Deck 5: Colonial Diversity, 1713-1763

Question 1

The Sioux originally obtained guns from the __________.

A) French
B) Comanche
C) Ute
D) Dutch

Answer 1

French

Question 2

Between 1700 and 1750, the colonial population in British North America __________.

A) fell by 50 percent
B) grew by 14 percent
C) doubled
D) more than quadrupled

Answer 2

more than quadrupled

Question 3

The policies of Louis XIV help explain the arrival in New York of which of the following?

A) Methodists
B) Mennonites
C) Anabaptists
D) Huguenots

Answer 3

Huguenots

Question 4

During the first half of the eighteenth century, British North America __________.

A) surpassed the economic output of Britain itself
B) remained economically underdeveloped
C) developed a number of regional economies
D) developed a centralized overarching economy

Question 5

Almost all of the white, non-English newcomers were __________.

A) Protestant Christians
B) desperately poor
C) artisans and craftsmen
D) single men

Question 6

German-speaking immigrants usually __________.

A) settled in the Deep South
B) came as whole families
C) were quite wealthy
D) were Catholic

Question 7

The __________ led settlers and commerce from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont of central Carolina.

A) Overland Route
B) Inland Trail
C) Great Wagon Road
D) National Road

Question 8

Which of the following helped spur Scottish emigration to America?

A) poverty and land scarcity
B) religious persecution
C) war with Ireland
D) English propaganda

Question 9

Why did many eastern Indians gain access to guns before their counterparts in New Spain and its adjacent regions?

A) Spanish policy forbade the sale of firearms to Native Americans.
B) From the beginning, the British deliberately set out to arm eastern Indians.
C) Eastern Indians were more interested in firearms than their counterparts in New Spain.
D) Eastern Indians were willing give up all of their land claims in exchange for weapons.

Question 10

What did Indians use a travois for?

A) to defeat their enemies in battle
B) to transport their possessions
C) to call on the gods for help
D) to communicate with other tribes

Question 11

Which of the following had the most homogenous population in the mid-eighteenth century?

A) the Deep South
B) the Chesapeake colonies
C) New England
D) the Mid-Atlantic colonies

Question 12

As horse herds expanded and Indian horsemanship improved, Native Americans began to use horses __________.

A) as plow animals
B) in battle
C) in religious ceremonies
D) in races organized by whites

Question 13

Which of the following accounted for the largest number of unfree migrants to British North America in the eighteenth century?

A) African slaves
B) indentured servants
C) deported felons
D) orphans

Question 14

Which of the following helps explain the rapid growth of the American population?

A) a low death rate and a long average life span
B) a high birth rate and early average marriage age
C) the concentration of the American population in urban centers
D) medical innovations and advances

Question 15

Under the redemption system, agents recruited migrants by __________.

A) lending them money for passage and provisions
B) promising them jobs
C) promising them land
D) agreeing to pay for the transport of family members

Question 16

The acquisition of firearms helped the Sioux ____________.

A) push all the way to the Pacific Ocean
B) defeat the Comanche
C) fend off the Spanish
D) become the dominant power on the Great Plains

Question 17

Prior to the reintroduction of horses, Native Americans used __________ to help haul provisions and equipment.

A) dogs
B) cattle
C) oxen
D) deer

Question 18

Which of the following was the key to the rise of the Comanche as a powerful regional force?

A) iron weapons
B) an alliance with the Spanish
C) the horse
D) an alliance with the Apache

Question 19

Which of the following produced striking change east of the Appalachian Mountains after 1700?

A) a trend toward economic equality
B) the introduction of guns
C) the introduction of horses
D) population growth

Question 20

Horses were reintroduced to North America by the __________.

A) Spanish
B) Dutch
C) French
D) English

Question 21

New England's fishing, rum, and shipbuilding industries were linked to the __________.

A) Atlantic slave trade
B) growing diversity of the region
C) secularization of the region
D) international tobacco trade

Question 22

Which region had rocky soil, no staple export crop, and a shortage of good land?

A) the Deep South
B) the Mid-Atlantic
C) New England
D) the Chesapeake

Question 23

Which of the following was true of North Carolina's Outer Banks?

A) They were unsuitable for crop agriculture.
B) They offered easy access for oceangoing vessels.
C) They had no important natural resources.
D) They were an important center of rice cultivation.

Question 24

By 1760, __________ was larger than Boston.

A) Trenton
B) New York
C) Annapolis
D) Charleston

Question 25

By the 1770s, whites in the South averaged __________ wealth per person as whites in the North.

A) roughly one-quarter as much
B) roughly half as much
C) more than twice as much
D) four times as much

Question 26

Agriculture in the middle colonies used ___________.

A) free labor exclusively
B) mostly free labor
C) an even mix of free and slave labor
D) mostly slave labor

Question 27

Prior to the Great Awakening, which of the following best characterizes the religious beliefs and practices of slaves?

A) Most slaves converted to Protestant Christianity.
B) Most slaves retained much of their traditional religious cultures.
C) Most slaves were officially Christian, although they knew little about Christian beliefs.
D) Most slaves converted to Catholic Christianity.

Question 28

Why did tobacco prices rise after 1710?

A) Demand in Africa for tobacco was growing.
B) The supply of tobacco had decreased.
C) Demand in Asia for tobacco was growing.
D) Snuff had become popular in Europe.

Question 29

Why did New England colonists go to the Grand Banks?

A) to mine for gold
B) to hunt seal
C) to fish for cod
D) to hunt whale

Question 30

By the late eighteenth-century, most of America's rum distilleries were located in __________.

A) the Deep South
B) New England
C) the Chesapeake
D) the far West

Question 31

_________ cultivation spread from South Carolina to Georgia.

A) Maize
B) Millet
C) Wheat
D) Rice

Question 32

By 1763, Marblehead, Massachusetts, had __________.

A) a fleet of a hundred ships
B) a thriving financial district
C) a population of more than 50,000
D) seven churches and more than fifty taverns

Question 33

North Carolina's naval stores industry took advantage of the colony's __________.

A) pine forests
B) iron ore
C) cotton plantations
D) many lakes and ponds

Question 34

Yankee ship captains exchanged __________ in the Caribbean.

A) fish for molasses
B) rum for textiles
C) iron ore for slaves
D) textiles for rice

Question 35

Which of the following was considered a middle colony?

A) Connecticut
B) Maryland
C) Virginia
D) Pennsylvania

Question 36

Unlike his father William Penn, Thomas Penn _____________.

A) was an idealist
B) owned slaves
C) abandoned his Quaker beliefs
D) cheated Indians out of their land

Question 37

Nantucket Island off Cape Cod was an important center for the __________ industry.

A) brewing
B) textile
C) rum
D) whaling

Question 38

Which of the following best describes the Great Awakening?

A) It was a revivalist movement with roots in Europe and America.
B) It was an antislavery movement that started with the Quakers.
C) It was an Enlightenment intellectual movement rooted in deism.
D) It was a commercial movement that led to economic expansion.

Question 39

What made the low country of coastal South Carolina and Georgia appealing to plantation owners?

A) its fertile valleys
B) its large supply of Native American laborers
C) its large and well-established towns and cities
D) its long growing season and mild winters

Question 40

What happened to women as New England grew and prospered?

A) They were legally barred from working outside of the home.
B) They gained the right to make contracts.
C) They found it difficult to obtain credit or receive a business license.
D) They moved into a number of male-dominated professions.

Question 41

Discuss the causes of rapid population growth in the English colonies in the eighteenth century.

Question 42

Pietism stressed the __________.

A) need to restore emotion and intensity to worship
B) equality of men and women in all things
C) importance of rational explanations for religious beliefs
D) idea of universal salvation

Question 43

What role did George Whitefield play in spreading John Wesley's Methodist message in the colonies?

Question 44

During the course of the war with France and Spain, the British captured __________.

A) Jamaica
B) Madrid
C) New Orleans and Louisiana
D) the Philippines

Question 45

Describe the impact of the introduction of horses and guns on the Comanche.

Question 46

_______________ emphasized the separation of church and state from its founding.

A) Massachusetts
B) Virginia
C) Rhode Island
D) South Carolina

Question 47

Which of the following groups benefited the most from relative religious toleration in the British colonies?

A) French-speaking Catholic groups
B) Dutch-speaking Jewish groups
C) Spanish-speaking Catholic groups
D) German-speaking Protestant groups

Question 48

Discuss the development of the New England economy in the eighteenth century. Why did New Englanders increasingly turn to the sea for their livelihood?

Question 49

Which of the following was a term of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

A) France ceded New Orleans to Spain.
B) Great Britain granted the Philippines to France.
C) All French claims west of Mississippi were surrendered to Spain.
D) Martinique and Guadeloupe were retained by Great Britain.

Question 50

The Great Awakening __________.

A) infused a new spirit of piety and optimism into American Christianity
B) created a unified Protestant community in British North America
C) had a very limited long-term impact on American religious life
D) led to a new emphasis on social hierarchy within Protestant churches

Question 51

Old Lights __________.

A) tried to preserve the sacred traditions of the established churches
B) emphasized head-knowledge and the role of rational enlightenment
C) led revival movements and inspired a new religious devotion in the colonies
D) failed to establish any lasting influence on colonial churches

Question 52

In September 1759, James Wolfe led a campaign that culminated in the capture of __________.

A) Montreal
B) Quebec
C) Fort Duquesne
D) Fort Louisburg

Question 53

___________ forces were ambushed and destroyed near Fort Duquesne.

A) George Washington's
B) Edward Braddock's
C) William Pitt's
D) James Wolfe's

Question 54

During __________ War, soldiers from Massachusetts captured Fort Louisburg.

A) King George's
B) Queen Anne's
C) King William's
D) King Philip's