Question 1

All of the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment thought EXCEPT

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A)   James Madison.
B)   Benjamin Franklin.
C)   Thomas Jefferson.
D)   John Locke.
E)   Thomas Paine.

Question 2

During the eighteenth century,rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by

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A)   the quickly rising purchasing power of members of the lower classes.
B)   the association of material possessions with loyalty to the crown.
C)   the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists.
D)   increasing class distinctions within society and the association of material possessions with status in the upper class.
E)   the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists and the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.

Question 3

Describe the technological status of eighteenth-century Americans by examining the development and limits of technology.

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In the eighteenth century, Americans wer...

Question 4

The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s

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A)   began as a call for young men to become ministers.
B)   had particular appeal with women and young men.
C)   alienated traditional New England Puritans.
D)   failed to take root in southern colonies.
E)   helped to smooth differences within existing congregations.

Question 5

During the seventeenth century,English colonists in the Chesapeake saw

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A)   women significantly outnumber men.
B)   a life expectancy for men of just over forty years.
C)   few single adults.
D)   eight out of ten children dying in infancy.
E)   an increasingly unbalanced sex ratio.

Question 6

Puritanism in New England was confined to a single religious denomination.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on

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A)   barter.
B)   paper currency.
C)   gold.
D)   silver.
E)   credit.

Question 8

Characterize colonial medical practices by examining their positive and negative features.

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Colonial medical practices can be charac...

Question 9

New Englanders did not adopt the English system of primogeniture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Francis Bacon and John Locke were influential in the ideas of the ________.

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The answer of Francis Bacon and John Locke were influential...

Question 11

The Church of England was the official faith of

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A)   New Jersey.
B)   Massachusetts.
C)   Virginia.
D)   Connecticut.
E)   all of the colonies.

Question 12

The first large group of non-English European immigrants to British North America was the Huguenots.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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.

Question 14

During the seventeenth century,the Royal African Company of England

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A)   deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
B)   lowered the prices of slaves in order to increase their sale in the North American colonies.
C)   sent the majority of its enslaved Africans directly to the Chesapeake colonies.
D)   would only ship adult African men in the slave trade.
E)   stopped importing slaves directly from Africa.

Question 15

By 1775,the non-Indian population of the English colonies was just over

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A)   1 million.
B)   2 million.
C)   4 million.
D)   6 million.
E)   8 million.

Question 16

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

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The answer of The English system of passing property to...

Question 17

The term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africans

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A)   from the coastal regions of colonies to their interiors.
B)   from Africa to Europe.
C)   from the Caribbean to the mainland colonies.
D)   between individual North American colonies.
E)   from Africa to the New World.

Question 18

The witchcraft trials in Salem

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A)   were unique in the history of colonial New England.
B)   saw the original accusers recant their charges.
C)   led to prison terms, but no executions.
D)   provided evidence of a decline in religious fervor.
E)   almost resulted in the revocation of Massachusetts's charter.

Question 19

After the Bible,the first widely circulated publications in colonial America were

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A)   political pamphlets.
B)   hymnals.
C)   almanacs.
D)   historical writings.
E)   drinking songs.

Question 20

Seventeenth-century southern plantations

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A)   enabled planters to control their markets.
B)   tended to be rough and relatively small.
C)   used many more slaves than indentured servants.
D)   rarely saw the landowner do any manual labor.
E)   created few new wealthy landowners.

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