Question 1

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.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

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A)  30.
B)  27.
C)  25.
D)  20.
E)  16.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Assess the extent to which the Great Awakening, an intensely religious mass movement, contributed to the breaking down of sectional boundaries, promoted religious pluralism, and facilitated a sense among Americans that they were a single people, united by a common history and shared social and cultural experiences.

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Question 4

The South held about ____ percent of the slaves in the thirteen colonies of North America.

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A)  100
B)  90
C)  80
D)  70
E)  50F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

In North Carolina, spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, a small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affair was known as

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A)  Bacon's Rebellion.
B)  March of the Paxton Boys.
C)  Regulator Movement.
D)  Shays' Rebellion.
E)  Whiskey Rebellion.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

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.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-African American
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Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Did differences in wealth and status in the colonies increase or diminish from 1700 to 1750? Explain.

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Question 9

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 theseF) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 10

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)  In 1700, the Atlantic seaboard colonies contained fewer than 300,000 inhabitants.
B)  In 1700, only about 20,000 inhabitants were blacks.
C)  By 1775, the Atlantic seaboard colonies contained almost 2.5 million inhabitants.
D)  By 1775, the black population rose to over 1 million.
E)  White immigrants in 1775 made up about 400,000 of the inhabitants.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-naval stores

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Question 12

The person most often called the "first civilized American" was

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A)  Thomas Jefferson.
B)  John Trumbull.
C)  John Winthrop.
D)  Phillis Wheatley.
E)  Benjamin Franklin.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)  The population of the thirteen colonies, mainly Anglo-Saxon, was the least mixed to be found anywhere in the world.
B)  The South, holding about 90 percent of the slaves, displayed its historic black-and-white racial composition.
C)  New England, mostly staked out by the original Puritan migrants, showed the least ethnic diversity.
D)  The Middle Colonies received the bulk of later white immigrants and boasted the most variety of peoples.
E)  In 1775, outside of New England, about one-half the population was non-English.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

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

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Question 15

By 1775, the ____ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America.

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A)  Africans
B)  Germans
C)  West Indians
D)  Scots-Irish
E)  IrishF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

In contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775, colonial Americans

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A)  had become more stratified into social classes.
B)  had all but eliminated poverty.
C)  found that it was easier for ordinary people to acquire land.
D)  had nearly lost their fear of slave rebellion.
E)  had few people who owned small farms.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to

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A)  white immigration from Europe.
B)  the natural fertility of Native Americans.
C)  the importation of slaves from Africa.
D)  the influx of immigrants from Latin America.
E)  the natural fertility of all Americans.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In 1775, most of the population in the American colonies

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A)  lived east of the Allegheny Mountains.
B)  lived in rural areas.
C)  was under twenty-five years of age.
D)  was of predominantly English stock.
E)  was of non-English stock.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

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.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

In colonial elections

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A)  most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote.
B)  the right to vote was reserved for white male property holders.
C)  only a small landed elite had the right to vote.
D)  average citizens were usually elected to office.
E)  true democracy had arrived.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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