation for its origins (from the section "Debating the Past) seems most accurate.

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Question 6

How did the English colonists' attitudes towards Indians compare with their views toward Africans?

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The English colonists' attitudes towards...

Question 7

Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?

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A)  Field hand was the predominant occupation of both male and female slaves.
B)  Some slaves on larger plantations learned trades and crafts.
C)  Skilled slaves were at times hired out to other planters.
D)  A few slaves were able to buy their freedom.
E)  Colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

Medical evidence suggests that bleeding a patient could assist in recovery from an illness.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The most commonly owned tool on colonial American farms was the plow.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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 the answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

New York publisher _________________________ prevailed in a 1734 freedom of the press case.

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The answer of New York publisher _________________________ prevailed in a...

Question 12

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Benjamin Franklin's famous almanac was titled ___________________.

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Question 14

Seventeenth-century colonial plantations were actually relatively small estates.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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)  Agriculture was more diverse than in the southern colonies.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was

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A)  highly valued.
B)  expected to be under the authority of women.
C)  marked by relatively loose parental supervision.
D)  both highly valued and expected to be under the authority of women.
E)  neither highly valued nor expected to be under the authority of women.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Class divisions in colonial North American cities were

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A)  sharper than in corresponding European cities.
B)  more real and visible than in rural places.
C)  essentially nonexistent.
D)  weaker in the North than in the South.
E)  smoothed over by church and social registers.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were

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A)  aristocrats.
B)  religious dissenters.
C)  laborers.
D)  commercial agents.
E)  landowners.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

The most numerous of the non-English European immigrants to British North America were the Scotch-Irish.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The characteristic social unit in New England was the nuclear family living on a farm.

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A) True 
 B)False

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Medical evidence suggests that bleeding a patient could assist in recovery from an illness.

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